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Several charts and graphs are presented depicting the status of money and credit and the condition of the securities markets in the U.S. as of August 2014 including the total commercial bank loans, stock prices and bond yields.

Several charts are presented depicting the economic indicators in the U.S. as of March 2013 including security markets, bond yields and interest rates.

Several charts are presented related to the financial performance in the U.S. from 2001 to 2011 including bank credit, consumer credit, and interest rates and bond yields.

The section presents charts and graphs on money stock and debt measures, aggregate reserves and monetary base, bank credit and commercial banks, interest rates and bond yields, common stock prices and yields in the U.S. 1997 to 2007.

The article reports on the increased profits of ethanol investment in Missouri. Ryland Utlaut, president of Mid-Missouri Farmers Energy, states that producers have reaped dividends for investing in ethanol plants. Craig Jones states that the Northeast Missouri Grain LLC plant has been a productive new business venture. Furthermore, Missouri recognizes that the state and the rural communities would gain more from local producer ownership.

Part III. Gives pieces of advice on how military men can manage their personal finances to achieve investment return.

Provides some insights into the financial performance of agriculture cooperatives in the U.S. Measures of financial performance; Liquidity; Long-term debt-to-equity ratio; Long-term stability of businesses; Times-interest-earned ratio.

The author focuses on the importance of energy innovation in the military budgets of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Topics include the rising use of U.S. military energy and how the military can generate savings by adopting energy efficiency and renewable energy, other factors why there is a need to use energy better such as soldier safety, mission effectiveness, and predictability and resilience, and the increase in investment returns from using energy-related products and behaviors.

The article reports on the third consecutive record return of $258 million disbursement to CHS Inc. owners in 47 states in the U.S., as a result of the energy and grain-based foods cooperative's record fiscal 2006 earnings. The record return by CHS is cited to be the largest ever made by a U.S. cooperative. CHS Board Chairman Michael Toelle states that such record return represents one of the most important ways they can deliver on their mission of adding value for all their stakeholders.

The article reports that almond growers who deliver to Blue Diamond received 2003 crop returns that were 35 percent higher, on a per-pound basis, than in 2002. The co-operative's average payment of $2,900 per acre shattered the old record of $2,500 per acre, set in 1997. The co-operative reported near-record net sales of $541.9 million. Diamond President and CEO Doug Youngdahl said that almond tree plantings are projected to exceed 50,000 net new acres per year through 2010, resulting in a dramatic increase in almond supplies beginning in 2007 and 2008.

The article discusses the value of applying benefit cost-analysis (BCA) for transportation agencies. BCA can reportedly be used as an evaluation tool to assess the feasibility of the project and to determine which of the projects can give the best return-on-investment (ROI). The challenge in conducting BCA is how to find the right project to fit a limited funding. The six-step process include an evaluation of the problem, identification of alternatives, and forecasting performance.

The article reports that the return on U.S. dairy farmer's investment in Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) for 2007 will be at least 75 cents per hundredweight (HW). The analysis was performed by Scott Brown, a nationally-known farm policy expert who is regularly called on by the U.S. Congress to assess agriculture economic issues. Brown evaluated the impact of CWT's 2007 herd retirement and export assistance program in the first half of 2007.