Commodity Prices

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correct the day referenced in the headline and the first paragraph. Wall Street traded modestly higher Tuesday, with large-cap benchmarks attempting a fourth straight day of gains as investors looked ahead to a seasonally strong year-end stretch....

Commodity prices have been behaving irrationally, according to a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) analyst, citing further unsustainable price increases. The Goldman Sachs Analysts: The analysts at Goldman Sachs originally issued a price target of $125 per barrel of oil in three months and $120...

Mosaic Co (NYSE: MOS), a producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients, stands to benefit from rising commodity costs that create a favorable risk-to-reward profile, according to JPMorgan. The Analyst JPMorgan's Jeffrey Zekauskas upgraded The Mosaic Company's...

Casey's General Stores Inc (NASDAQ: CASY) reported second quarter earnings Monday, including EPS, EBITDA and revenue misses.  The Analyst Jefferies' Christopher Mandeville maintains a Buy rating on Casey's stock with an unchanged $134 price target. The Thesis Casey's...

Much investor attention throughout the holiday season is focused on retail and e-commerce companies, but it may be a mistake to ignore activity in other sectors, such as the agriculture equipment space. The Analyst Deutsche Bank's Nicole DeBlase upgraded Deere & Company (NYSE: DE)'s...

Pay attention coffee drinkers: the price of your morning Joe will soon become more expensive due to poor weather issues in Brazil affecting various commodities needed to produce a steaming hot cup of coffee. According to Bloomberg, dry weather is currently affecting production of arabica and...

Shares of Shake Shack Inc (NYSE: SHAK) were trading lower by around 2 percent Thursday. The company is scheduled to report its first quarter results after the closing bell. CNBC's Landon Dowdy broke down the popular burger joint's earnings print and detailed what investors should be on...

Glencore International PLC (OTC: GLCNF) is one of the world's largest commodities trading companies. Leading the company is Ivan Glasenberg, an executive who the Financial Times labeled as "the savviest trader of his generation." Given Glasenberg's reputation as a...

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets added five names to its "RBC Global Energy Best Ideas List" and also removed five names. In August, the index list lost 1.7 percent, which outperformed the 5.7 percent loss within the S&P Global Energy Sector. In addition, since February 2013, the list gained 1....