Ethanol Stocks

Ethanol, an additive to gasoline, is being promoted to help lower America's dependence on foreign oil. Currently, ethanol is produced from corn so many agricultural products companies may benefit from the increased demand for ethanol.

The following table lists four stocks that produce ethanol and a sampling of companies that produce products related to growing corn including fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides and hybrid seeds.

The ethanol producer stocks are quite volatile so be sure to buy them on the price upside.

Ethanol Stocks
Company	Symbol	10-Year Moving Average Chart*	Price and PDI Chart	Multiyear Returns
Archer-Daniels-Midland	ADM	Chart	Chart	Table
BioFuel Energy	BIOF	Chart	Chart	Table
Green Plains Renewable Energy	GPRE	Chart	Chart	Table
Pacific Ethanol	PEIX	Chart	Chart	Table

NOTE: * A stock with fewer than eleven years of price data from Yahoo! Finance will not display a 10-year moving average.

Non-Dividend-Paying Portfolios includes links to each portfolio of a few or no dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend-Paying Portfolios includes links to each portfolio of dividend-paying stocks.

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To follow the day-to-day progress of the Ethanol portfolio, check out the chart below. It is updated each day, so the portfolio values are always current. The current value of the portfolio assumes that $3,333.33 was invested (total of $10,000) in each of the 3 stocks at its closing weekly price for the first week of January 2001. NOTE: BIOF is not included because of lack of price data.

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Today's date: Mar-12-2010.