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Jon OggShort sellers have lightened up on some high dividend stocks while picking up bets against others. It is almost as if they are mixed in bets against higher dividend taxes coming in 2013. We...
Short sellers took into consideration that taxes will be going up for many dividend investors. We have tracked the changes in the October 31 settlement date, versus the October 15 settlement date,...
Short sellers appear to be increasing their bets against some of the key dividend stocks we track, judging by the October 15 settlement date for the short interest versus the September 28 settlement...
Short sellers are still active in the high-dividend names out there. Apparently many are under the impression that the dividend bubble is worth betting against. Still, it takes keen conviction to...
Short sellers appear to be increasing their bets against some of the key dividend stocks we track each and every day, judging by the August 15 settlement date for the short interest versus the July...
Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) saw its gains peter out and then melt away today. The news is that shareholder Brown & Williamson Holdings Inc. dumped more than $50 million worth of its equity...
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) is lowering the average coupon on its debt, or at least that is the plan of a new debt tender offer. The American tobacco giant is commencing a $2 billion cash tender...
Income investors need to be careful with some of the best companies in America. A dividend bubble appears to be forming in many great stocks. Dividends have been one of the great drivers of...
The 10-year Treasury hit yet another record low under 1.6% today and stocks are in the tank again due to poor economic data.  Europe continues to face a meltdown and the hope is for a rate cut out...
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) is going to have more cash on its books now that can go to paying shareholders more dividends rather than paying plaintiffs in lawsuits against the company.  Whether...
A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market.  Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic item which will make the market stronger. ...
Blame whatever you want.  A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices and on and...
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), the maker of Marlboro cigarettes and other products, reported earnings this morning that did not match expectations. The consensus estimate for EPS was $0.49 and the...
Tobacco merchant Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) reported first quarter earnings this morning, and posted a clear miss. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.63, lower than the consensus estimate of $0.65....
Markets opened about flat this morning but lost ground almost immediately as new home sales data came in weaker than expected. Then came a report that Iranian crude shipments were falling as a result...