Packaged Foods & Meats

Deutsche Bank reiterated its Hold rating on the Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY). At the moment, DB has a price target of $53 placed on the company's stock. On Monday, HSY lost 1.33% of its value to finish the day at $57.01.

Bank of America has raised the price objective on Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) from $90 to $105 and maintains its Buy rating.

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX (NYSE: FXG) is up more than 20% year to date. The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index. Top holdings include Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR),...

( click to enlarge ) This still looks pretty good on the daily chart with volume expanding as it moves higher. Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:JVA) continues to look bullish and had a decent day today. The stock hit a high of $30.98, which is resistance for the next upside move. I'm buyer of...

Stocks trading at or near 52-week highs and lows provide excellent trading opportunities, as volatility tends to increase at such levels. The following stocks hit new 52-week highs in Monday's trading session (listed from highest total volume to lowest): 1) BioSante Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BPAX...

Shares of Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ: SAFM) are lower on the session by 0.67%, currently trading at $45.99. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six weeks and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago...

Farmer Brothers (NASDAQ: FARM) opened to a forceful increase on Monday morning; rising as much as 27% from Friday's close. The price leveled out mid-day to stabilize around a 19% increase near $11.50. The company is presently celebrating its 100th year of distributing coffee, in a history that has...

GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) is launching GeoEye Image Pack for Esri ELA Customers on July 11, 2011, with its partner, Esri®. Small governments, public safety organizations and utilities rely on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and imagery to effectively perform regular activities within tight...

POINT ROBERTS - July 11, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ for July 08, 2011. APAC Customer Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: APAC) soared 53.85% to $101.20 on news it was to be acquired by One Equity...

By 10:40 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 149.55 points, or 1.18%, to 12,507.65, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 21.21 points, or 1.58%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 42.94 points, or 1.50%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the...

GSV Capital Corp (NASDAQ: GSVC) shares surged 1.54% to $16.45 at 10:35 am. The volume of GSVC shares traded was 693% higher than normal. GSVC had $1.38 thousand in total cash for the recent quarter. Coffee Holding Co Inc (NASDAQ: JVA) shares moved up 9.83% to $29.38. The volume of JVA shares...

Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: JVA) shares are soaring this morning, up another 12% this morning, as the coffee stock soars past anyone's imagination. At last check, shares were up $3.18 to $29.93, a gain of 11.89%‎ on over 1 million shares, 35 minutes into Monday trade. The company only has a...

Lifeway Foods, Inc., (Nasdaq: LWAY) announced record sales results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. Second quarter of 2011 gross sales increased 29% to $20.0 million compared to $15.5 million for the second quarter of 2010. The Company does not plan to provide preliminary financial...

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By EconMatters China's inflation jumped to its highest in three years with its consumer price index surging 6.4% year-over-year in June (See Chart Below). The spike has been fueled by escalating food prices despite that the central bank's effort to tame inflation by pushing up the RRR (Reserve...