Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

Cusick’s Corner The bulls are trying to build some momentum into the Midday, looking to get out of this oversold segment and push into the green. This has been challenged, with the shorts just pounding back these bulls, so watch the 1042 level on the SPX to hold if the long side is going to have...

Shares of CF Industries (NYSE: CF) are seeing some buying pressure today, gaining 4.10% to $64.50. CF has been badly beaten up year-to-date, and is a name that bullish investors should take a look at. The company is very sensitive to the health of the global economy, and should significantly...

• General Mills (NYSE: GIS) raised its dividend before reporting inline fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of 41 cents a share, but its guidance for fiscal 2011 came in below Street expectations.  Revenues of $3.57 billion were in-line with Zacks projections of $3.57 billion, but were off 2.1% from a...

Shares of Intrepid Potash Inc. (NYSE: IPI) are lower on the session by 2.62%, currently trading at $20.10. The stock has been trading largely lower over the past four months and is now trading at a fresh 52-week low. Options traders are bracing for more downside as well. 5,518 put have traded in...

Monsanto (NYSE:MON) is always one of my favorite stocks to watch, and I enjoy listening to their earnings conference call even more.  Earnings are expected to be announced on June 30.  With 15 analysts covering MON, the consensus per-share estimate is $0.80, and the high and low estimates are $0.85...

Cusick’s Corner The market has been in a tight but whippy range going into the Midday. I am keeping an eye on four key sectors, Consumer Discretionary (XLY), Financials (XLF), Tech (XLK), and Industrials (XLI). If this market is going to see any potentially meaningful market shift to the upside,...

In his article on www.thestreet.com, Don Dion wrote about ETFs that should watched this week. Market Vectors Agribusiness (ETF) (NYSE: MOO) will be watched closely by Don Dion because Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is going to report earnings on Wednesday. China and Taiwan are going to sign a trade...

Shares of Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) are flat on the session, currently trading at $50.45. The stock has been drifting lower and lower over the past three months; the stock is currently trading below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are picking up calls on the name today....

Cusick’s Corner The bears were still in control going into the After Hours and were looking to test the lows. With the continued mixed data that has been coming out and the fact that Europe is still so very much in flux, the bearish sentiment looks to have the upper hand. Volatility is also on the...

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) may be able to close a deal to acquire Spanish ports belonging to Dragados, a subsidiary of builder ACS (OTC: ACSAF.PK), within a range of €700-€800 million, subject to debt financing. According to a source involved in the deal, "The enterprise value of the deal is...

According to Jefferies, “Many investors remain focused on upside risks to the supply side of the crop equation and are missing improving demand fundamentals. The USDA increased its estimate for corn usage on both higher ethanol production and food/industrial usage… Yield expectations remain high,...

Agrium Inc.'s (NYSE: AGU) management has given an upbeat appraisal of the company’s intermediate-term growth trajectory. The company has highlighted that its outlook for U.S. crop production remains positive despite recent rainfall. However, its forecast for Western Canada and South America is...

Cusick’s Corner As I write this into the close, the market has hit a patch of resistance at the highs but there has not been any noticeable selling that would be breaking this current up trend. One of the more impressive sectors as of late has been Energy (XLE). Despite the issues in the Gulf, BP...

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch List for Tuesday June 15, 2010. Play Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY) earnings report with the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLY). With oil executives headed to Capitol Hill, energy ETFs will be in play in a big way. Keep an eye on the Oil Services...