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Rare earth materials, rare earth oxides, rare earth elements… Whatever they are called by whichever outlet is writing about them that day, these have become the trading stocks where fortunes have...
Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments.  We have cotton issues, oil spikes, issues around rare earth elements, and precious metals on the docket.  Even though...
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is one of the more odd merger reaction stock cases on the surface.  Usually, acquirers see their shares drop when they make an acquisition.  While they are buying assets...
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today’s news is dominated by two reports from the US Department of Agriculture. One provides the USDA’s latest figures on grain stocks,...
It’s 4:00 pm and time for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today’s biggest upside move in ag products came in cotton, up about 3.5%, while wool was up about 2.5%. The biggest downside...
This last week had several key analyst research calls which stood out from the pack and went against the grain.  The top research calls we tracked after going through the week’s upgrades and...
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is almost surprisingly trading higher after its earnings report.  The surprise is that shares were already up 300% from last year’s IPO and it already even had a...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Avalon Rare Metals, Inc. (AMEX: AVL) Started as Sector Outperform at...
Earnings season has mostly come to a close but we still have many companies trickling out earnings which could easily move the needle on shares.  This coming week we will be watching out for...
Analyst calls are sometimes favorable and sometimes off the mark.  Still, analysts move stocks and often offer keen insight not seen elsewhere. Each week we review the major analyst calls for those...
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Kirby...
You already knew about the insider sale secondary offering from the Molycorp. Inc. (NYSE: MCP) in last week’s key sale.  This has hit the stock in recent trading days, but an SEC filing showed us...
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is finally bringing this secondary offering of common stock for holders and is selling some mandatory convertible preferred shares.  The terms of the deal may be...
Using charts alone is something that may not make sense to most people. Still, thousands of investors make a living at just that.  Fundamentals be damned!  We do not subscribe to the notion that...
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is about to have a lot more shares on the market, with no real benefit to the company at all.  The lock-up expiration was a known event for quite some time.  What was not...