FirstEnergy Corp (NYSE:FE) (The Motley Fool) What happened: Shares of First Energy (NYSE:FE) spiked on Monday and were up 15% at 10:45 a.m. EST after......
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Today, we present you 10 famous corporate whistleblowers in publicly-traded companies. It takes a lot of guts for an individual to stand up against huge......
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Although we don’t believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes — just in case......
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Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) will release its quarterly report on Tuesday, and investors have gotten increasingly enthusiastic about the......
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Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you’d like to add some global natural resources......
(read more)July 29 - News - Comments
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you’d like to add some agriculture-related stocks......
(read more)July 24 - News - Comments
The world needs its farm goods, and the market is well aware of this. The problem with something that everyone knows they need is that the price can become......
(read more)July 22 - News - Comments
Having already reviewed a number of grocery-store stocks, I decided to look further into the market for home-cooked foods, specifically companies that......
(read more)July 18 - News - Comments
Investors of all shapes and sizes are reassessing and restructuring their portfolios in an attempt to boost returns, preserve capital, generate income......
(read more)July 10 - News - Comments
First, here’s a disclaimer of sorts. This piece cites tempting chocolate confectioneries, which can lead to weight issues that agricultural commodity......
(read more)June 26 - News - Comments
Alternative oils play Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM) may have just gotten riskier; apparently, many investors think so. Unlike many stocks today, Solazyme......
(read more)June 25 - News - Comments
Throw all of your revenue projections out the window for now. Renewable oils manufacturer Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM) started out the week with some bad......
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Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM) continues to trek ahead toward its ambitious goals of scaling one of the world’s first industrial biotechnology platforms......
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LONDON — Last time I conducted a sector examination, I plumped for SSE as my pick of the FTSE 100’s utilities companies. Today, it’......
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LONDON — Management can make all the difference to a company’s success, and thus its share price. The best companies are those run by talented......
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Major grain companies ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG), Cargill, and CHS Inc. (NASDAQ:CHSCP) are undertaking a major joint venture called Ardent Mills......
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Every quarter, many money managers have to disclose what they’ve bought and sold, via “13F” filings. Their latest moves can shine a......
(read more)May 17 - Hedge Funds - Comments
“Warren is in the House” went Buffett’s first tweet ever. And so he is, the farmhouse. Two of his most recent buys for the portfolio......
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LONDON — If you want to be eligible for a dividend payment, or if you’re hoping a share price might drop disproportionately when the time......
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LONDON — Next week will be busy for FTSE 100 company news, and we have already taken a look at some of our most popular companies. But with first......
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LONDON — To me, capital growth and dividend income are equally important. Together, they provide the total return from any share investment and,......
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Investors have always been interested in stocks that pay dividends, but lately, low interest rates on bonds and other fixed-income investments have made......
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Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you. If you’d like to add some sizable companies to your portfolio......
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As first-quarter earnings creep to a close, I can’t help but point out that the majority of earnings reports we’ve covered over the past year......
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Most of us have heard of Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM). This company is on the front lines of an industry that is attempting to create cleaner energy, in......
(read more)March 22 - News - Comments
Most of us have heard of Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM). This company is on the front lines of an industry that is attempting to create cleaner energy,......
(read more)March 21 - News - Comments
I’ve been developing my own Perfect Dividend Portfolio over the past 4 months, and I actually am quite pleased with how it has been going. I still have......
(read more)March 15 - News - Comments
If you were watching ethanol company stocks over the last five years, you’re probably suffering from a serious case of whiplash. They boomed with the......
(read more)March 15 - News - Comments
Earnings season is winding down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results. But there are still some companies left to report......
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LONDON — I’m always searching for shares that can help ordinary investors like you make money from the stock market. So right now I am trawling......
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In the middle of February, with much fanfare, the newest additions to Berkshire’s portfolio were announced. These stocks were immediately bid up......
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Berkshire Hathaway’s annual letter to shareholders was released Friday. In the letter, Buffett states that the firm continues to look for large acquisitions......
(read more)March 7 - Hedge Funds - Comments
Billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway founder Warren Buffett is a pupil of legendary investor Benjamin Graham. Berkshire is a major conglomerate......
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With markets trading at their highest levels since 2007, a less than impressive earnings season underway, and the potential for more macro-economic headwinds......
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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......
(read more)February 26 - News - Comments
With Burlington Northern Santa Fe still ringing in the backs of investors’ minds, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) last Thursday put $12 billion......
(read more)February 20 - Hedge Funds - Comments
This article looks into the fourth quarter big buys of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. Mr. Buffett needs no introduction, and every move he makes......
(read more)February 19 - News - Comments
Earnings season is in full swing, with huge numbers of companies having already given their latest numbers to investors, and Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM......
(read more)February 18 - News - Comments
When you go out to a restaurant, would you rather read through a menu with limited options or one with exponential potential to send you into a food coma......
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