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Tech Talk From McMillan

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:45:07 GMT

"Nothing has changed to unseat this liquidity-driven rally," says options expert Larry McMillan. In The Daily Strategist, he eyes the technical side of the market and some new trading ideas.[More...]

Markman On The Markets: Is it Time To Buy Monsanto?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:51:11 GMT

Is it time to buy Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON)? My research tells me that the answer to that question is a definite “yes.”[More...]

The Dollar-Proof Portfolio

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:31:14 GMT

Don't put off this important piece of the financial-planning process.[More...]

Climate Change Legislation And Farming: Bumper Crop Or Bitter Harvest?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:44:00 GMT

The U.S. farmer is a key stakeholder in the current debate surrounding climate legislation. Would a cap-and-trade regime be a farmer's friend or foe?[More...]

Wall Street Climbs As Technology Stocks Rally, IBM (NYSE: IBM) Soars

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:03:05 GMT

US stocks finished with gains on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 hitting new 2009 highs, after a rally in technology stocks lifted investor optimism.[More...]

Weekly Earnings Review: AA, PEP, MAR, MON, FDO, COST, YUM, MOS, PBG

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:25:00 GMT

The third quarter earnings season has only just begun, and so far investors have been quite encouraged by the upbeat earnings trend.[More...]

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:18:02 GMT

Asian stock markets rose Friday on US gains, with resource and energy stocks leading.Bernanke says Fed ready to tighten monetary policy when economy improves.Dollar rises for first time in 5 days after Bernanke says Fed ready to 'tighten' policy.Initial Jobless claims in US decrease 33,000 to 10-month low of 521,000.Japan Machine Orders increased 0.5% in August, rebounding from record low.[More...]

US Stock Futures Decline As Dollar Gains, Monsanto (NYSE: MON) In Focus

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:46:49 GMT

US stock futures retreated on Friday as dollar climbed against other currencies, thereby pressurizing the commodity prices.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Mixed Ahead Of Earnings, AT&T (NYSE: T) Falls

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:47:55 GMT

US stocks finished little changed on Wednesday as investors remained jittery ahead of the start of third quarter earnings.[More...]

Mosaic (MOS), Monsanto (MON) Earnings

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:36:17 GMT

Agriculture is one of my favorite "long term" themes as a crowded planet modernizes - but the recession has certainly hit the names in the sector more than I thought; I thought these would be a bit more recession proof. In the first few days of the week, 2 under achievers of late - Mosaic (MOS) in fertilizer and Monsanto (MON) in seeds/herbicide have reported and despite disappointing numbers have not been hammered. In fact Mosaic rallied after its report Monday evening but then again as we noted - by midday yesterday almost every stock was up. At some point all the bad news will be in these stocks, but it is unclear if that point is now.[More...]

When economy rebounds, temp job market is first to know

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:48:00 GMT

Temporary employment is seen by many as a leading indicator of labor demand, and this post-recession recovery is no different.
Though the jobless rate in Illinois is at a 26-year high and climbing, agencies in Bloomington-Normal say the local temp business has picked up after hitting rock bottom in early 2009.
"They're still dealing with an uncertain situation," said Ken Poirier, owner of Abbey Placements in Bloomington.

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Tech Talk From McMillan

Markman On The Markets: Is it Time To Buy Monsanto?

The Dollar-Proof Portfolio

Climate Change Legislation And Farming: Bumper Crop Or Bitter Harvest?

Wall Street Climbs As Technology Stocks Rally, IBM (NYSE: IBM) Soars

Weekly Earnings Review: AA, PEP, MAR, MON, FDO, COST, YUM, MOS, PBG

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

US Stock Futures Decline As Dollar Gains, Monsanto (NYSE: MON) In Focus

Wall Street Ends Mixed Ahead Of Earnings, AT&T (NYSE: T) Falls

Mosaic (MOS), Monsanto (MON) Earnings

When economy rebounds, temp job market is first to know

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jim Gallagher column: Investing gets even less certain as economy snails upward

Monsanto draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny

Monsanto speeds seed plans, reassures investors

Monsanto speeds seed plans, reassures investors

World crop experts meet in St. Louis

Nuke Workers Would Qualify for Benefits, Compensation Under Legislation

Taff: Ag a Minor Energy Player; Nuclear Option on Table

Business Highlights

Yum Brands, Monsanto, Family Dollar big movers

ADM Receives $24.8 Million U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Develop and Commercialize Advanced Biofuels

Ridgewater Equity Completes Analytical Study of Equities Within Financial & Basic Materials Sectors

Monsanto Shares 2010 Guidance, Outlook For Roundup(R) ; CFO Carl Casale Discusses Strength of Seeds and Traits Business and Reaffirms 2009 EPS Guidance

Monsanto Company Completes Divestiture of Sunflower Assets

Zwijnaarde 28 August 2009 - Devgen (Euronext: DEVG) Reports 2009 Half Year Results

Monsanto Is on the Verge of a Technology Explosion, Executives Tell Investors at Annual Field Event

Monsanto Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Terry Crews to Retire

Federal Government Begins Distribution of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Regarding Monsanto's Proposal to Construct Environmentally Advanced Phosphate Mine

Syngenta to Acquire Monsanto's Global Sunflower Assets

Monsanto Company Declares Quarterly Dividend

Form 4 MONSANTO CO /NEW/ For: Nov 23 Filed by: STEINER GERALD A (10K)

Form 4 MONSANTO CO /NEW/ For: Nov 20 Filed by: FRALEY ROBERT T (10K)

Form 4 MONSANTO CO /NEW/ For: Nov 16 Filed by: MIZELL STEVEN (10K)

Form 4 MONSANTO CO /NEW/ For: Oct 30 Filed by: STEVENS ROBERT J (10K)

Form 4 POSTE GEORGE For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 MONSANTO CO /NEW/ For: Oct 30 Filed by: PARFET WILLIAM U (10K)

Form 4 MCMILLAN CHARLES S For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 KING GWENDOLYN S For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 MONSANTO CO /NEW/ For: Oct 30 Filed by: HARPER ARTHUR H (10K)

Form 4 Fields Janice L For: Oct 30 (10K)