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Potash Corp., Agrium Caught in Industry-Wide Downturn
J. Christoph Amberger submits: Potash Corp. Saskatchewan (NYSE:POT), the aptly named chemicals and potash producer, finished another day in the red, ending the day Tuesday at $173.31 — despite a rip-roaring rally on the American stock exchanges. Between its 52-week high of $241.62 and today’s intra-day low of $161.95,...
Tags: Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-06
Mechel: Huge Upside - But Not for the Faint of Heart
Domenic J. Strazzulla submits: Mechel MTL is not for orphans and widows - that much is for sure. But if you can stomach some risk and if you have any money to speculate with, I think this is a great name to get into right now. If you have never...
Tags: Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-06
The Bear Reaches Out for Commodities
Dr. Duru submits: After mauling almost every other asset class, industry, and sector, the bear is now stretching out its paws for a swig of crude oil; crude oil is now down 19.9% from its high just last month. "Everyone" eagerly awaits the official pronouncement so that we can...
Tags: Materials/Industrials, Arch Coal Inc., Bucyrus International Inc., Nucor Corp., United States Oil Fund LP, United States Steel Corp.
External links 2008-08-06
Carbon Prices Fall Along with Oil and Other Commodities
Mike Havrilla submits: Carbon prices as measured by Certified Emissions Reductions or CERs have declined by 24% since peaking in early July. The fall in carbon prices mirrors that of energy commodities such as oil and other commodities such as precious/industrial metals and agricultural products.On the European Climate Exchange,...
Tags: Materials/Industrials, Streettracks Gold Trust, IShares Silver Trust, United States Oil Fund LP
External links 2008-08-06
Foster Wheeler: Solid Results, If Anyone Cares
Trader Mark submits: Some good news and bad news from Foster Wheeler FWLT.Good: Results were very solid in a very lumpy industry quarter to quarter, stock is cheap. US growth is slowing (why is that good? I don't know but anything to do with the US is now "good" and...
Tags: Materials/Industrials, Foster Wheeler Ltd.
External links 2008-08-06
KSW, ePlus Look Like Bargains
Jeff Annello submits: Needless to say, I think there are some terrific bargains all over the place right now.  Just look harder if you’re not seeing them.  Remember that these are just leads, though.  I don’t own any of them yet, besides the companies I’ve already written about. ...
Tags: ePlus, Materials/Industrials, American Express Co., Borders Books & Music, Clear Channel Communications Inc., KSW Inc., Office Depot Inc., Trident Microsystems
External links 2008-08-06
Archer Daniels Midland Operating Profits Continue to Grow
Todd Sullivan submits: Once again the MSM coverage skews actual results. This time they do it to Archer Daniels Midland ADM The headlines "ADM Profits Falls" and "Archer Daniels fourth-quarter profit slips by more than half" are as misleading as they come. Why? by Todd Sullivan
Tags: Materials/Industrials, Archer Daniels Midland Co.
External links 2008-08-06
Steel Futures Forging Ahead
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler James Bond fans (that's the Agent 007 Bond, not the botanist) may recall that bad guy Oddjob flung his steel-rimmed hat with deadly accurate results in the movie "Goldfinger." by Hard Assets Investor
Tags: Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-05
Investing in Infrastructure
Jeffrey Lin submits: digg_skin = 'compact'; As readers of this site know, I am all about the infrastructure boom. Both for infrastructure growth to support the lighting speed growth in China, India, Mid East…and infrastructure repairs needed in the U.S. I am so...
Tags: Thomas & Betts Corp., Terex Corp., SPX Corp., General Cable Corp., ABB, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-01
Portfolio is a Dog? Diversify Into Cows and Pigs
Matthew Bradbard submits: As we have repeatedly voiced, commodities are in a bull market, but prices will not go straight up. Furthermore, the smart money moves from sector to sector; rotating from one sector to another when the fundamentals change, technicals swing, weather shifts, or even in some instances...
Tags: Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-01
Everyone Wants the Commodity Bubble To Be Pricked
Salman Khan submits: Crude Oil has corrected over 15% from the top. Gold, Silver, Copper, Wheat and other commodities have also retreated from their respective highs. The heavy selling witnessed in the last few days has raised concerns that the air is leaking from the Commodity bubble and that a...
Tags: Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-01
Three Stocks That Look Cheap Here
Larry Bellehumeur submits: It would seem that I made a lot of people mad in previous articles, when I claimed that Apple AAPL, Google GOOG and Qualcomm QCOM didn't deserve their current evaluations. Well, I decided to take a different approach this time, and list a few stocks...
Tags: Valero Energy Corp., Home Depot Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Materials/Industrials, Energy, Retail
External links 2008-08-01
Vulcan Materials: A Good Buy/Takeover
Thomas Smicklas submits: Vulcan VMC is an interesting company that has more or less returned to its roots by focusing on cornerstone building materials. Founded in 1909, VMC, based in Birmingham, AL, with strategic locations nationwide and in Mexico (serving Houston, New Orleans and Tampa) provides infrastructure materials that are...
Tags: Materials/Industrials, Vulcan Materials Co.
External links 2008-08-01
Don't Bet Against Chinese Demand Growth Just Yet
Lane Olafson submits: Last week in ScotiaBank's China Update, a subtle change was noted in wording to the Chinese economic policy statement: "At the beginning of the year, the Wen Jiabao administration stated the two policy priorities this year were to prevent full-blown inflation and economic overheating. Now, the...
Tags: Peabody Energy Corp., China, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-01
Second Worst Month For Commodities Ever
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Commodity investors were probably just as happy to see July end as equity investors were to see the end of June.  During the month, the CRB Commodities Index recorded a decline of 10.0% which is the worst monthly decline since March 1980 (10.5%)...
Tags: Materials/Industrials, Energy, Gold
External links 2008-08-01
Emcor a Stock to Buy as Company Beats Estimates Again
Zacks.com submits: EMCOR Group reported a record contract backlog at the end of the second quarter as revenues rose 25.6%. The company has surprised on estimates 3 out of the last 4 quarters by an average of 19.14%. EMCOR's forward P/E is 12.28. Company Description by Zacks.com
Tags: EMCOR Group Inc., Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-01
Quick Take: Manitowoc Co.
Steve Alexander submits: Manitowoc Co. Inc. MTW  is a world leader in the manufacture of construction cranes, and will soon be one of the world's largest foodservice companies. Does a P/E ratio of 9 and a forward growth estimate of 30% per year sound interesting? A look at Manitowoc. ...
Tags: Manitowoc Co. Inc., Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-07-31
Earnings Preview: Ingersoll-Rand
Ingersoll-Rand IR is expected to report Q2 earnings Friday before the open with a conference call scheduled for 10:00 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of 89c on revenue of $3.07B. The consensus range is 83c to $1.01 for EPS, and $2.87B to $3.15B for revenue,...
Tags: Ingersoll-Rand, Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-07-31
Stellar Earnings for Gerdau, but Will it Last?
Trader Mark submits: Ah Gerdau GGB - they once loved you so [May 16: Brazil is Sexy] ... you used to appear on our top weekly performing stocks almost weekly. It is a shame the rest of the world will be entering a period of anarchy, rioting, famine and a...
Tags: Materials/Industrials
External links 2008-08-07
PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction Finds Pockets of Growth
Don Dion submits: While dismal news is still emanating from the housing industry, PowerShares Dynamic Building & Construction ETFPKB has managed to gain momentum on our Powershares Momentum Tracker sector ranking, due to several key components. The housing slump has been tied in closely with the banking...
Tags: Homebuilders, ETF, Materials/Industrials, Caterpillar Inc., Fluor Corp., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Lowe's Companies Inc., Mohawk Industries Inc., Manitowoc Co. Inc., MasTec Inc., NCI Building Systems Inc., Quanta Services, Terex Corp.
External links 2008-08-07
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