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(closed on 06/11/09)
Monsanto's CEO on Growing in a Recession <> <> It almost sounds like science fiction: Amid the furious discounting among retailers, one firm has been able to raise prices as much as 25 percent on some products. Its stock has managed to climb this year, despite a volatile market. What’s more, the company has supporters claiming it can cure world hunger and critics accusing it of endangering the global food supply and environment.
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New Index of Highly Defensive Market Cap Leaders
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The ETF Innovators Highly Defensive Index contains 40 market cap leading companies which are based in either North America or Europe from the defensive industry groups (A-K) specified below. www.BioMedReports.com - Mike Havrilla (A) Mass Merchant Discount Retailer (1): Wal-Mart (WMT) <> <> (B) Consumer Staples (12): Coca-Cola (KO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Diageo (DEO), General Mills (GIS), Danone (GDNNY), Kraft Foods (KFT), Nestle (NSRGY), PepsiCo (PEP), Philip Morris International (PM), Procter & Gamble (PG), Reckitt Benckiser (RBGPF), Unilever (UN) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< />...
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Create Your Own Highly Defensive ETF
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(closed on 02/25/09)
Create Your Own Highly Defensive ETF The table at my website link below contains 35 companies included in the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Highly Defensive PerformIdex which are based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B that are the leaders by market cap in their defensive industry groups. The index includes 23 consumer staples and healthcare companies, with the remaining 12 companies chosen from a variety of other defensive industry groups. <> (A) Mass Merchant Dis...
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A New Index of Highly Defensive Stocks
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The table at my website link below includes an update for the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 36 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive industry groups. The 36 companies are dominated by consumer staples and healthcare, with an equal distribution of 12 each from these sectors, with the remaining 12 companies chosen from a variety of other defensive industry groups. <> (A) Mass Merch...
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Defensive Stocks Opportunities Outside of Healthcare
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<> As a follow-up to the top rated companies highlighted from the ETF Innovators [ETFI] healthcare and transport indexes, below are some top rated companies from other sectors and industry groups.
From the Global Tobacco Index , Altria Group (MO) is a top rated stock with a dividend yield near 8% which is set to acquire smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc. (UST) early next year and is poised to capitalize on a strong U.S. Dollar (UUP) compared to the international operations of Philip Morris (PM).
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From the Blogosphere
Monsanto: Within Striking Distance
According to Google Finance: "Monsanto Company along with its subsidiaries, is a worldwide provider of agricultural products for farmers. The Company’s seeds, biotechnology trait products, and herbicides provide farmers with solutions to produce foods for consumers and feed for animals. The Company operates in two segments: Seeds and Genomics, and Agricultural Productivity."
Although Monsanto (MON) isn't a Dividend Achiever or a member of the Nasdaq 100, the company has a solid history and provides investors with an exceptional opportunity.
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Process Drilldown
IndexUniverse posted a lengthy article by John Serrapere recapping the latest quarter for his 75/50 portfolio. The 75/50 means that the portfolio tries to capture 75% of the market's upside with only 50% of the downside over the course of a stock market cycle.
The portfolio and articles about the portfolio are long running at IndexUniverse and can be a very constructive read. He quantifies (75 and 50) specific targets in contrast to my simply looking to go down less (this will mean different things at different times) during bear phases and go along for the ride to the upside. The way this h...
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MON - New Position
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A new position was established today on Monsanto (MON). The following is the trade information, which includes IB commissions:
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<table><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Stock</th><th>Description</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Status</th><th>Stock Investment</th><th>Income Generated</th></tr><tr><td>10/22/2009</td><td>MON</td><td>CSP Margin Used</td><td>CSP 100 MON @ 75.00</td><td> </td><td>($7,500.00)</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>10/22/2009</td><td>MON</td><td>Initial Put Option</td><td>STO 1 Nov09 75.00 Put @ 1.95</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>$195< />< /><><>< />< /><>< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< />< /><>< />...
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Trading Radar for 10/07: Alcoa (AA), Monsanto (MON), Costco (COST), Family Dollar (FDO), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Ruby Tuesday (RT) Report; Crude Inventories, Consumer Credit, Budget Due
The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:<u>Before Market Opens:</u>Earnings:Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) - consensus EPS $0.41Helen of Troy (Nasdaq: HELE) - consensus EPS $0.39Monsanto (NYSE: MON) - consensus EPS $0.01Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) - consensus EPS $0.55<u>Intraday or Not Specified:</u>Economics:10:30am ET - Crude Inventories for the week of 10/02
2pm ET - Consumer Credit for August - Street expects -9.5B
- Treasury Budget for Sept.
Earnings:Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) - consensus EPS $0.57Costco Wholesale (Nasdaq: COST) -...
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Trading Radar for 10/07: Alcoa (AA), Monsanto (MON), Costco (COST), Family Dollar (FDO), Wolverine World Wide (WWW), Ruby Tuesday (RT) Report; Crude Inventories, Consumer Credit, Budget Due
The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:<u>Before Market Opens:</u>Earnings:Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) - consensus EPS $0.41Helen of Troy (Nasdaq: HELE) - consensus EPS $0.39Monsanto (NYSE: MON) - consensus EPS $0.01Wolverine World Wide (NYSE: WWW) - consensus EPS $0.55<u>Intraday or Not Specified:</u>Economics:10:30am ET - Crude Inventories for the week of 10/02
2pm ET - Consumer Credit for August - Street expects -9.5B
- Treasury Budget for Sept.
Earnings:Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) - consensus EPS $0.57Costco Wholesale (Nasdaq: COST) -...
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MON - looks very toppy.
- MON reports before the open Wednesday. The stock sold off, as did all the AG's on Tuesday. The group looks very toppy, but it is the end of the quarter...
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MON - it does this EVERY quarter!
- MON has earnings Wed. Monday the stock was down early but really motored into the close. You can't keep this beast down into earnings, it does this E...
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Agriculture Boom?
- ON is another company benefiting from the boom in agriculture. Its chart looks similar in nature to ADM.
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