Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Cusick's Corner As I have stated in past Corners, as the Euro Currency goes so does the market -- that correlation between FXE and SPY is still intact today. The Euro FXE pulled back in the last week from the $1.40 to the $1.37 and the SPY has been in lock step with this move. Both markets are...

Potash 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...

Market 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...

Below are the top nonmetallic mineral mining stocks on the NYSE, the NASDAQ and the AMEX in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Alliance Holdings GP LP (NASDAQ: AHGP) for the next year ending December, 2011 is $3.12 per share. AHGP's quarterly earnings jumped 79....

Cusick's Corner After watching the markets today, unless there is a major headline or blow out after the close, this grind is probably weighing on traders' psyches. Keep an eye on the Euro, FXE -- this currency has been highly correlated with the move in the S&Ps, plus the FXE was not able to...

Cusick's Corner I was wondering if Charlie Brown was running the G20 because all I heard out of the meeting was “Wah wha wha>> Hahaha>> Whawhawha”. Timothy Geithner tried to ask the rest of the world economies not to pull their best “Lucy van Pelt” and to pull the proverbial football away from the...

Matt Shapiro of MWS Capital said in an interview on CNBC that cotton prices had a great run recently on strong demand from China, and poor harvest. He thinks that Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE: DD) and Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) will benefit from...

Welcome to edition twenty of Insider Weekends. Insider buying increased slightly last week with insiders purchasing $3.05 million of their stock when compared to $2.53 million in the week prior. Selling on the other hand decreased with insiders selling $567.34 million worth of stock when compared...

Jim Cramer said on CNBC's Mad Money Lightning Round OT that Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) has run up a lot lately, because the annuity business is red hot. He recommended investors with a long position in Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) to hold their position, because he sees more room on...

Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer Stocks waver after another batch of earnings Stocks trade in tight range following fresh earnings; traders eye G-20 conference NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fluctuated in a tight range Friday as traders poured through another batch of earnings looking for clues about...

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) today announced an agreement that broadens Monsanto's Roundup Ready PLUS weed management platform in the United States to include selected FMC products. FMC herbicides covered under the agreement include the growing line of soybean...