Volume Spike Investor

Originally submitted at 2:00 PM EST…. Despite the markets trading a bit lower today there was a lot of call activity today based on takeover chatter in various sectors, as the bullish move in the markets coupled with a budding M&A market have speculators active.  Early morning action was in Bunge (NYSE: BG), with Monsanto [...]

Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) may be bad enough to stink up the whole agriculture complex.   The agriculture products and seed giant said that 2009 earnings are now expected to come in at the low end of its range of $4.40 to $4.50 EPS. The new expectation for 2010 earnings will be at $3.10 to [...]

Fertilizer stocks are gaining ground, with stocks including Potash CP (NYSE: POT) trading rising 4 percent, above $94, with nearly half its average volume changing hands in the first hour of Thursday trading.
The company could be benefit from a Bloomberg.com’s report that Russia’s two largest potash miners plan to raise prices for domestic fertilizer producers [...]

Agriculture stocks are seeing early premarket selling as of 9 a.m. Eastern, after Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT) cut its second-quarter earnings guidance citing lower prices for phosphate fertilizers and deferrals of purchases by farmers seeking to save costs.
The company warned that its second-quarter earnings will be about 70 cents a share, down from expectations that [...]

Monsanto Co (NYSE: MON) shares are trading at nearly twice their average volume as of 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, after analysts weighed in today on the company’s third-quarter results.
As VolumeSpikeInvestor.com pointed out in a brief earnings preview ahead of yesterday’s results, the key to upside for MON shares was the outlook and margins in the seed [...]

Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) shares are up about 2% after the company beat earnings expectations by 8 cents a share, reaffirmed guidance for fiscal 2009, and said it remains committed to doubling its gross profit over the next three years.
The company’s revenue was weak, but that was somewhat expected, due to its revised guidance in late [...]

Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) is a stock to watch in the premarket for a volume spike, as it’s expected to report ahead of the open. Fiscal third-quarter earnings are expected to be $1.17 a share, on revneue of $3.45 billion. The herbicides business, which accounts for about a third of the company’s profit, will be [...]

Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) has just come out and reported earnings. The company beat earnings estimates but the top-line numbers and guidance aren’t going to be enough on the surface to keep everyone happy. This is dragging down the entire sector with more than one hour to the open. Monsanto’s stock is [...]