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The Real Reasons Fertilizer Stocks Are In the Dirt

Excuse me, the name is Michael Shedlock, sorry

The Real Reasons Fertilizer Stocks Are In the Dirt

I think the article should have been titled "The Five Reasons That Are Most Certainly Not The Five Reasons, Why Fertilizer Stocks Are InThe Dirt." To start with I believe that there are far more than" just five reasons" to explain what's going on with AG stocks, and none of these other well worn reasons were even mentioned. Apparently the author is not aware of anything like the credit crises, a world wide crises of confidence, hedge fund activities, fear, and most appropriate ignorance, to name a just a few in no particular order. Ignorance, by the way does not mean dumb or stupid. It means a lack of correct knowledge or information, or more simply, just not knowing. In that light, try reading this article all over again. If you still have doubts, try reading the articles written by Michael Smedmark at this web site.

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guliamo, I'm tempted to "buy" Potash corp for all the same reasons, but to be honest I don't think your reasons justify either buying or selling any stock. Could you explain better, why you think no company of this nature can justify a 190% gain in a year? POT has also had very large gains on many other years, along with many other fertilizer stocks

On Jun 26 04:41 AM guliamo wrote:

> I don't want to spoil everyones party and I used to own potash myself
> until a few weeks ago. I would like to share my rational for selling.
>
> potash isn't a new and emerging company.
> Potash isn't a software company.
> Potash isn't a biotech..
> Potash is a $74 billion company that mixes fertilizers and industrial
> acids, puts them in sacks and sells to farmers around the world.
>
> It's a great business, it's a great company with excellent financials
> and what appears to be excellent management.
> But hold your horses everyone .. no company of this nature can justify
> a 190% gain in a year. This isn't a small cap hidden gem..
> So fertilizer prices my be sky high, but at a P/E of 52.. Potash
> could take a serious dive, Be advised..

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There is certainly room for confusion and/or disagreement here. I call it KCL because Potashcorp does, as their deposits consist of Muriate of Potash. There are good explanations at their website, as well as at wikepedia.com. Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom. They explain why K2o is NEVER used in fertilizers, but then contradict themselves in the introduction, just to confuse you, me, and everyone else. I suppose one should never say never!


On Jun 25 09:39 AM AlTrades wrote:

> Potash is not KCl, it is K2O

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This ongoing blog series amazes me.For those of you so against investing in fertilizers, I think that you should at least know what it is you are so against. I don't know of any fertilizers produced from oil,although obviously high oil prices have a negative effect on the whole industry.Nitrogen,"N", an element, which makes up about 80% of that stuff you breathe now what's that called? gets processed from natural gas. Potash is called potassium chloride "KCL"- that's a compound. The "K" stands for Kalium. That's German for Potassium,also an element.The word Kalium comes from the word Alkali which comes from Arabic "Al Kali" which means "The Plant." It refers to what's left over after you burn plants and trees.That grey stuff that's left after YOU SMOKE YOUR POT is mostly Potassium.The Dutch call it "Potasche" - the stuff left in the pot under your woodstove.If you piss on the ground, stinging nettles will soon grow there,because they thrive on Potash. In this case, it comes from the plants you eat, which need Potash to grow. Do you get it? Potash is a naturally occurring mineral. Phosphates are also naturally occurring minerals. They are found in limestone formations which consist of Calcium,an element,carbon,an element,and phosphorous,also an element. Do I need to say that all elements are also naturally occurring? Phosphates are limestone rock laced with Phosphorous, nothing more.To process Phosphates you need Sulfuric Acid. Are you guys also "Acid Heads"? It certainly seems like that. You might consider thinking about it. There are also three other minor fertilizers - Calcium,Sulfur,and Magnesium-all elements. It's all so elemental. Sulfur shows up in SOP,Sulfate of Potash,as oppossed to MOP,muriate of Potash or KCL.Back to the beginning.