Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

By Tom Clancy Disastrous weather has put this year's crop report in question, and could affect fertilizer stocks, crop insurance, and more. “Soldiers of corn, lend me your ears!” --El Seed in The Tick The Ag trade consists of 4 parts: 1) Seeds Monsanto (NYSE: MON) DuPont (NYSE: DD) 2)...

The S&P 500 traded in positive territory for most of session on Wednesday, but sellers came in around 2:25pm, as the index neared its intraday high of 1298.61. The S&P proceeded to drop 11.47 points to close at 1287.14 – down 8.38 on the day. The Sector Breakdown for Wednesday's session...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that MAKO Surgical (NASDAQ: MAKO) is a “company that has strong momentum. They've got the mojo." Cramer doesn't recommend buying Bitauto Holdings (NYSE: BITA). He said, "It's time to cut and run and take your losses. No Chinese...

The Basic Materials Sector is the hottest area of the market in today's session, currently up 2.4% on the day. The best performing stocks in the S&P 500 Basic Materials Sector currently are: 1) International Paper (NYSE: IP): Shares of International Paper are currently trading up 4.2% from...

Clean Diesel Technologies (NASDAQ: CDTI) moving higher since annoucement of patent award. The stock is currently trading up 4.5% on the session. Please click here to see more information regarding the patent.

Guy Adami said on CNBC's Fast Money that Agrium (NYSE: AGU) jumped 4.05%, after it raised its guidance. He thinks that Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU) looks attractive at $83 or $84. Dan Nathan said that The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) might make an acquisition in Europe next week. The Blackstone...

The shares of Agrium (NYSE: AGU) are up almost 3% on increased guidance. The company announced that it expects to earn between $4.10 to $4.40 diluted earnings per share on continuing operations in the second quarter of 2011, or $5.12 to $5.42 for the first half of 2011. Agrium Inc. is a global...

As we all should know by now, when the U.S. Dollar Index declines the major stock market indexes will usually inflate and trade higher. Since 7:40 am EST, the U.S. Dollar Index has declined lower by 0.47 cents to $75.42 per contract. This is exactly when the S&P 500 Index made a move higher...

There is a lot to be decided this week, from the FOMC, to the Greek debt crisis, to a market being so oversold, when will is finally muster a bounce? With that being said, the market could take a turn in either direction and for that, it is worth being prepared for the week ahead with 4 long setups...

The “Golden Cross” is a major bullish technical indicator. It occurs when a stock's 50-day simple moving average crosses above its 200-day simple moving average. The “Golden Cross,” like most technical indicators, should never be used alone, but is a significant event to consider when evaluating a...

Agrium (NYSE: AGU) cites strong retail performance and crop fundamentals for the increase in Q2 guidance. The company announced today that it expects to earn between $4.10 to $4.40 diluted earnings per share on continuing operations in the second quarter of 2011, or $5.12 to $5.42 for the first...

The Basic Materials Sector is the weakest performing area of the market in today's session, currently down 0.3% on the day. The weakest performing stocks in the S&P Basic Materials Sector currently are: 1) CF Industries (NYSE: CF): Shares of CF Industries are currently trading down 4% from...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that RealD (NYSE: RLD) is “way too risky for me." Cramer believes that Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is a “3% yielder going to 4%. If you can take the pain of oil coming down, I would hold onto it." He believes that Partner Communications' (...

BGB Securities lowered its Scotts Miracle-Gro (NYSE: SMG) price target from $75 to $70 and left its Scotts Miracle-Gro Buy rating unchanged in a research report published today. In the report, BGB Securities states, "Weather has been a severe disappointment thus far in FY11, but our belief is that...

Converted Organics Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) announced today that it has decided not to effect the 1-for-10 reverse split of the Company's stock that had been approved by the Company's Board of Directors on June 13, 2011. Market conditions indicated to the Company that the reverse split is not beneficial...