The Mosaic Company (MOS): It's a Spinning Wheel

What goes up, must come down. Spinning wheel goes round and round. Yes those great lyrics from the Blood Sweat and Tears classic, Spinning Wheel definitely apply today.

We are indeed enduring blood, sweat and tears as the markets spin out of control to the downside. Where will it end is anybody's guess.

One of the more interesting sectors to watch is the agriculture space. Fueled by intense speculation of world growth unabated accompanied by alternative energy dreams investors pushed shares of fertilizer companies to nosebleed territory.

Here we go again.

by Kim Gerdes  |  10/10/08

Can Chesapeake Energy Fuel Profits

When oil was trading at $150 per barrel owning anything associated with crude was a no-brainer. Now with oil and other commodities in a free-fall does the same trade make sense? I posed that question to our InvestorPlace Blogs community specifically with respect to Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK). Given the drop in oil and the subsequent selling of oil stocks, does it make sense to own CHK?

by The Freshman  |  10/03/08  |  Stocks: CHK,

Chesapeake Energy - A possible double?

Submitted anonymously I owned Chesapeake Energy (CHK) for a while. I sold if half way into its recent run-up. To me, it seems a great company, but I don't read company reports much. I don't believe they are accurate. The issues I have in all companies, especially oil exploration, is credit availability. CHK is not so much an exploration company, but I feel their dividend should be more substantial considering their position in pipes and the stuff in production. They...

by The Freshman  |  09/29/08  |  Stocks: AAPL, CHK, MSFT, WMT,

Bull/Bear Report - Short selling: Good or Bad?

Given all craziness in the market over the last two weeks, I thought it appropriate to change the focus of this column. Instead of examining a specific stock, I wanted to know how the community felt about short selling and the temporary ban thereof. Are short sellers to blame for creating this financial crisis? Is the temporary ban of some 800 stocks are good thing or a bad thing for the market? There are no easy answers to this question....

by The Freshman  |  09/26/08

Bull/Bear Report: No "Bull" for Merrill Lynch

The craziness that was Lehman Brothers (LEH) and the subsequent collapse of Merrill Lynch (MER) resulted in my selection of MER as our stock of the week late in the day last Friday. With so much uncertainty in the market, I figured our InvestorPlace Blogs community could weigh in on where MER was heading. At a minimum I was hoping to gauge some sentiment on a difficult to value company in a very difficult situation. I had no idea how...

by The Freshman  |  09/19/08  |  Stocks: BAC, LEH, LEHMQ, MER,

Bull/Bear Report -- Is Toll Brothers (TOL) A Profit Builder?

There is always an element of the bizarre in the stock market. What seems positive is viewed negatively and vice versa. It can be maddening. Lately we have been seeing more maddening activity than normal making it very difficult for investors to keep a Rational grip on their portfolios. One sector that has been trading in a crazy way this year is the homebuilding group. Can you believe that stocks in the sector are some of the best performing stocks...

by The Freshman  |  09/12/08  |  Stocks: BZH, KBH, RYL, TOL, XHB,

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