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Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) were up 5% in afterhours trading on Wednesday following the network equipment giant’s better-than-expected results and its announced plan to hike the...
We have been talking about dividend bubbles forming for about two weeks as of now.  Can the bubbles continue to inflate?  Sure.  But you better take a look at the 30-Year Treasury auction from...
Yahoo.comYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) may be changing its stance on its cash plans after (or if) it sells its stake in Alibaba.  An SEC Filing after the close shows that newly appointed CEO Marissa...
This week we featured a list of the six cheapest DJIA components as of Monday’s close.  The basis was how discounted the share prices have been to the consensus analyst price target from...
Junk bonds, or those high-yield bonds which are under BBB- at S&P or under Baa3 at Moody’s, have seen one massive rally since the lows of the summer.  Some may wonder if these have now...
As stocks rise, analysts generally lift their price targets on key stocks. As stocks fall, analysts generally lower their price targets. It is a game on Wall St., but it is a game all investors have...
Interest payments on municipal bonds are tax-exempt from federal income tax for the most part.  There have been attacks over this in the past, all of which have failed to go anywhere.  Imagine how...
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...
Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (NYSE: KYN) is a closed-end investment fund that invests exclusively in the realm of Master Limited Partnerships with the focus almost being entirely in various...
Telecom provider Frontier Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: FTR) posted better-than-expected EPS after markets closed last night, reporting adjusted EPS of $0.08 compared with the consensus estimate of...
American States Water Co. (NYSE: AWR) has just announced that it is raising its dividend. The water utility said this brings its payout ratio more in-line with its industry peers and that this...
We have recently warned about a dividend bubble that is inflating in the high dividend yield stocks like the telecom giants.  Both AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)...
AmRIET, Inc. (NYSE: AMRE) is managing to hang in around the initial public offering price.  Still, Wall Street (and/or Main Street) might lump this in as a disappointing IPO.  The company priced an...
Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) is supposed to be one of the biggest and best gold miners out there. Its high dividend is a testament to that. The problem is that gold miners have been running into...
By now you know that we have started to become cautious on some of the top dividend stocks.  It is not that we think anything is wrong at the companies, and it is not that the companies cannot grow...