Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Below are the top agricultural chemical stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Terra Nitrogen Company LP (NYSE: TNH) has a dividend yield of 10.20%. TNH's shares closed at $92.01 yesterday. Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE: CMP) has a dividend yield of 2.10%. CMP's...

Morgan Stanley is maintaining its view that there is a strong probability that other bidders emerge for Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT), which would likely drive its valuation beyond the original Base Case of $160 per share and more towards a bullish case of $200 per share. The original bid disclosure is...

Year 4, Week 6 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 66.7% (v 71.4% last week) 22 long bias: 19.4% (v 28.3% last week) 8 short bias: 13.9% (v 0.3% last week)  [Note: Long bond and volatility...

We are maintaining our Neutral recommendation on Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY) with a target price of $15. Alnylam, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focuses on developing novel therapeutics based on a biological breakthrough known as RNA (Ribo Nucleic Acid)...

September 8, 2010 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leader in sector research tools for investor’s reports on trading for agriculture stocks for September 8th. Agriculture Stocks Sector Close –Up September 8th Aquamer Medical Corp. (OTCBB: AQUM) (DBA/ Urban Agricultural Corp.) trading last at $0.15 China...

Potash (NYSE:POT) outperformed the market yesterday after the rumor mills reignited with takeover speculation. The latest theory is that Sinochem could be interested in acquiring the agro-chemical company. The shares closed up more than half a percent at $149.49. Notably active on the options...

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) shares drifted lower along with the broader market Tuesday, down roughly 2.2% to $11.80, breaching the 12 strike. Perhaps seeing this is a buying opportunity, a large-scale investor put on a bullish intermediate-term trade to bank on upside through the end of the year. The...

Just a quick post before the open today.  Commodity stocks were in play yesterday and look to be continuing with their strength on the open today.  I am specifically looking at US Steel (X), Freeport-McMoran (FCX) and Mosaic(MOS) today on the open.  All three are up in the pre-market and...

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) today announced that Anthony J. Nocchiero, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the company as of September 20, 2010. The company has initiated a search that will consider both internal and external candidates for the CFO...

Some potential acquirers for Potash (NYSE: POT) are starting to emerge, writes Barron's. Last week, Sinochem, which is China's state-owned chemicals giant, and is 22% owned by Potash, had been talked about as a potential acquirer. Now it appears that Temasek Holdings, which is Singapore’s sovereign...

On a video posting on his company's Web site, Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) CEO Bill Doyle said that BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world's largest mining company, will not be the only suitor for the Canadian fertilizer producer. Doyle said that "a number of parties" have shown interest in various types...

Sinochem International, China's largest chemicals trader, has reportedly discussed making a bid for Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) with Singapore's Temasek, the city-state's $134 billion sovereign wealth fund. Press reports have said that the Chinese government has ordered Chinese firms, perhaps...

The agriculture-related stocks continue to move into my top tier of highest scoring stocks; add to this, BHP Billiton's (NYSE: BHP) hostile take-over bid for Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) and it is easy to see how investor interest in this segment of the market appears to be heating up," says Mike...

Almost every Monday morning of the past year and a half we open strongly to start the week; just my luck the one time I want to play the nonsense trade it does not work.  Darn Europeans and their bank issues. Last week's euphoria stopped me out of the 2 remaining individual shorts I had so I am...

Year 4, Week 5 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 71.4% (v 71.0% last week) 24 long bias: 28.3% (v 20.7% last week) 2 short bias: 0.3% (v 8.3% last week) 26 positions (vs 25 last week)...