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Next Dow Component: Hint or Error?

If DD and HD deserve to be in the DJIA, then so do DOW and LOW.

Monsanto: Revised Guidance Peaked Options Activity

MON only dropped their FY earnings target by a nickel. Wow! The reaction was overblown; I wish I could have bought more than I did. Even the writers couldn't keep up with the stock price. (The acticle calls it 79.25 and 81 and 83.)

The Agriculture Bull Keeps Getting Stronger

The material in your bag of fertilizer is KCl, but its potassium content is expressed by its chemical equivalent of K2O.

Sometimes, you can get K2SO4--a different material.

Similarly, diammonium phosphate contains ammonia and phosphate, but is expressed by its chemical equivalents of N and P2O5.

There are many other materials that contain ammonia and/or phosphate.


On Jun 27 07:25 AM carl martin wrote:

> 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!