FeedPosted Mar 31st 2011 10:20AM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Stocks to Buy
The stock of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), first discussed here on March 25, 2009, at a price of $28.78, has pulled back slightly after pushing $38, but just view that dip as a chance to scoop up shares of a superior company.
Look for Archer to post a 10% to 15% revenue increase in FY2011, as global demand for food continues to rise. Long term, the company remains well-positioned to capitalize on the development of emerging markets and population growth. Oilseed performance will be a star performer, followed by agricultural services.
Continue reading Has ADM's Pullback Created an Opportunity?
Posted Mar 22nd 2011 11:00AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Allstate Corp (ALL), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Hormel Foods (HRL), Analyst Initiations, Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Nordstrom, Inc (JWN)
Analyst Upgrades
- Netflix (NFLX) and Zions Bancorp (ZION) to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
- Akamai (AKAM) to buy from neutral at Merriman.
- CSX (CSX) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
- Nordstrom (JWN) to buy from neutral, WellCare (WCG) to conviction buy from buy and Humana (HUM) to neutral from sell at Goldman.
- E-Commerce China Dangdang (DANG) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
- VMware (VMW) to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill.
- Celanese (CE) to overweight from equal weight at Morgan Stanley.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: ADM, AKAM, ALL, CP, CSX, HRL, HUM, JWN, NFLX, NSRGY ...
Posted Feb 16th 2011 3:30PM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Commodities
Raw commodities like grains, sugar and cotton are skyrocketing in price. These raw foods are then processed for consumption. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is one of the world largest food processors. It processes corn into corn oil syrups, sweeteners, citric and lactic acid and ethanol. Soybeans are crushed into soybean oil and meal, Wheat is processed into flour and pasta. Cocoa is turned into chocolate and confections. It provides animal feed for farmers and meal for brewers. It has one of the largest distribution networks in the world.
Continue reading Food Processor Archer Daniels Midland to Profit from Inflation
Posted Feb 16th 2011 11:30AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Best Buy (BBY), Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Research in Motion (RIMM), Gap Inc (GPS), Marriott Intl'A' (MAR), Analyst Initiations, Valero Energy (VLO), Eaton Corp (ETN)
Analyst Upgrades
- Research In Motion (RIMM) to buy from sell and Gap (GPS) to hold from sell at Citigroup.
- Archer Daniels (ADM) and Airgas (ARG) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
- NCR Corp. (NCR) to conviction buy from neutral at Goldman.
- Valero Energy (VLO) to top pick from sector perform and Western Refining (WNR) to outperform from underperform at RBC Capital.
- Fred's (FRED) to overweight from neutral at JP Morgan.
- Marsh & McLennan (MMC), Willis Group (WSH) and Brown & Brown (BRO) to equal weight from underweight at Barclays.
- Host Hotels (HST) to outperform from neutral at RW Baird.
- La-Z-Boy (LZB) to strong buy from market perform at Raymond James.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: ADM, BBY, ETN, FDO, HNZ, GPS, MAR, NCR, RIMM, VLO ...
Posted Feb 2nd 2011 8:30AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Pfizer (PFE), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), United Parcel'B' (UPS), Economic Data, S and P 500, DJIA, NASDAQ
Despite the turmoil in the Middle East, the market powered to a 30-month high, closing above 12,000 Tuesday. The key driver was a slew of strong earnings reports. The last time we saw Dow 12,000 was on June 19, 2008. Across the board, the major averages were strong. The Dow climbed 148.23 to 12,040.16, S & P 500 rose 21.47 to 1307.59, and the NASDAQ surged 51.11 to 2751.19, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
Here are just a few stocks that moved the Dow higher:
- Pfizer (PFE) rose $1.00 to $19.22. Fourth-quarter profit tripled from a year ago.
Continue reading Dow Closes Above 12,000
Posted Feb 1st 2011 2:00PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Stocks to Buy
Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) stock, first discussed here on March 25, 2009, at a price of $28.78, has pulled back slightly after testing the $35 level, but the outlook remains good for additional gains.
Archer should record a 3% to 5% revenue increase in FY2011, as global demand for food continues to rise. Further, long-term, the company remains well-positioned to capitalize on the development of emerging markets, and population growth. Oilseed performance will be a star performer, followed by agricultural services.
Continue reading Archer Daniels: Emerging Markets Food Play
Posted Jan 21st 2011 11:00AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: China, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Agriculture, Bunge Ltd. (BG)

Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce, Wang Chao, led a business delegation that signed agreements with grain companies to buy just over 3 million tons of soybeans from the U.S.,
Reuters reported. The U.S. trading companies involved in the $1.8 billion deal are Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland (
ADM) and Bunge (
BG). No details about price and delivery were given.
When dealing with state-run companies, there is a protocol that must be followed. In this case, a government official, Chao, was present to sign off the deal with the two state-run grain companies allowed to import agricultural products into China.
Continue reading China Signs a Deal to Buy Soybeans from U.S. Companies
Posted Jan 19th 2011 3:00PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Pfizer (PFE), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Comerica Inc (CMA), Merck and Co (MRK), U.S. Steel (X), Analyst Initiations
Analyst Upgrades
- Large Cap Pharmaceuticals sector upgraded to Overweight at Wells Fargo.
- Archer Daniels (ADM) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.
- Cypress Semi (CY) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS.
- MFA Financial (MFA) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
- Blackstone (BX) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
- Comerica (CMA) upgraded to Hold from Sell at Citigroup.
- Dollar Tree (DLTR) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
- NuVasive (NUVA) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Leerink.
- Cogdell Spencer (CSA) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
- Hersha Hospitality (HT) upgraded to Hold from Underperform at Jefferies.
- G&K Services (GKSR) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at RW Baird.
- Graham Packaging (GRM) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman.
- Shaw (SJR) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: ADM, BX, BZH, CMA, DLTR, MRK, NE, PFE, X ...
Posted Jan 13th 2011 12:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Market Matters, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Bargain Stocks, Chasing Value™, Commodities, Agriculture
Last year, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) was included in my stock picks for 2010 and it lost 4.9%. I gave some consideration to keeping it in the mix this year but thought more highly of other stocks in 2011, so I cast it off.
The turning of a calendar page is arbitrary and investments have only modest correlation to it in most instances. However, two weeks into the year ADM is already up, closing Wednesday at $32.56.
Corn prices have been rising and when last I checked futures were up another 1.47% in early morning trading.
Continue reading Chasing Value: Corn Soaring, ADM Boring, Investors Snoring
Posted Jan 6th 2011 6:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Good news, General Electric (GE), Brazil, Getting Started, Citigroup Inc. (C), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Bank of America (BAC), Chasing Value™, Oil, Eastern Europe, S and P 500, Housing, Financial Crisis, Brasil Telecom (BTM) , Telefonica SA (TEF), Noble Corporation (NE)
Here are the next four of my 2011 picks. I am behind schedule, after publishing the first 5 earlier in the week (see: Chasing Value: 2011 Stock Picks -- 5 of 11). This year instead of starting completely anew, I am adjusting my 2010 picks. There is no sense in abandoning good ideas just because the calendar turned a page.
You will actually find support of running themes I have been writing about over the past few months. One of these is the idea of making a contrarian investment in a basket of stocks that have been both scalded and scolded in the headlines. Six stocks were included in such a group that I called the "toxic stocks" (see: Chasing Value: Toxic Stock Update #3 -- BAC, BP, C, GE, GS, RIG).
Continue reading Chasing Value: 2011 Stock Picks -- 6, 7, 8, 9
Posted Jan 4th 2011 12:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Home Depot (HD), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Options, Bargain Stocks, Chasing Value™, S and P 500, Raytheon Company (RTN), E*TRADE (ETFC), EZCORP (EZPW), Williams Companies (WMB), Brasil Telecom (BTM) , Grubb and Ellis Co (GBE)
The year 2010 has come and gone and my results are in. This is my fourth annual stock results to be reported on BlogginStocks, so something of a track record is starting to form. This past year ended with a modest improvement over the unmanaged Standard & Poors 500 index
The original story, Chasing Value: 10 Stock Picks for 2010, took readers through a review of many candidates, concluding with the ten picks, using prices from Dec. 28, 2009.
Continue reading Chasing Value: 2010 Final Review -- Winners and Losers
Posted Dec 7th 2010 4:40PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Other Issues, Exxon Mobil (XOM), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Deere and Co (DE), Politics, Serious Money
Leave it to our representatives in Washington to make a compromise that ignores most of their previously stated beliefs -- of only a few days ago. This just reinforces again the old joke "How do you know when a politician is lying?..."
Monday the Obama administration and congressional Republicans came to an agreement to extend both unemployment benefits by 13 months, and the Bush-era tax cuts for all by two years. What happened to the Republican and Democratic noise about fiscal responsibility and reducing the debt?
A few days ago Republicans were not going to vote for an extension of the unemployment funding if there was not an associated revenue offset to pay for it. That's gone, so the deficit is going up. The Democrats claimed they would not back an extension of the tax cuts for people that earned over $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for joint returns claiming this would add $900 billion toward debt reduction. That's gone so the deficit is going up.
Continue reading Serious Money: Washington Compromise Stinks, but Here Are Some Stocks to Look At
Posted Nov 8th 2010 10:40AM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Stocks to Buy
If you persevered and maintained your position with Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), first discussed here on March 25, 2009, at a price of $28.78, during its bear hug earlier this year, you're being rewarded.
ADM found support near $24, and soared to more than $34, before a recent correction to about $31.
Archer should record a 5% to 7% revenue increase in FY2011, as global demand for food continues to rise with the global economic recovery, which should post GDP growth of 4.2% next year, according to International Monetary Fund research. Long term, the company remains well-positioned to capitalize on the development of emerging markets, and population growth. Oilseed performance will be a star performer, followed by agricultural services.
Continue reading Archer Daniels Midland: Perseverance Is Paying Off
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