$111.12

-4.45 (-3.85%)

7/18/2008 1:55 PM

Monsanto Company (MON)

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A global provider of agricultural products for farmers.

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Six Sigma® (37), Specialty Chemicals (61), Spin-off - 2006 (22), Missouri (16), Agricultural Chemicals (24), It's a Day! (4), Mega Cap (146), S&P 500 (481), St. Louis (7)
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Monsanto Company At A Glance

Current Price:	$111.12
Last Trade Time:	7/18/2008 1:55 PM
Open:	$114.76
Previous Close:	$115.57
Daily Range:	$110.03 - $115.54
52-Week Range:	$58.50 - $145.80
Volume:	6,364,971
Market Cap:	$63.56B
P/E Ratio:	33.11
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Other News Headlines for MON

Monsanto patent fight ensnares Missouri farm town
7/10/2008 4:57:00 PM - AP
Monsanto closes Guatemalan corn seed co. purchase
7/2/2008 2:13:00 PM - AP
Premarket roundup: Albemarle, GDP
6/26/2008 10:28:00 AM - AP
Ahead of the Bell: Albemarle
6/26/2008 6:17:00 AM - AP

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11 Monsanto Company (MON)

Avatar owshx (43.72) Submitted: 6/19/08 5:39 PM

Internation Chain of Events:
The world needs more fuel.
People turn to biodiesel.
Food is used for fuel.
Food supply decreases.
Food prices start to climb.
Fertilizer companies (POT, MOS, IPI) help farmers get more food/acre.
and
Monsanto give farmers better seeds that produce even more food.
(not ...More

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26 Monsanto Company (MON)

Avatar daisychain144 (71.30) Submitted: 3/06/08 12:55 PM

A great way to aid in tha destruction of our environment is to support these monsters. Back in 1987, the first genetically modified organism (GMO) to be released into the environment was Pseudomonas Syringea. This tiny bacterium was responsible for frost formation on strawberry plants. Well these br...More

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Recs 0 (MON) bobbyabull (72.78) Submitted: 7/18/08 11:53 AM : Start Price: $110.49 MON Score: 0.79 Not much competition as far as I can see; ag and energy are two things everybody on the planet has to have; buy into dips... Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MON) NoobTrader (85.17) Submitted: 7/18/08 9:44 AM : Start Price: $126.90 MON Score: -4.52 As more people come out of poverty, demand for food will increase much faster than supply. The only way we can sustain this growth in demand is to improve agricultural efficiency, because there isn't much more land for us to use. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MON) givmeabreak (96.96) Submitted: 7/16/08 9:00 AM : Start Price: $114.25 MON Score: -5.79 Great ag exposure. Sells corn seeds, and chems. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MON) wiredmotley (< 20) Submitted: 7/10/08 6:37 PM : Start Price: $118.40 MON Score: 7.72 The technicals on this stock are not looking very good of late. There are some bearish divergences on the Stochastics and the RSI if you look at a 3 month chart. There are other bearish technicals such as the 30 Day Exponential Moving Average crossing above the 10 Day Simple Moving Average. I won't bore you with the rest. Fundamentally: I find their genetically engineered corn that cannot reproduce absolutely reprehensible!!! I am a self taught master gardener and I am astounded that some of their products are allowed in the market place. I'm no radical tree hugger nor are my associates, and if we find it reprehensible, then long term I'd have to say that I'm bearish on this company. Sincerely, WiredMotley Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MON) farmerellis (99.86) Submitted: 7/10/08 11:48 AM : Start Price: $120.14 MON Score: -8.06 Another nose-plugging pick for me, but I can't see how this company can fail to pull in a ton of cash in the coming years. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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