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Michael Snyder: Why is the heartland of the United States experiencing such a horrific drought right now? At the moment, approximately 61 percent of the entire nation Read more…
United States Commodity Funds has announced that they will begin trading the United States Agriculture Index Fund (NYSEArca:USAG) Friday, April 18, 2012. The investment objective of the Fund is for the daily changes in percentage terms of Read more…
Kevin Kerr: For a very long time in America we’ve enjoyed a seemingly endless, cheap, and abundant variety of foods from all over the globe. Read more…
“Agricultural stock and fertilizer maker Potash Corp. (NYSE:POT) reported a 46% hike in earnings today, from EPS of $1.01 in the first quarter of 2009 to $1.47 in the first quarter of 2010 Read more…
“Fueled by top components like Potash (POT), Monsanto (MON), Mosaic (MOS) and Deere (DE), the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO) continues to gain momentum. (MOO) is a well-balanced Read more…
“Fertilizer stocks were whipped into a frenzy in an otherwise ho-hum trading session Friday thanks to a brighter forecast from one big name and an apparent resolution to a four-way Read more…
“My colleague Steve McDonald (who edits The Bond Trader) tells me that the last food boom will pale compared to the one that’s coming Read more…
“Gold has been grabbing all the headlines lately as the price for the precious metal has hit record highs. In the weeks and months to come, however, you’re going to be hearing Read more…
Brad Zigler From Hard Assets Investor Writes: Many investors dismiss options trading as too arcane or speculative. While I can’t say I blame them for thinking Read more…
UBS Investment Research (UBS) downgraded two top agriculture companies Mosaic Co (MOS) and Potash Corp (POT) to Neutral from Buy on Friday. This comes after The Department of Agriculture Read more…
Well, here we are on the final trading day of May. Taking account for the month, the real story’s been agriculture in its manifest forms.
For investors at the sector level, the 9.8% gain scored by the PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE Arca: DBA) in May could portend a broader resurgence in commodities. A more vigorous equity market breeze blew at the back of the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE Arca: MOO), however, pushing the fund 17.8% higher for the month. Read more…
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