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While most of the big money may have been made in utilities, the analysts at Merrill Lynch make the case that many fundamentals still favor keeping a position in the sector.
Before the markets opened Tuesday morning, Procter & Gamble reported its fiscal second-quarter financial results.
As the major indexes swing wildly up and down, a few stocks are not only safe havens, but also have high sustainable dividends and chances to rise in better markets.
When we ran the same analysis a year ago, analysts were looking for Procter & Gamble to rise by almost 7% in 2014, but it more than doubled that expectation.
Altria will report its third-quarter earnings Thursday before the U.S. markets open, and growth on the top and bottom lines is expected.
Even though buyers will buy some weakness, the go-to defensive stocks also have been bashed with the stock market correction taking place.
What stands out more than rallying in a bad market is that Duke Energy and Consolidated Edison rallied on Tuesday, when markets were trying to recover.
Short sellers have decided to get out of some of the go-to defensive stocks with high-dividend yields in late September.
24/7 Wall St. has tracked several defensive stocks that are not down near as much as the market on Thursday.
24/7 Wall St. takes look at what is happening in the short interest of the go-to high-dividend defensive stocks.
The short interest data for the August 29 settlement date is out, and we have decided to look at what is happening in the short interest of the go-to high-dividend defensive stocks.
Jon OggThe short interest data is out for the July 31 settlement date. We often review the higher-yield defensive dividend stocks for a barometer of what short sellers may be thinking. The trends are...
Courtesy Procter & GambleFriday will bring two key earnings report from consumer products giants. In fact, one is a DJIA stock. Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) is the DJIA stock in the...
Jon OggThe short interest data for the July 15 settlement date is out and we have compared the defensive dividend stocks, aside of utilities, to what has happened since the June 30 settlement date....
Jon OggThe short interest data for the June 30 settlement date is out, and there were selectively an increasing number of shares short in our go-to list of defensive high-yield stocks that are not...