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Downtrend Spotted in Shares of BioDelivery Sciences (BDSI)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 6:06pm | 8WR Berkley Upward Momentum Looks to Continue (WRB)
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SmarTrend's Trend Spotter Sees Continued Upward Momentum on Shares of Southwest Bancorp (OKSB)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 6:04pm | 8WR Berkley Upward Momentum Looks to Continue (WRB)
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Rural/Metro Upward Momentum Looks to Continue (RURL)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 6:02pm | 8WR Berkley Upward Momentum Looks to Continue (WRB)
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Send This ETF Out To Pasture
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 12:43pm | 273As home to many a high-beta name, the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO) should be a solid performer when the market is doing well and an ETF to avoid when the market is faltering. Unfortunately, only one of those scenarios has played out recently and it is the latter. While the broader...
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Scotts to grow dividend
Sunday, May 9, 2010 - 8:00am | 650Scotts Miracle Gro (SMG) is a company which dominates their industry probably more than any other firm that I can think of. I don't post much about the stock which makes up a very small percentage of my portfolio, but their recent earnings report is worth noting and it came with a special bonus....
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CF (CF) Industries Report Loss In Q1
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 12:30pm | 122CF Industries (NYSE: CF) declared rather disappointing first quarter results. Compared to net positive earnings of $62.7 million, $1.28 per diluted share, in the first quarter a year earlier, the company posted a net loss of $4.4 million, $0.09 per diluted share, in first quarter of 2010. Net sales...
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Cloning 101
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 12:21pm | 4642If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. — Sir Isaac Newton Picking stocks is hard. Most academic research has shown that individuals stink at it. Many investors have painfully (re)learned this lesson in 2008 as stock markets collapsed around the globe. That being said...
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CF Industries Holdings (CF) Revenue Plunges 26%
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 9:58am | 136CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) released its 1st quarter financial results on Friday morning. CF Industries Holdings, Inc. reported that it swung to a 1st quarter net loss of $4.4 million, or 9 cents per share, from net income of $62.7 million, or $1.28 per share, a year earlier. CF...
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Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Revenue Jumps 19%
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 10:05am | 112The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) on Thursday morning released financial results that easily beat Wall Street expectations. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company reported that its fiscal 2nd quarter earnings climbed to $118.5 million, or $1.76 per share, up from $77.5 million, or $1.18 per share...
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Sell in May and go away?
Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 7:50am | 957Another year is in the books here at the University of Michigan, but European leaders are getting no such rest, as the sovereign debt crisis contagion is spreading from Greece and the periphery into the core (sov debt crises are proving to be more contagious than chicken pox). As we speculated, the...
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Agrium Reports Loss (AGU)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 10:47am | 98Agrium (NYSE: AGU) released their quarterly earnings report this morning prior to the opening bell. The company reported a first-quarter net loss of $7 million or $0.04 per share compared to a loss of $60 million or $0.38 per share in the year ago period. On an adjusted basis, AGU reported EPS of $...
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Company News for May 5, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 9:30am | 164• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) removed Merck (NYSE:MRK) from its Conviction Buy List, cutting its rating to "neutral," and lowering the price target from $46 to $42 • Time Warner (NYSE:TWX) reported better-than-expected first quarter earnings of 61 cents a share, ahead of Zacks estimates of 48 cents on...
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Intrepid Potash (IPI) Posts Better Than Expected Earnings
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 6:45pm | 85Intrepid Potash (NYSE: IPI) posted earnings after the bell. IPI recorded a net income of $11.8 million, or $0.16 per share which was enough to beat the census of $0.15. Last year, Intrepid Potash (IPI) had a net income of $24.7 million or $0.33 per share. After a big sell off, and a decline of 3.08...
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Markets Slammed As Writing Was On The Wall From The Metal And Agriculture Stocks
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 12:17pm | 316The writing was on the wall and most of my previous articles over the last week told the Street this was the case. In recent days, I talked about the metal stocks like AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS), Southern Copper Corporation (NYSE: SCCO) and United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X)...
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Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) Downgraded To Hold
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 10:47am | 214Jefferies & Company analysts Douglas M. Lane and Per E. Ostlund lowered their rating for shares of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) to Hold, from the previous rating of Buy. They also lowered the price target to $52.50, from the previous price target of $55.00. The analysts' new price...