Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Cusick’s Corner The market, while down, has still been able to hold its ground into the Midday. We continue to see minor new highs intra-day, only to have the market grind back to basically breakeven. While the trend to the upside is still intact, there needs to be some tighter risk management to...

Monsanto (MON) seems to reacting quite nicely to what I perceive as a very modest increase in the dividend. Monsanto Co. said Wednesday its board of directors approved increasing the company's quarterly dividened to 28 cents per share from 26.5 cents per share.  The world's biggest seed maker will...

At 11:32 am, the Dow lost 0.31% to 10,646.90, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.42% to 1,122.56 and the NASDAQ composite index fell 0.62% to 2,289.20. The industries that are driving the market today are: Telecom Services-Foreign: This industry jumped 3.97% by 11:32 am. The...

With wheat prices skyrocketing as a result of a drought in Russia, fertilizer stocks have risen dramatically. During today's trading session, the recent uptrend is extending itself even further. Shares of Agrium (NYSE: AGU) have risen 2.76% to $68.06. Over the last month, the stock has shot up...

The overall market is taking a breather this morning; currently the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) is off by 5 points, currently trading at 1,122. Retailers are posting relatively strong gains (+0.2%) considering the market is lower on the session and the mediocre same-store-sales released this morning....

Intrepid Potash, Inc (NYSE: IPI) announced on Wednesday after the market closed that it failed to meet consensus Wall Street estimates. Intrepid Potash, Inc reported that its 2nd quarter net income fell to $3.6 million, or 5 cents per share, down from $14.4 million, or 19 cents per share, a year...

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced that its Board of Directors declared an increase in the quarterly dividend on its common shares from 26.5 cents per share to 28 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Oct. 29, 2010 to shareowners of record on Oct. 8, 2010. Chief Financial Officer...

Fertilizer company Agrium (NYSE: AGU) released its Q2 earnings results this morning prior to the opening bell. The company reported net income of $506 million or $3.20 per share, compared to $370 million or $2.35 per share, in the year ago period. The results came in well ahead of analysts'...

• Priceline (NASDAQ:PCLN) reported sharply better-than-expected sales and earnings for the second quarter. Earnings of $3.09 were sharply above Zacks expectations of $2.47, as revenues of $767.4 million beat estimates of $734 million. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) kept its "buy" rating on the shares,...

Unlike some stocks which are now looking completely egregious - yet still have people chasing after them as if there will be no stock to buy ever again after today, see these punks for example... I feel more comfortable with stocks that make a nice move, consolidate, churn a bit, and then start...

BlackBerry users in Saudi Arabia and the UAE could have certain services cut off after authorities stepped up demands on smartphone maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) for access to encrypted messages sent over the device. "Certain BlackBerry services allow users to act without any legal...

Yhe Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) announced it will conduct a conference call on Monday, August 2, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. EDT to discuss the preliminary injunction entered late Friday, July 30, 2010 relating to Mosaic's South Fort Meade mine permit in Hardee County, Florida. The conference call-in number...

Dahlman Rose & Co. is out with a research report this morning, where it reiterates its Hold rating on Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT); it did not provide a price target on the stock. The Dahlman analysts cited the company’s most recent earnings report, which beat estimates, the outperformance coming...