Altria Group Inc

NYSE: MO
$56.34
+$0.41 (+0.7%)
Closing Price on November 18, 2024

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The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen Thursday morning include Altria, Exelon, General Dynamics, Mattel, Philip Morris International, SanDisk and Wells Fargo.
These four solid companies to buy and hold all can do well, and even if the market sells off, the demand for their products and services will not. Plus, they all offer a dividend.
One strategy for a company to unlock value for shareholders is to break itself up. That is what happened when Altria decided to split apart.
For worried investors that need an income stream, all these top stocks make good sense for growth and income portfolios. The total return potential is solid, and the downside risk is far less than...
From an investment perspective, which big three tobacco company looks like the sounder choice now?
One nice result from the volatility in the markets over the past seven weeks is to lower prices on the stocks that investors who need consistent and safe income may be looking to buy.
With the Chinese currency pegged to the U.S. dollar, any increase in fed funds rates could send the Chinese into devaluation mode, which could prove awful for world financial markets.
When the stock market becomes uncertain, investors often tend to flock toward defensive stocks or stocks that have very high-quality earnings. That generally means that their dividends are deemed...
Altria reported mixed fourth-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday.
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the Dow Jones Industrial Average companies (and others) that are reporting their quarterly results this week.
If you want to own stocks no matter what, ones with serious long-term prospects and dividends, the class of defensive stocks is where investors will want to hide out.
One great move is to look for safe stocks that pay solid dividends. That often means companies where the demand rarely drops, despite economic and market conditions.
With the market very possibly poised for years of sideways trading and single-digit gains, the total return potential from these blue chips is outstanding.
On a week when the market had some of its best upside trading in months, conventional wisdom would seem to dictate that insider buying would be slow.
These companies not only have Merrill Lynch's safest volatility risk ratings, but they have faded somewhat during the recent market sell-off, offering even better valuation and entry points for...