Based on a definition by Economy Watch, the “Industrial sector or secondary sector is one of the 3 sectors that make up a country's economy.
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February 6 - Hedge Funds, News
Viking Global Investors is a Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund started in 1999 by billionaire Andreas Halvorsen.
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February 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE:P), KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:KBIO), American Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACAS) and Deere & Co.
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November 25 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News, Stock Analysis
Today let's look at Kynikos Associates, founded in 1985 by investing giant Jim Chanos.
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September 17 - News
August 2013 will perhaps find a place in the fertilizer industry's history books. It was a tumultuous month, replete with shocks and surprises from across the board.
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September 10 - News
Imagine a company -- let's call it A -- that significantly depends on company B for revenue, has zero presence outside the U.S. and Europe and has never paid dividends.
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September 10 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 6 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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September 5 - News
Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and the operator of stores selling construction and agricultural equipment has seen revenue...
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September 4 - News
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock's current yield, but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends.
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September 3 - Dividend Stocks, News
The Chinese economic slowdown and the drop in global mining activity have served as strong headwinds for heavy-machinery makers Caterpillar Inc.
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August 29 - News
Because companies sometimes fail to deliver despite tall claims and promises, I usually take management statements with a pinch of salt.
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August 28 - News
The domestic farm sector continues to do well, despite the country's slow economic expansion and lower prices for certain commodities.According to the USDA, aggregate cash receipts...
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August 28 - News
A comment that 'the world needs to double food production by 2050', followed up by 'historic rates of yield growth would lead to significant shortfalls', deserves to capture the...
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August 23 - News
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) reported higher than expected quarterly earnings earlier this month as sales of tractors and harvesters in the Americas rose.
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August 23 - News
In the 14 years between its creation in 1990 and 2004, AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO) set out on a mission to become one of the largest agriculture equipment suppliers in the world...
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August 22 - News
Weak investment sentiment in the industry has affected the demand for construction equipment.
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August 5 - News
The world's population will grow by about 2 billion people by 2050, according to the UN.
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August 1 - News
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)'s stock has been a roller coaster ride. It rallied from the low $20's in the depth of the financial crisis to a high of $116.
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July 31 - News
During 2013, shares of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) have declined by nearly 8.5%.
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July 29 - News
Since the beginning of the year, the S&P 500 has enjoyed a nice run, returning as much as 18.64%. The S&P 500 is not valued cheaply anymore, with a forward P/E ratio of 14.85.
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July 27 - News
Since a very early age, combines and tractors surrounded my life. My dad is a farming contractor; grandpa was too.
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July 26 - News
Just a couple years ago, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) was one of my favorite stocks.
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July 26 - News
Only time will tell the difference between a fad and a trend. Similarly, brands’ enduring power is measured in decades and centuries instead of days.
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July 25 - News
Chanos' newest short idea is the machinery giant Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT).
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July 25 - News
When a world-famous investor known for successfully short-selling stocks takes aim at a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, the market takes notice.
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July 25 - News
Jim Chanos is famous for shorting Enron, which, among other prescient shorts, has rightly earned him a stellar reputation as a short seller.
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July 24 - News
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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July 24 - News
Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX) has stood out as one of the resilient stocks in an otherwise lackluster construction equipment space this year.
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July 23 - News
Jim Chanos, one of the world’s most well-known short sellers, has chosen a new target for his short position. It is Caterpillar Inc.
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July 22 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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July 19 - News
Joy Global Inc. (NYSE:JOY) has not had a good time of late. Since the beginning of the year, while the market has advanced significantly, Joy Global Inc.
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July 15 - News
The poor performance of Deere & Company (NYSE:DE)’s stock in recent months may have steered investors away.
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July 10 - News
Economic problems in the Eurozone and the sluggish economic recovery in China has impacted the growth of the global commodity demand. Due to these factors Joy Global Inc.
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July 9 - News
Given the dependency of its stock on the global economy, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) is always subject to the occasional stock-price dip and experiences rough headlines almost...
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July 9 - News
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE)'s brand name has permeated the agricultural equipment industry for 175 years, and its strong dealer network supports its high-quality products.
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July 3 - News
A country's economic activity is the prime driver of its machinery industry's demand.
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July 2 - News
Investors should always look at the big picture and have a long-term time horizon. The reality is that people need to eat.
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June 27 - News
Slowdown in the global economy has hit the construction equipment industry hard, leaving investors in the lurch. Industry leader Caterpillar Inc.
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June 27 - News
Like many individual investors out there, my first lesson into stock investing focused on the key metrics.
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June 20 - News
You may know the phrase "..... our favorite holding period is forever," part of a famous line uttered by mega-billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett.
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June 18 - News
Amidst a difficult macroeconomic climate, is Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) still the right construction stock? How is Cummins Inc.
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June 18 - News
"The rich will eat organic and the poor will eat poison," went one comment in reply to a story quoting New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman that labeling genetically modified...
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June 18 - News
The global economy continues its gradual, albeit painfully slow, recovery from the financial crisis.
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June 12 - News
When it comes to agricultural equipment, it's hard to find a better-known name than Deere & Company (NYSE:DE).
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June 11 - News
The worldwide economic recovery appears to be encouraging; particularly, a couple of select sectors are demonstrating optimistic signs in fiscal year 2013.
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June 11 - News
The stock market is on fire. Stocks have risen more than two times in price since the bull market started, in 2009. Still, now is not the time to cash out.
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June 11 - News
Heavy equipment has experienced a rough patch over the past few years.
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June 10 - News
With a market cap of $56 billion and a one year stock price growth of around 40%, Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) looks like a wonderful investment.
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June 6 - News