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Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 4:18pm | 950Sorry, we already spent it all Tim Geithner is a woman How to play it Commodity prices are headed much, much higher in the coming years. But in short term, I'm not so sure... Why? Well, I have an active imagination, but I can't see how Ben Bernanke's...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: United States Steel, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca plc, BHP Billiton and Wyndham Worldwide - Press Releases
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 3:33pm | 1901For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – October 27, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: United States Steel Corp. (X), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), AstraZeneca plc (AZN), BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) and Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (WYN ). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity...
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Sohu Beats Zacks Consensus - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 3:09pm | 996A leading online brand and Internet portal in China, Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU) reported strong third quarter 2010 results, attributable to growth in each of its business segments, including online games and brand advertising. Moreover, better-than-expected growth in search ad revenues boosted results...
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China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources Getting Hit Into Rare Earth ETF Launch (SHZ)
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 2:07pm | 99Shares of China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources Inc. (AMEX: SHZ) are down sharply today, losing almost 9% as reports come out that Van Eck is launch a new rare Earth metal ETF. SHZ is a rare earth metals miner, but does not meet the requirement of the criteria set by the fund, which is a market...
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Gold M&A: More on the Way in Argentina
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 2:00pm | 150As the excitement surrounding the $3.6 billion buyout of tiny Andean Resources by Goldcorp Inc. subsides, investors are wondering who's up for grabs next among Argentina's other emerging success stories. The task has been simplified by the fact that only two gold juniors have to date made...
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Compass Minerals Announces Price Increase on Sulfate of Potash Specialty Fertilizer
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 4:48pm | 66Great Salt Lake Minerals Corp., a subsidiary of Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP), has announced a $35 per-short-ton increase in the selling price of all sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer products effective with orders placed after November 15, 2010, or shipments after December 1, 2010, or as...
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Compass Minerals Reports Third-Quarter Financial Results: EPS of $0.58
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 4:46pm | 118Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) reports the following results of its third-quarter 2010 operations: * Sales were $176.0 million compared to $182.3 million in the 2009 quarter, a decline that was primarily due to lower pre-season sales of highway, consumer and professional deicing products in North...
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'Peak Phosphate' Spells End of Cheap Food
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 2:18pm | 241Potash may be a hot commodity garnering plenty of headlines as of late. But in the quest to feed a burgeoning global population, phosphate may eventually steal the limelight. That's because this lesser-known but equally indispensable key ingredient in fertilizer is expected to run out long before...
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Agribusinesses ETF: Farming Favorites (MOO)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:58pm | 155Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO) offers a great opportunity to capitalize on the move in the sector; the fund focuses on the 40 most actively traded companies in the agriculture chemical and product business," says Jim Farrish. The exchange-traded fund specialist and editor of...
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This copper company is about to get slaughtered
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:49pm | 858Wait for it... 25 per cent gains in less than two months When and at what price you should buy this stock I've been on quite a tear writing about gold and silver of late. That's not because I think you should run out and buy these precious metals right now....
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10-25-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 12:01pm | 4028Yesterday's Top Performing Small Cap Stock: Concordis Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CNGI) Concordis Group, Inc. was a SmallCapVoice.com top performer closing up over 20% on trading volume of 162,852 shares. Concordis Group, Inc. is a diversified holding company that provides investment brokerage...
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Freeport-McMoRan Upgraded to Buy (FCX)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 10:08am | 33Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) is upgraded from Hold to Buy at Argus. The analysts have a $113 price target on the company. Freeport-McMoRan is currently trading at $96.22.
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General Moly Announces Hanlong to Accelerate Funding of First $40M Equity Tranche
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 9:17am | 54General Moly (GMO) announced that the Company has executed an amendment to the previously announced agreement with Sichuan Hanlong Group setting the closing of Hanlong's $40 million purchase of the first tranche of equity in General Moly, representing a 12.5% fully diluted stake and approximately...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners (SOXS, EDZ, SMN, ZSL)
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 4:49pm | 202Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) fell 3.47% on Monday as Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) spiked 5.37%. SOXL closed at $25.61, and had a volume of 134K traded shares. Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: EDZ) dropped 3.41% as the MSCI Emerging...
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Why Many Junior Copper Stocks Are a Bargain
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 1:36pm | 116As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. Copper's talking up a storm. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. said copper ore mined from Chile, and shipped to Indonesia, will be in short supply for at least the next five years. Antofagasta Plc, which owns three...