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An ETF For M&A's Rebound
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 7:42pm | 217There was some decent M&A activity today with Denbury Resources' (NYSE: DNR) $3.2 billion purchase of Encore Acquisition (NYSE: EAC) announced before the bell and Stanley Works' (NYSE: SWK) $4.5 billion buy of Black & Decker (NYSE: BDK) announced after the close. Throw in CF Industries (...
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Stocks Running Early (HGSI, VRTX, DNDN, JWN)
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 10:29am | 348Human Genome Sciences (Nasdaq: HGSI) is up 34% in the pre-market after announcing positive results related to its lupus drug. Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) up 5% after it announced it completed its submission of Biologics License Application for PROVENGE earlier than expected. Vertex...
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Jefferies Introduces Two New Commodity ETFs Focusing On Stocks
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 2:56pm | 189With all the negativity surrounding commodities ETFs and the CFTC's voracious desire to regulate these products, the ETF Professor took note of Jefferies' (NYSE: JEF) launched of two more commodities ETFs that focus on equities not futures and other risky fare. Jefferies introduced the Jefferies...
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Chile's Soquimich In Play Ahead Of Earnings Report
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 5:28am | 130Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (NYSE: SQM), the world’s largest lithium producer, is a stock that doesn't get a lot of attention, but with the company reporting earnings after the close on Tuesday, it might be worth putting this sleepy Chilean company on your radar. Soquimich, as the company...
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Mosaic (MOS) declares Special Cash Dividend of $1.30
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 8:04am | 12Mosaic (MOS) declares special cash dividend of $1.30.
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Syngenta (SYT) 3Q Sales Results
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 5:33am | 83Syngenta (NYSE: SYT) is one of the world's leading companies with more than 24,000 employees in over 90 countries- dedicated to our purpose: bringing plant potential to life, announced its third quarter resultes. Sales in the Q3 of 2009 were 8 percent lower at constant exchange rates; excluding a...
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Fast Money Picks For Tuesday (QCOM, YHOO, STLD, BKS, WMT, POT)
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 7:13pm | 164CNBC's Fast Money Joe Terranova thinks that Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) is returning to profitability and recommends it as a buy. Steel Dynamics (STLD) fell 0.45% in regular trading and gained 2.48% in after-hours. Guy Adami likes valuations of Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) and thinks its stocks should...
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POT has arrived at the "River Jordan" or the "River Styx"
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 6:22pm | 163It was posted that " Potash (POT) is breaking out in almost identical fashion to the other 2 commodities mentioned." Looking at the daily chart one might come to another conclusion. The Gap at the Open [ 97.54 - 100.26 ] could be an "exhaustion gap" as the volume increased to 14.6 million shares...
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Potash (POT) Breaks Out
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 1:35pm | 816As with gold 6 weeks ago, as with oil 2 days ago, now comes the liquidity chasing one of the few laggard areas... agriculture. Potash (POT) is breaking out in almost identical fashion to the other 2 commodities mentioned. Last Thursday we saw a story that potash inventories declined for a 3rd...
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Converted Organics (COIN) Offers 15 Million Shares At $1.06 A Share
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 9:16am | 23Converted Organics (Nasdaq: COIN) prices 15 million shares at $1.06 per share. Converted Organics is trading down $0.03 in the pre-market.
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CF Industries (CF) Signs A Supply Contract
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 9:01am | 56CF Industries (NYSE: CF) signed a supply contract on Tuesday that will provide it with natural gas from the Camisea gas consortium for a petrochemical plant CF plans to build in Peru. The plant would produce 910,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate a year and require estimated investments of between $1...
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Mosaic (MOS), Monsanto (MON) Earnings - Have the Sellers Been Exhausted?
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 10:50am | 1635Agriculture is one of my favorite "long term" themes as a crowded planet modernizes - but the recession has certainly hit the names in the sector more than I thought; I thought these would be a bit more recession proof. In the first few days of the week, 2 under achievers of late - Mosaic (MOS) in...
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New Jeffries Global Commodity Equity ETF A Good Choice For Alternative Exposure (CRBQ, MON, GSG, XOM)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 10:33am | 301The new Jeffries Global Commodity Equity ETF (NYSE: CRBQ) is a good alternative for those seeking commodity exposure in their portfolios. The majority of commodity ETFs (like Ishares Commodity tracked index (NYSE: GSG)), rely on purchasing future contracts in the given commodity and then rolling...
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Monsanto (MON) Says It Remains On Track To Double Gross Profit In 2012
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 10:01am | 32Earlier this morning, Monsanto (NYSE: MON) reported mixed Q4 results. However, on MON's conference call, Monsanto management said it remains on track to double gross profit in 2012.
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Today’s Earnings Preview (AA, MON, FDO, AYI)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 7:06am | 151Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is projected to post a third-quarter loss of 10 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. In premarket trading sessions shares of AA climbed 2.45% to $14.23. Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is projected to report a profit of 1 cent a share in the fiscal...