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-15.19% in 102 days I believe that the massive increase we have seen in DOWs price this past month is largely due to the economy and therefore the dow (as in DJI) recovering. It is questionable if the Q2 "earnings" were already factored into the price as there were mumblings about the chemicals sector doing well (DD, HUN etc...) but I got out @ 22.33 today just the same.  Good luck to everyone who is staying in.  The way I see it if it goes up, good for eveyrone who stuck it out, but if this one dips back below $17.00 again I will be back in to join you. Continue reading »

Bearish on DOW ... DOW

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-7.47% in 12 days (closed on 09/22/08) Increasing bank failures, & financial institutions pushes the dow down. The dow is unstable as is the political turmoil America now faces with the candidates for the president. The last unknown factor that lingers daily is the potential of an attack on our country. I believe it is safer to be on the sidelines until year end with cash right now! Continue reading »

Dow Chemical Co. DOW

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-28.76% in 497 days <> The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural, and other specialized products and services worldwide. The company operates in six segments: Performance Plastics, Performance Chemicals, Agricultural Sciences, Basic Plastics, Basic Chemicals, and Hydrocarbons and Energy. The Performance Plastics segment provides automotive products, building solutions, epoxy resins, intermediates and specialty resins, polyurethanes and polyurethane systems, specialty plastics and elastomers, and technology licensing and catalyst products. The Perfo... Continue reading »

Better living through chemistry DOW

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-5.99% in 164 days (closed on 09/22/08) The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural, and other specialized products and services worldwide. The company operates in six segments: Performance Plastics, Performance Chemicals, Agricultural Sciences, Basic Plastics, Basic Chemicals, and Hydrocarbons and Energy. The Performance Plastics segment provides automotive products, building solutions, epoxy resins, intermediates and specialty resins, polyurethanes and polyurethane systems, specialty plastics and elastomers, and technology licensing and catalyst products. The Perfor... Continue reading »

Better living through chemistry DOW

74%

-5.99% in 164 days (closed on 09/22/08) The Dow Chemical Company engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural, and other specialized products and services worldwide. The company operates in six segments: Performance Plastics, Performance Chemicals, Agricultural Sciences, Basic Plastics, Basic Chemicals, and Hydrocarbons and Energy. The Performance Plastics segment provides automotive products, building solutions, epoxy resins, intermediates and specialty resins, polyurethanes and polyurethane systems, specialty plastics and elastomers, and technology licensing and catalyst products. The Perfor... Continue reading »

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Dow Chemical (DOW) – Bull of the Day

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We have upgraded Dow Chemical Company (DOW) from Neutral to Outperform. Earnings of 24 cents in the third quarter of 2009 (significantly better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 9 cents, and the 5 cents reported in the previous quarter) were driven by cost reduction and asset sales.<>The company achieved cost synergies of over $1 billion in the first nine months of 2009. The Rohm and Haas acquisition is apositive for Dow, which is expected to consolidate higher margin and higher growth specialty businesses and reduce volatility in earnings and cash flow going forward.<>Zacks Investment Resea... Continue reading »

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Dow Chemical Company, RC2 Corporation, Citigroup, Bank of America and Chevron Corporation – Press Releases

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For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 2, 2009 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Dow Chemical Company (DOW) as the Bull of the Day and RC2 Corporation (RCRC) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC) and Chevron Corporation (CVX). Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2676 Here is a synopsis of all five stocks: Bull of the Day: <>We have upgraded Dow Chemical Company (DOW) from Neutral to Outperform. Earnings of 24 cents in the third quarter of 2009 (significantly better than the ... Continue reading »

A Look at the Global Economy via Operating Rates

We have referenced this chart in the past and it bear looking at again. It is from Dow Chemical’s (DOW) earnings presentation today Why does what Dow does matter? As we have said many times, Dow is at the ground floor of what happens globally. From their Ag division, to the basic and specialty chemicals divisions [...] Continued at Todd Sullivan's ValuePlays Continue reading »

Trading Radar for 10/22: AT&T (T), McDonalds (MCD), Amazon.com (AMZN), 3M (MMM), Dow Chemical (DOW), UPS (UPS) Report

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:<u>Before Market Opens:</u>Economics:8:30am ET Initial Jobless Claims – Street Sees 517K Earnings:Akeena Solar (NASDAQ: AKNS) – consensus loss $0.10Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK) – consensus EPS $2.26Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) - consensus EPS $0.21AT&T (NYSE: T) - consensus EPS $0.50Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) – consensus EPS $1.47Cabot Microelectronics(NASDAQ: CCMP) – consensus EPS $0.36Cash America International (NYSE: CSH) – consensus $0.72CONMED (NASDAQ: CNMD) – consensus EPS... Continue reading »

Starting to Put Some Number to SmartStax

Dow Chemical (DOW) and Monsanto (MON) have combined to develop a one of a kind corn seed. Using Monsanto’s recent earnings release, we can start to put some hard numbers to it possible effect. Here is a previous post on the subject This is from Monsanto’s earnings presentation on 10/8: So, if we have 50-65 million possible acres [...] Continued at Todd Sullivan's ValuePlays Continue reading »

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