Dividends and Buybacks
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AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) has just delivered its expected earnings report. As AT&T has the highest dividend yield of all 30 DJIA components, this one was going to be key to watch for dividend...
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Dividends have continued to rise. Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year. A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost 2.2% so far this year from the 30...
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Citigroup’s (NYSE: C) financial situation has been poor enough that the Fed continues to question whether it can accelerate returns to shareholders with larger dividends. The WSJ reports that the...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world’s most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We...
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The utility sector has been a rather poor performer so far in 2012, as investors have sought growth and less dependence on high payouts, and higher dividend taxes could be a possibility after this...
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Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) is using some recent strength to sell more shares. The problem is the size of the offering at 13.9 million shares. At Monday’s closing price the...
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CapLease, Inc. (NYSE: LSE) is out raising what oon the surface appears to be expensive capital. The commercial real estate investment trust has priced an underwritten public offering of 2,000,000...
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Earnings season for the first quarter of 2012 is upon us and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see how the tale of the tape is treating the companies reporting earnings. Our aim is to offer some insight into...
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Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) made what might seem like a startling announcement on Thursday evening with a new share buyback plan of up to $2 billion. With a market cap of about $16.6...
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The trend of higher dividends is not over and we should expect more dividend hike announcements elsewhere this earnings season. After the close on Thursday came word that Dow Chemical Company...
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KB Home (NYSE: KBH) announced late yesterday that the company’s quarterly dividend for its second fiscal quarter ending in May will be reduced from $0.0625 to $0.025. In the announcement, the...
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may find itself having to explain the situation better after reporting what appears to be higher than expected earnings. The company is proposing a new class of stock...
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magicJack VocalTec, Ltd. (NASDAQ: CALL) is indicated higher after its earnings results, despite some insider selling into the news. Just before the long weekend came word that insiders were selling...
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Jon OggEarnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012. There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA rose 8.1% and the...
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If you can count on one banking CEO to be outspoken, chances are high that it is Jamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). In his annual letter to shareholders, Dimon has come out...
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