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Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. is a big fan of companies that continually raise their dividends. We recently highlighted that industry leaders Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) would...
ThinkstockAbercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) is far from doomed, although it is one of the biggest losers on Friday. It is also farther and farther away from its old days of being the greatest...
Wikimedia CommonsJamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) used to be a Teflon CEO. Now we have a shareholder action looking to split the role of chairman and chief executive for the...
thinkstockGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is about to be entirely without its former NBCUniversal media unit. After the close came word that Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has decided to acquire...
ThinkstockDiamond Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is surging on what would be considered no real news from the company. The driving force is that BlackRock disclosed on Friday a larger stake of almost 8%...
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioWe have mostly come through earnings season, and the start of February turns into “Annual Report Season” on Wall St. This is when investors get to see how all the...
ThinkstockIt is frequently said that there is an exchange-traded fund (or ETF) for just about every sort of investment strategy. There are even some ETFs with strategies that are either hard to...
ThinkstockEach and every year, the Super Bowl enthralls Americans. And 2013 will be no different. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to pull together some factoids about Super Bowl 47. The game will be a boon for...
clevelandbrowns.comFirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is taking on a new risk, a risk which you will not find anywhere in its annual report and proxy filings. The company has partnered with the NFL’s...
By Matthew YoheMatt Yohe at en.wikipedia CC-BY-3.0, from Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been the greatest growth story over the past decade, but the woes and losses coming into...
The Merrill Lynch research team at Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is out with its key RIC report for 2013, which is titled “2013: Back to the Future” for the start of 2013. There are...
courtesy GameStop Corp.THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is being acquired, maybe. Before you get too excited about any major turnaround huge-premium buyout you better pay attention to the fine print here....
Jon OggIf you have been watching the period of low interest rates, ergo a zero-rate policy, for very long there is a good chance that you have felt the squeeze on how to earn interest on your money....
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioSirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is about to face higher royalty payments that have to be paid to musicians and artists for their work. The company disclosed in an SEC...
Jon OggMolycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) was having a good day with a rally of almost 6%. Any positive gain here is a welcome wagon for those shareholders who have been crushed by investing in America’s...