Commodity Chemicals

Below are the top small-cap lumber, wood production stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Koppers Holdings Inc (NYSE: KOP) is 52.70%. KOP's PEG ratio is 0.59. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Deltic Timber...

Below are the top small-cap rubber & plastics stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio STR Holdings Inc (NYSE: STRI) has a PEG ratio of 0.47. STRI's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 23.45%. Spartech Corporation (NYSE: SEH) has a PEG ratio of 0.61. SEH's trailing-twelve...

240 Minute Bars Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT I wrote yesterday to “continue to look higher as long as price is above 99.60. A drop below there would negate the short term bullish structure.” Crude has dropped below 99.60 and the decline looks impulsive. As such, I favor the downside...

Oppenheimer has raised the price target on Innophos Holdings (NASDAQ: IPHS) to $59 and maintains its Outperform rating.

Below are the top mid-cap chemicals-major diversified stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) for the next year ending December, 2012 is $9.94 per share. EMN's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 29....

Fuwei Films Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: FFHL) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Fuwei Films Co., Ltd. was granted two new patents.

Daily Bars Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT “The break higher may be from a wave b of B triangle. The implications are for a sharp c of B rally (to complete wave B) towards 105.06. I would be a seller in the event of a rally to there.” Continue to look higher as long as price is above 99....

Gilford Securities is upgrading shares of Celanese (NYSE: CE) from Sell to Hold, and raising its estimates as well. In a note to clients, Gilford writes, "We are upgrading our rating on CE shares from SELL to HOLD, for two reasons. First, we have raised our 2011-12 EPS estimates. For this year,...

Gilford Securities upgraded Celanese (NYSE: CE) from Sell to Hold in a research report published today. In the report, Gilford Securities states, "We are upgrading our rating on CE shares from SELL to HOLD, for two reasons. First, we have raised our 2011-12 EPS estimates. For this year, the...

Daily Bars Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT “The break higher may be from a wave b of B triangle. The implications are for a sharp c of B rally (to complete wave B) towards 105.06. I would be a seller in the event of a rally to there.” Continue to look higher. Support/Resistance Index (...

Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: FFHL) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fuwei Films Co., Ltd. was awarded a renewed "National Industrial Product Manufacturing Permission" in May 2011, upon passing the review of the key projects on food plastic packaging materials and...

By 11:00 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 62.74 points, or 0.50%, to 12,504.32, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 6.64 points, or 0.50%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 14.19 points, or 0.51%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are driving the markets are...

Daily Bars Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT The break higher may be from a wave b of B triangle. The implications are for a sharp c of B rally (to complete wave B) towards 105.06. I would be a seller in the event of a rally to there. A break below 95 could trigger a sharp decline towards...

240 Minute Bars Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT The break higher yesterday may be from a wave b of B triangle. The implications are for a sharp c of B rally (to complete wave B) towards 105.06. I would be a seller in the event of a rally to there. A break below 95 could trigger a sharp...

240 Minute Bars Prepared by Jamie Saettele, CMT The break higher yesterday may be from a wave b of B triangle. The implications are for a sharp c of B rally (to complete wave B) towards 105.06. I would be a seller in the event of a rally to there. A break below 95 could trigger a sharp...