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Benzinga's PreMarket Info Recap for July 30, 2013: Potash Smash!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 9:26am | 277Read More...Have you ever woken up to find that a stock in your portfolio made a dramatic move overnight? Are you interested in learning how to understand each day's post-market and pre-market moves? Veteran traders Joel Elconin and Dennis Dick will give you all of the insights that you'll need to get in on...
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Every Investor Should Follow These 23 Twitter Feeds
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 4:49pm | 135Read More...Everybody's doing it. It's become so mainstream that when somebody hacks the Associated Press Twitter feed, it moves the Dow more than 100 points. If you've resisted the Twitter experience so far, give it a try. The secret to using Twitter is to be choosy. Don't follow just anybody. Constrain...
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Mosaic and Other Fertilizer Producers Pull Back
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 2:34pm | 733Read More...Shares of fertilizer producers have pulled back recently, due in part to a USDA report that showed that, while the devastating drought in the Midwest continues, corn conditions were unchanged and soybean conditions improved slightly. Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) shares have fallen more than four percent in...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of January 2
Monday, January 2, 2012 - 6:41am | 930Read More...The week (and the new year) will start off quietly, as far as quarterly reports are concerned. Things will pick up a little steam later in the week as Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO), Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) each step into...
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Nine Dividend Payers Up More Than 20% in Six Months
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 9:31am | 934Read More...So maybe you got out of the market when things got crazy, and you are looking to put a toe back in the water now that stocks have largely rebounded. Or perhaps you have been riding out the volatility but thinking you ought to diversify a little more. Well, here is a quick look at some options. They...
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Fertilizer Producers Come Out on Top
Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 10:12am | 487Read More...Fertilizer producers CF Industries Holdings (NYSE: CF) and Terra Nitrogen (NYSE: TNH) rode last week's volatility, reaching a series of new 52-week highs and ending the week at $168.20 and $169.60 per share, respectively. CF Industries saw some analysts raise their price targets on the stock...
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Nine Dividend Payers Up More Than 30% in 90 Days
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 1:28pm | 915Read More...With the stock markets wildly up and down this week (like a hooker's drawers, according to the New York Post), it can be hard to figure out which stocks are doing well. Here is a quick look as some dividend paying stocks that are up more than 30% over the past three months. Central Vermont Public...
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Analysts See Potash Prices Continuing To Rise
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 1:36pm | 247Read More...Two separate Wall Street reports could give fertilizer producers a boost for the remainder of the year. Both Citigroup and Barron's have raised price targets on the sector citing strong short term and long term fundamentals. Citigroup upgraded both top producers Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) and Potash Corp....
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J.P. Morgan Lowers Price Target Of POT From $64.50 To $64.00
Friday, April 29, 2011 - 7:50am | 31Read More...J.P. Morgan is lowering its PT on shares of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT) from $64.50 to $64.00. Potash closed Thursday at $55.43.
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Deutsche Bank Increases Price Target on Potash to $185 (POT)
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 10:07am | 152Read More...Deutsche Bank is out with its report today on Potash (NYSE: POT), raising its price target from $150 to $185. In its note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "PotashCorp had a strong Q4 release with core gross profits beating expectations and the mid-pt. of ‘11 EPS guidance ($9) above consensus. With...
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BHP Denies Plan To Sell Potash Assets
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 9:26am | 191Read More...BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) denied comments Monday that it plans to sell off any of Potash Corp's (NYSE: IPI) assets if it succeeds with its $38.6 billion bid for the world's largest fertilizer producer. If it decided to do so, BHP may find a ready buyer in Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU), a Canadian...
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Potash Long Term Demand Rising
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 4:19pm | 167Read More...Potash speaker, Paul Burnside of British Sulphur, indicated that long-term demand for potash and other fertilizers is rising. The demand is being driven by an increase in global population, which should subsequently lead to increased demand for food, and a fall in arable land per capita ratio. “...
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Potash Long Term Demand Rising
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 4:19pm | 167Read More...Potash speaker, Paul Burnside of British Sulphur, indicated that long-term demand for potash and other fertilizers is rising. The demand is being driven by an increase in global population, which should subsequently lead to increased demand for food, and a fall in arable land per capita ratio. “...
