If you think Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN)'s lackluster second-quarter numbers are a precursor of worse times ahead, you may want to pause and dig deeper before jumping to ...
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August 8 - News
Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) is in marine transportation and diesel engine services.
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August 8 - News
Since the beginning of the year, E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) has experienced a nice gain of as much as 33%, beating the S&P 500’s gain of nearly 20%.
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August 6 - Hedge Funds
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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August 5 - News
It's been two months since Japan suspended U.S. wheat imports after an Oregon farmer found unapproved genetically modified wheat growing in his field.
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July 29 - News
Because there wasn't anywhere near as much coverage as there was for President Obama signing into law the so-called "Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) Protection Act" -- which prohibits...
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July 29 - News
Weak market conditions coupled with sluggish sales growth has led E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) and FMC Corp (NYSE:FMC) to focus...
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July 27 - News
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and investors are hoping that the chemical giant will be able to break out of a long malaise...
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July 23 - News
The financial meltdown of 2008 was particularly hard on cyclical stocks. Companies in the chemical industry reported huge losses in the recessionary period, and 45 U.S.
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July 18 - News
Sluggish growth in non-residential construction markets and a weak European economy have compelled chemical businesses to rely on cost-cutting measures to improve the bottom line...
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July 15 - News
There are very few terms in the investment world that can illicit as much fear as the statement "Oil prices are going...", regardless of what is inserted after the verb.
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July 15 - News
Thematic investing, betting on one single trend materializing, is inherently risky, because the future could always turn out very different from what we initially anticipated.
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July 11 - News
The global chemical industry, which is valued at nearly $3 trillion, has grown at a steady pace in the last decade.
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July 11 - News
Seed giant Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) reported its third-quarter earnings at the end of June.
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July 8 - News
Are the anti-GMO protests really going anywhere? Activist voices against genetically modified organisms might have pitched louder in recent months, but farmers don't seem to be...
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July 8 - News
The fate of the chemical industry is fundamentally tied to the financial strength of the U.S. economy.
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July 5 - News
Chemical giants E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) and The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) are witnessing a transition in the sources of their revenue.
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July 5 - News
After a strong bull run in 2013, it appears that the markets are set to reverse and enter bear territory.
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July 5 - News
On May 8, I noted how the overall market had qualified as a 'sell' under my Investing Strategy.
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July 1 - News
Last month, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) signed an agreement with Qatar Petroleum that will make it possible for the two companies to export natural gas from their proposed...
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July 1 - News
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON) is the world’s largest manufacturer of avionics and small jet engines, and also produces a variety of other products.
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June 27 - News
In the first piece that I wrote on the subject of finding undervalued stocks in the S&P 500 based on low valuations, I initially believed that opportunities would be few-and-...
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June 27 - News
On Wednesday, Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) will release its latest quarterly results.
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June 25 - News
While most people probably associate bees with their nettlesome sting, the insect is critical to sustaining life on earth, pollinating 80% of all flowering plants and some three...
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June 25 - News
The energy production boom in the U.S. has many midstream and downstream companies salivating at the potential of moving and using our oil and gas.
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June 18 - News
Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) exemplifies the increasing population, expanding food demand, and growing food production story.
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June 11 - News
The most hated company in the world right now isn't a member of Big Oil. It's not a shady Internet company or a bailed-out megabank.
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June 10 - News
They said it couldn't happen. It was all supposed to be locked up tight and under control.
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June 7 - News
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) was in 23 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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June 3 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are a multitude of methods investors can use to track their holdings. Two of the best are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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May 31 - News
While the pros, cons, and costs of Obamacare have received significant press over the last several months, the impact of the U.S.
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May 29 - News
Zach Schreiber's PointState Capital is among the 500-plus mega-funds that we track at Insider Monkey, and with six former Duquesne Capital portfolio managers, this is really the...
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May 23 - Hedge Funds
With a market that seems to hit new highs every day, it's getting tougher to find a good business trading at a fair price.
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May 22 - News
Wannabe natural gas exporters scored a huge win last week when the Department of Energy (DoE) gave the green light to a second LNG facility for gas exports to countries that are...
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May 21 - News
The Department of Energy on Friday approved a second LNG export terminal for exports to non-free trade agreement counties, the Freeport LNG terminal operated by ConocoPhillips...
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May 21 - News
Massive new supplies of natural gas discovered in the U.S. have caused the domestic price to fall as much as 70% below the price paid in other countries.
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May 20 - News
Last week, President Obama said that the U.S. would likely become a net exporter of natural gas by the close of this decade, hinting that his administration will support U.S.
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May 20 - News
As energy producers continue their balancing act between oil and natural gas production, price swings have left two of the industry's biggest producers scratching their heads.
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May 19 - News
The 5 big buys of Avalon Advisors in the first quarter of 2013 are AbbVie Inc (NYSE:ABBV), The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) , Johnson...
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May 17 - Hedge Funds
Over the past decade the stock of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) is up by just 10%.
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May 16 - News
If you want to be green, you'll find there are plenty of GMO-free foods to choose from for your refrigerator, but when it comes to avoiding Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON)'s drive...
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May 15 - News
If your company ever has to stand before the Supreme Court, it's a big deal. Winning your case – an even bigger deal.
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May 14 - News
The shale gas revolution in the U.S.
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May 14 - News
The great debate over natural gas exports has taken a very interesting turn. President Obama, in a speech last weekend, hinted that the U.S.
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May 12 - News
The debate that's raging in Washington over the export of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, has two very distinct sides, and it appears that President Obama is coming down clearly...
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May 12 - News
Investments that defy logic are more common than you'd think.
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May 8 - News
Midstream operators aren't the most exciting companies in the world -- pipelines and processing plants don't typically give investors much reason to clamor.
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May 4 - News
E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) and The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) are both big, lumbering chemical giants that continue to generate above-average returns while...
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May 4 - News
