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Fertilizer Stocks Head for Best Year Since 2009 As Prices Soar

(Bloomberg) — North America’s top fertilizer producers are posting their best stock gains in years, with CF Industries Holdings Inc. leading in an industry that benefited from record high prices. CF Industries, a major player in nitrogen fertilizer, has soared 67% in 2021 through last week — on pace for its best year since 2009 […]

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Is WRK’s drop a warning sign – or an opportunity?

The longer you invest in the stock market, the more familiar you become with a lot of the concepts that are used to define and justify the various investing methods that drive them. A lot of those concepts can be summarized into cute little sound bites that make them easier to remember and work with. […]

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MOS improving fundamentals and consolidation pattern make it look like a good value buy

There is a pretty significant difference in the way different investors perceive a stock in a long-term upward trend. For growth oriented-investors, the longer the upward trend, the more attractive the stock is, simply because the expectation is that the longer, bullish trend will outlast any near-term, bearish sentiment or momentum the stock may see. […]

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WLK looks like it is reversing its downward trend – should you buy?

In my search for value, I’ve found it useful to develop a watchlist of stocks that I can check on a regular basis. That means that I often recycle stocks that I’ve previously used to make useful investments in, but don’t currently have a position in. That’s useful, because the familiarity that comes with the […]

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WRK has dropped -16% from a 52-week high – is it time to buy?

The longer you invest in the stock market, the more familiar you become with a lot of the concepts that are used to define and justify the various investing methods that drive them. Years ago, as I began to incorporate technical analysis and shorter-term trading strategies into my system, one of the simplest technical patterns […]

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WLK has dropped -14% below its yearly high in the last month – should it be lower, or is it a good value right now?

In my search for value, I’ve found it useful to develop a watchlist of stocks that I can check on a regular basis. That means that I often recycle stocks that I’ve previously used to make useful investments in, but don’t currently have a position in. That’s useful, because the familiarity that comes with the […]

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MOS has dropped more than -20% in the last two weeks. Is it a good time to buy?

There is a pretty significant difference in the way different investors perceive a stock in a long-term upward trend. For growth oriented-investors, the longer the upward trend, the more attractive the stock is, simply because the expectation is that the longer, bullish trend will outlast any near-term, bearish sentiment or momentum the stock may see. […]

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HUN is down -20% since early May – does that mean the stock is a good bargain?

One of the sectors that I like to pay attention to as a barometer for the underlying relative health of the economy is the Materials sector, because the companies that comprise it produce or mine many of the raw materials that make up the building blocks used to create most of the finished goods we […]

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Do HUN’s fundamentals support its long-term upward trend?

Over the last year, one of the best sectors of the stock market’s rally back to, and even above pre-pandemic levels has been the Materials sector. From last year to a fresh high this week, the sector had increased in value by almost 70%, as measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR (XLB). This […]

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Is UFS a smart, small-cap bet in a reopening economy?

Moving deeper into 2021, more and more investors and analysts continue to attempt to look past the pandemic-driven pressures that have weighed on public activities and on the economy for the past year. One-year anniversaries are being marked, with the apparent assumption that with vaccines being administered on an accelerated basis and being made available […]

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Traders Say There Is A Buying Opportunity In These 6 Stocks Now

There’s untapped potential in these 6 stocks and traders say now is the time to buy. Here’s why.

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HUN’s fundamentals are getting better – what about its value?

Over the last year, one of the best sectors of the stock market’s rally back to, and even above pre-pandemic levels has been the Materials sector. Beginning in mid-May to a peak last week, the sector had increased in value by nearly double by early January, as measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR […]

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WRK has dropped about -10% in the last month – is it a trend reversal, or a good time to buy?

With so much in constant flux about the financial markets and the health of the global economy, it can be a challenge to know how to best position yourself as an investor. It doesn’t really help to know that there are tens of thousands of available stocks to choose from, each of which can be […]

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STLD has retraced nearly -20% of its upward trend; is its value proposition as attractive as the technical set up?

Through just about the entire nine-month period in 2020 from a bear market low to the beginning of 2021, one of the best-performing sectors in the market has been the Materials sector. Over that time, the sector more than doubled in value, as measured by the S&P 500 Materials Sector SPDR (XLB). This is a […]

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IP has nearly doubled in price during the pandemic – but it might not be done

No matter what current market conditions are at any given time, the point of value-oriented investing is to find stocks that offer attractive long-term upside. For my approach, that means using a combination of valuation, fundamental strength, and technical analysis to filter through the thousands of stocks that are available. The market’s rally to fresh […]

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