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Terra Nitrogen: A High Yield Ag Stock to Sink Your Teeth Into

A couple of comments here.

Nitrogen fertilizer products have to be manufactured. This is usually done using natural gas so there are increasing costs in production.

Sales are mostly in North America and thus can be more seasonal than other fertilizer plays

Is the Chevy Cobalt as Good as a Hybrid?

"what happens to your Prius in 6 years when the battery goes bad....?"

Have Toyota replace it under warranty. What will you do if your gas powered engine blows?

Why Tax Credits for Health Insurance Won't Work

What do airline passengers and hospital patients have in common? Everyone in the same class gets the same service but what they pay is vastly different. A lab test gets billed for $40. The lab's contract with my insurance says they only get $10. Insurance pays $8 and I pay $2. If you have no insurance, you pay the full $40. So what you are billed is probably inversely proportional to what you can pay.

Why I'm Not so Bullish on Joy Global

If they are sold out through 2011, can they raise the price on those orders? I suspect that either they can't or the buyers have the option of backing out of the order. Too much price increase and too much slowdown could cause a lot of those orders to evaporate

News That Moved Wednesday's Market

MarkVitner, senior economist at Wachovia said. "We think we're in recession, but I don't know that the GDP numbers are going to turn negative at all in 2008."

Duh.. If the GDP doesn't go negative then how can it be a recession?

Stalled economy I can believe

Brazilian Stocks: High Growth Potential Not Priced In

Article is stale. Vale and Baosteel settled the iron ore price rise at 65% on February 22. That's ten days ago.

Collapse of the Yield Curve

This chart proves the feds are cutting rates which we already new. It would have been nice to see this spread over a wider timescale. Maybe 10 years or so.

News That Moved Friday's Market

It would be nice that in the section called Notable Earnings that you add the timing: "before market open" or "after market close"

Homebuilders, Real Estate Sectors Weakest Following Fed Move

You should add XLU to your sectors

Cultivating the Rise in Soybean Prices with Powershares Agriculture Fund

A better way to play the Ag space is the MOO ETF. Its less susceptible to crop failures or surplus or the move from soybeans to corn.

Tech Selloff Shows Market Wanted More Than a Quarter Point

If Cisco is at $28.19, how is it down? My computer says it is up 36 cents at $28.02. Looks like Monday's close was $27.66.

Agribusiness Outshines Gold

You can follow agribusiness with the MOO ETF. Its up 18% since inception in September

The Numbers Behind Agriculture's Big Move

Check out MOO. Rather than the commodities, it represents the industries backing them: Fertilizer, seed, farm equipment, etc.

A Closer Look at Morningstar's Top 5 ETF Picks

Rather than DBA, look at MOO for Agriculture sector

Titanium Supplies Will Be Tight Through 2010

So what's the investment strategy?