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Water is not a globally traded commodity. In fact, unless you’re talking about the bottled stuff, it’s barely a commodity at all. You rarely if ever hear consumers grumble about higher water bills the way they gripe about gas prices. And while many people do take steps to save water...
Fertilizer stocks have been doing well this year. The reasons? Drought and rapidly rising prices for corn.
The kind of list I want to talk about briefly is a watch list of stocks that you are interested in.
“Syngenta AG (SYT - yield 2.20%)— In Brazil, Vietnam and Indonesia, Syngenta has had success turning wayward agricultural economies into powerhouse food producers. By supplying technology and training, Syngenta turned Vietnam into a major rice exporter. Now, says CEO Mike Mack, Syngenta is poised to attempt the same in Africa. Over...
“We have been very pleased with the price action we have seen in shares of our Top Dividend and Income Pick for 2012, the Hambrecht & Quist Life Sciences Fund (HQL - yield 7.90%), so far this year. HQL is a closed-end fund that invests in both publicly traded and...
“The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held a two-day meeting on June 19th and 20th. At that meeting, FOMC members voted to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at the 0 to 0.25% range. The Committee anticipates that economic conditions ‘are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal...
In today’s Stock Market Crash Course, we hear from analysts who say the important market fundamentals are all positive, although several think the rally is still lacking something. Richard Rhodes lays out levels to watch in the coming days and weeks.
While tweaks and improvements are always necessary, it’s better to stick with a set of rules and tools over time.
Last week, I wrote here about how lending-averse banks are causing a hitch in the Fed’s plan to stimulate the economy with low interest rates. You can read the issue by clicking here. I concluded by asking you if you thought the tighter lending practices were a problem, and...
We at Cabot will manage our growth portfolios with our usual total disregard for the political campaigns.