Altria Group Inc
NYSE: MO
$51.03
+$0.64 (+1.3%)
Closing Price on September 23, 2024
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The great majority of the largest companies in America are easily identified by name by most consumers. That is because their names match one or more of their most important brands. McDonald’s...
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The problems in the Gulf have caused BP’s shares to drop from a 52-week high of $62 to the current price of $32. Two years ago, they were almost $70. BP’s stock is likely to surge again, and may...
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This morning we ran a list of stocks which actually closed up 2% or more yesterday during the sell-off waves. We looked through the list of about 20 stocks, and of those listed only three closed up...
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There are three things investors traditionally want after making huge gains when they still want to hold stocks. They want stocks that have dividends and may want ‘value stocks.’ But the...
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The Fed has started the end of the near-zero rate cycle cycle, sort of. But yesterday’s sudden discount rate hike to 0.75% from 0.50% is almost certainly a prelude to the Fed Funds rate hike(s)...
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Over what we saw during the recession, 2009 was the year that dividends were cut down to effect cash conservation to get through the recession. In fact, the dividend cuts may have saved many more...
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Two trillion cigarettes are sold in China each year. Sixty-percent of adult men in the People’s Republic are smokers. The AP reports that China will ban smoking indoors in seven of the nation’s...
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It was early in October before earnings season kicked off into full thrust when we first reviewed many large or actively traded stocks which had not participated in the stock market rally of 2009. ...
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Wall St. likes financial statements that give it deep insights into a company’s operations, especially its liabilities. It likes boards that make sure shareholders get as complete a picture as...
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We have already run the 5 of the 30 DJIA components that reported earnings this morning. But we still have 7 more of the 30 DJIA components reporting during the rest of this week alone. The...
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Here we are going into yet another earnings season. We saw Monday how the market has rallied significantly from the March lows and the major indexes are even up in positive territory for the 2009...
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These are this Friday’s top day trader alert stocks. We have more color and more detail on price and volume analysis linked through to each at VSInvestor.com: AllState Corp. (NYSE: ALL) is...
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Wasn’t it just last week that we were up eight days in a row on the DJIA? And now we have a sell-the-news reaction to the recent growth numbers. Maybe it is because we ran too far too fast and...
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Some companies are unmatched on the rate at which they pay out their dividends. Former DJIA component Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) definitely falls into that category, as do many tobacco sector...
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Several companies run annual brand valuations. It is a good business for advertising and marketing firms to be viewed as experts on brands. Brand values are based on the cash flow they create, and...
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