Here’s Why These Stocks Are on Investors’ Radars Today
Markets are trading higher today as investors are less worried over an interest rate hike in the nearest future. In addition, the market was boosted by...
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When Jeffrey Ubben Likes A Stock Like Agrium Inc. (AGU), You Should Pay Attention
In a recent 13D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jeffrey Ubben’s ValueAct Capital disclosed a 6.8% ownership stake in Agrium Inc. (...
Hedge Fund News: Bill Ackman, Christian Leone & Valueact Capital
Bill Ackman Can’t Possibly Be Expected To Remember All The Great Ideas He’s Ever Had (DealBreaker) Bill Ackman wants to clear up a few things. First...
BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (BHP), Mosaic Co (MOS): Why I’m Buying Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT)
David Lee Roth left Van Halen in 1985, and the Van Halen loyal mourned his departure. Sadness turned to hand wringing, as the faithful worried the band...
E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (DD): New Life for an Ancient Company
Back in 1802, when President Jefferson was trudging around the White House, E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) was born. It’s since moved...
Monsanto Company (MON), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (DD), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): Score a Touchdown With These Stocks This Month
Image source: Wikimedia Commons By now, you must already have your list of potential studs and duds ready for this NFL season. But have you ever tried...
Deere & Company (DE), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU), Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNH): A Number of Factors Could Hurt These Agricultural Companies
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) reported higher than expected quarterly earnings earlier this month as sales of tractors and harvesters in the Americas...
Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU), Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT): This Outperformer’s Dividend Grew 1,700% in 2 Years
When a company’s business increasingly depends on uncontrollable factors such as weather, sustaining top and bottom-line growth becomes a real challenge...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (POT), Intrepid Potash, Inc. (IPI), Mosaic Co (MOS): This Is One Incredible CEO
The Motley Fool’s readers have spoken, and I have heeded their cries. After months of pointing out CEO gaffes and faux pas, I’ve decided...
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), Mosaic Co (MOS), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): Three Solid Reasons That Natural Gas Fears Shouldn’t Keep You Away From This Stock
When a company’s quarterly profits drop 18% year over year despite record sales for its primary product, you know you need to dig deeper into the...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): How to Trade Agriculture Stocks Now
A recent announcement by Russian potash producer Uralkali that it is exiting from Belarusian Potash Company, or BPC, joint venture has caused a significant...
Mosaic Co (MOS), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): Billionaire Agricultural Activism Afoot
Famed activist investor Dan Loeb of the Third Point hedge fund is known for his successful activist campaign over at Yahoo!, but he’s now trading...
The Dow Chemical Company (DOW), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): Monday’s Top Upgrades (and Downgrades)
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines...
Will Fertilizer Fallout Hurt or Help CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) Earnings?
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) will release its quarterly report next Tuesday, and the fertilizer company’s stock has been volatile given...
Mosaic Co (MOS), Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): Is This the Perfect Time to Buy These Companies?
You may not know much about potash, a type of salt used primarily in fertilizers. You may not know about the potash cartels. You may want to know about...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT) Gets Pulverized But It’s Not as Bad as It Looks
Although the Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT) industry was pulverized yesterday after the world’s biggest producer said it would no longer...
Value Investor Barry Rosenstein’s Cheap Stock Picks Include Aetna Inc (AET)
JANA Partners, managed by Barry Rosenstein, is a value and activist hedge fund, and Aetna Inc (NYSE:AET) is one of its holdings. It is one of the hundreds...
Are Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT) Earnings a Bad Omen for Fertilizer Producers?
So much for mitigating risk across a diverse business. Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT) delivered dismal earnings, reduced its full-year outlook...
Why Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT) Earnings Aren’t Growing
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and given the increasing importance of fertilizers to produce...
Mosaic Co (MOS), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): More Headwinds For Fertilizer Stocks
Each year, the population of Earth grows by 75 million people. It will grow by 2 billion by 2050. All those people need to be fed somehow. In the meantime...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Mosaic Co (MOS): India Could Control These Companies’ Destiny
Record drought in the U.S. was among the strongest headwinds that farmers faced last year, but dwindling sales from key international markets made things...
Is Fertilizer Company Mosaic Co (MOS) A Good Stock to Buy?
In mid July, $23 billion market cap fertilizer company Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS), which provides both phosphate- and potash-based fertilizers, reported its...
Mosaic Co (MOS), Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT): You Want to Pay Attention to This Fertilizer Stock Next Week
Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS)‘s stock was holding up strong until May when a disappointing announcement from the company put a wrench in its growth. The...
Mosaic Co (MOS): Is This Company a Discount or a Trap?
Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) is one of the world’s leading producers of concentrated phosphate and potash (NYSE:POT) which are two key crop nutrients used in...
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): Natural Gas Is a Bigger Troublemaker for This Company Than You Think
Investors in the fertilizer industry have something serious to think about. One of the leading nutrient producers, Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU), is hanging...
Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU), Mosaic Co (MOS): 3 Agrochemical Companies Looking to Capitalize on Booming Fertilizer Demand
With demand for food grains increasing, global demand for fertilizer is expected to increase at a CAGR 10.6% from $134 billion in 2010 to $223 billion...
Is BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (BHP) Jumping Into the Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT) Market?
Last week, rumors intensified regarding mining giant BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) and the firm’s prospective entry into the potash market....
Billionaire Dan Loeb’s Cheap Stock Picks Include Hess Corp. (HES)
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including billionaire Dan Loeb’s Third Point. By processing...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Mosaic Co (MOS), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): Three Stocks to Benefit From Rising Food Demand
As the demand for crops and meat increases worldwide, especially in BRIC countries, grain prices should remain strong, leading to a greater use of fertilizers...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Vale SA (ADR) (VALE): Will Fertilizer Companies Lose Brazil’s Business Forever?
Around two years ago, Brazil declared its intention to wean itself off of fertilizer imports by 2020. While acknowledging that it could not fully meet...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU): Expecting More Droughts? Invest Here
Remember the 2012 droughts that ravaged a meaningful portion of the U.S. corn and soy bean crop? If you are expecting them to occur with more regularity...
Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU), Cytec Industries Inc (CYT), Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (ROC): Materials: A 3-Stock Portfolio
The materials sector is a supplier to all industries. From agribusiness to aerospace, there is no industry that does not demand technology from some of...
Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Ingles Markets, Incorporated (IMKTA): Big Companies Borrowing Billions
Last week was a slow one in U.S. corporate bond markets, with little more than $14 billion in new issues, but there were nonetheless some multibillion...
Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU), Discover Financial Services (DFS): 3 New Stocks on Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (CS)’s Focus List
A great place to look for new stock ideas is in Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) (NYSE:CS)‘s “Focus List.” The Focus List has outperformed the...
Mosaic Co (MOS), Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT) – 4 Hot Fertilizer Stocks: Which One Is a Buy?
What do investors do when a couple of good sets of numbers are followed by a two equally distasteful reports? They are left confused. This is exactly...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT): Is This the Best Stock in the Market Today?
Let’s face it, as the market continues to plod higher, it’s getting tougher to find interesting stocks to buy. Way too many stocks in the...
Monsanto Company (MON), DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (DFT): The U.S. Government’s Favorite Agriculture Company
Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) has chalked up another one in the win column as it continues to wage its legal battle to protect its intellectual property...
Monsanto Company (MON), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF): Some Bang For Your Buck
Agriculture is one of the oldest industries in the world and is considered to be one of the most consistent and stable sectors, yielding steady returns...
Theravance Inc (THRX), Sterling Bancorp (STL): Shorts Are Piling Into These Stocks. Should You Be Worried?
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Mosaic Co (MOS): How to Dig Out the Real Meat From an Earnings Report
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT)’s first-quarter report was a pleasant surprise. Revenue as well as profits inched up on strong domestic demand...
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT): Investors See Growth
On Thursday, Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks...
Hedge Fund News: George Soros, Marc Faber, Dell Inc (DELL)
Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), Skechers USA...
Hedge Fund News: Jeffrey Vinik, George Soros & BlackRock Inc. (BLK)
Hedge-Fund Star Gets a Hip Check (WSJ) Jeffrey Vinik‘s Tampa Bay Lightning are struggling, but the performance of his National Hockey League team...
An Insider Bought Shares of Mosaic Co (MOS). Should You Follow?
A Form 4 filed with the SEC has disclosed that Emery Koenig, a member of the Board of Directors at Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS), purchased 2,000 shares of stock...
Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU), CVR Partners LP (UAN): The Ultimate Guide to Buying Fertilizer Stocks
Sometimes it pays to just pay attention to the boring things in life. Think health food. Think farming. Or think of stuff that’s behind those corn fritters...
Mosaic Co (MOS): Reading Between the Lines of Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT)’s Pursuit of Israel Chemicals
Why is Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT) looking to Israel for growth? I find it very interesting that Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE...
Monsanto Company (MON), Agrium Inc. (AGU): Why This Stock Is Poised to Hit a New High Next Week
It’s been a matter of days since Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON)’s stock hit a new high. The seed giant’s top and bottom line growth last year were...
Is Potash Corp. Set to Grow With Global Agriculture?
The world population continues to grow, which increased the demand for agricultural products; income per person, particularly in less developed countries...
Is Your Favorite Stock About to Fizzle? – Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Mosaic Co (MOS), Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU)
One industry that grabbed eyeballs as 2013 kicked off was fertilizers. Companies dealing in potash were at the forefront as deals flew in from two of...
Has Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU) Become the Perfect Stock? – Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT), Mosaic Co (MOS)
Every investor would love to stumble upon the perfect stock. But will you ever really find a stock that provides everything you could possibly want? One...
