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Higher ethanol, potash demand, ag-super-mergers, surging food prices… and now an ETF crossing the $2 billion in assets mark. You have to ask if a bubble is being formed in agriculture. Today...
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Le Gaga Holdings Ltd. has filed with the SEC to sell up to $100 million in ADR shares via an initial public offering. The company is a Chinese vegetable producer. The company plans to list on...
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Earlier this week we wanted to look for some sort of implied value in shares of gold stocks that had either underperformed the sector and those which were actually at substantial discounts to their...
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The Shanghai Composite moved up 3.1% in post-holiday trading. Resource shares rose in concert with commodities prices. Cooper and mining companies made the strongest gains Douglas A. McIntyre Want to...
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Alcoa Inc (NYSE: AA) may be a master at playing the earnings shell game. After expectations had been brought down so much, the DJIA’s first component to report earnings for Q3 gave earnings of...
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Whether we are in a bubble or not is still an outstanding issue, but many of the gold miners and producers are seeing their stocks now trading above what is the consensus analyst price target...
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The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has just reported strong earnings growth and frankly it helps to highlight just why BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) is willing to pay so much to acquire Potash Corp. of...
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Gold ETFs just keep growing. Investors are going to the shiny yellow stuff in droves despite that new highs keep getting hit. As central banks race to zero on devaluing their currencies, gold is...
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Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is down and out as a stock. At $48.50, its 52-week trading range is $44.61 to $87.06. This was also a $120 stock as recently as 2008. There is at least one firm that...
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Gold is a currency on fire. Currencies are losing their value against hard assets as it seems most nations are devaluing in a race to zero. Gold is now above $1,300.00 per ounce, which will drive...
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A German firm called “Gold to go” plans to introduce gold vending machines in the US before the end of the year. The timing is no doubt intended to coincide with both US elections and the holiday...
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The Chinese Ministry of Commerce plans to put a levy on broiler chicken parts sent to the most populous nation in the world by American poultry farmers. The tariffs could be as high as 105.4%. “The...
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After seeing headlines “The Yen at Multi-Year Highs Against the Dollar” for days, we finally saw a sudden change. Japan intervened on its currency to prop up the US Dollar. This may not be...
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Agriculture, fertilizer, and potash companies are not exactly known for the highest dividend yields in the world. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) announced today that it has...
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Brazil’s Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) is the world’s leading miner of iron ore and wants to become the world’s leading producer of fertilizer. The company’s move into the fertilizer business occurred...
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