(Insider Monkey) Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) has had one of the most up-and-down years of the stocks we track. Shares of the ag behemoth have been unable to get on a run in 2013, as constant drama over GMOs seems to be hitting the newswires daily. With that in mind, it appears that some hedge funds want nothing to do with it. Now, according to many market players, hedge funds are seen as delayed, old investment vehicles of a forgotten age.
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