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Solar PV makers are facing a tough second half of 2011. Forecast supply is expected to exceed demand, and virtually every solar supplier is seeing its stock price head south. A few companies have...
24/7 Wall St. has been conducting reviews looking for value stocks now that the market has softened.  Looking solely for “cheap stocks” on book value is very incomplete, so we have taken...
Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (NYSE: IVR) has two things to address today, a super-high dividend yield and a secondary offering.  This also spills over to the outlook for Annaly Capital Management,...
The “services sector” is almost too broad to be counted when screens are conducted. Throwing in publishers, media, cable, travel, restaurants, auto-parts and advertising into a single screen...
We have already called Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) a great value stock before and after its last earnings report last week.  Despite a choppy market, its shares have been rallying.  Now this...
Investors need to consider one thing about investing in retail.  This is quite likely to be the next bastion of dividend growth for investors seeking income to buffer market volatility in the...
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) keeps delivering and delivering.  This is one of our top ten stocks to own for the next decade and we have been on record that this is one of the go-to...
The world of casual dining and dining is one which has survived bad times and thrived in good times.  It turns out that some of the casual dining segment, particularly the fast food segment, offers...
Many drug companies face a what is called a patent cliff ahead, where the Big Pharma players will have key drugs go off-patent and there will be new generic competition.  While this is a challenge...
Our screen today is for companies with an attractive Returns on Equity (ROE) in the consumer goods sector.  It is our view that ROE is one of the better quick indicators of a well-managed company. ...
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is doing something that many investors might have considered more than difficult.  Its shares are actually rallying after an earnings report.  If you just read the...
When yesterday’s news about a dividend hike surfaced from Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), our first thought was that the hike was too much at a time when natural gas is still somewhat...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has enjoyed massive growth over the last decade.  It has overcome a near-death experience and transformed itself into the second largest company by market capitalization. ...
We may have just witnessed an oversold bounce in the stock market, or we may be in for more days of recovery.  The markets are flirting with six weeks of negative performance and one day is not...
The utilities sector had been performing incredibly.  We recently highlighted the strong performance seen this year and over the last year with many of these names up 20% to 30% along with the...