Shareholders of Monsanto Co (Symbol: MON) looking to boost their income beyond the stock’s 2% annualized dividend yield can sell the January 2018 covered call at the $ 110 strike and collect the premium based on the $ 7.65 bid, which annualizes to an additional 6.5% rate of return against the current stock price (at… Read More »
Agriculture has existed for millennia, and advances in agricultural practices and technology have helped feed an exploding population. Monsanto (NYSE: MON) has been around since the beginning of the 20th century, but its shift toward focusing largely on agricultural productivity has been a gradual one. The history of the current iteration of Monsanto stock goes… Read More »
SEATTLE—Washington on Thursday became the first U.S. state to sue agrochemical giant Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs, the toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people around the globe for decades. Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the lawsuit at a news conference in downtown… Read More »