Dividends and Buybacks
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We have already introduced the 2011 Dogs of the Dow for investors looking into 2011. The term “dogs” might imply that they are the worst performers when they are actually just the highest...
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The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy which annually selects the ten highest dividend yields of all thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components. Because we are going for the timeless...
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There has been an amazing feat in 2010. All of the most recent companies which have been booted out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average have outperformed their replacement stocks and the broad...
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There is a long-standing debate over the effect and impact of share buyback plans. What is not up for debate is that many companies have given big updates or announced new buyback plans in the month...
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French oil major Total SA (NYSE: TOT) and Canada’s Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) have agreed to form an alliance that combines the two companies’ interests in a number of projects in the oil...
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The longer-end of the curve is is still rising. Earlier we had seen the highest yields since June, and now we are seeing the highest yields since May. The 10-Year Treasury yield has broken the...
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Waste Management Inc. (NYSE: WM) has announced an increase to its quarterly dividend rate by about 8% this morning. The old $0.315 per quarter dividend will now come to $0.34 per quarter. This...
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2010 has been a positive year for the markets. IPOs and secondary offerings have been plentiful, debt offerings have been plentiful, and restructurings continue. Many spin-offs have been...
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There had been a rumor that General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) was going to hike its dividend again, and that rumor turned out to be true. GE just announced that it has raised its quarterly...
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There have always been questions about whether stock buybacks are an effective return of cash to shareholders. The theory is a simple one: reducing the number of shares outstanding boosts the...
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Want further proof of the reluctance of companies to hire? Well, here it is, or maybe not. Data released yesterday from The Federal Reserve showed that U.S. nonfinancial companies held $1.93...
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To make the cut onto the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index, a company has to have paid a dividend every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The index includes at least 40 stocks and it is...
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Last week we identified the ten Warren Buffett investments with the most implied upside. But we also found that there were many Buffett investments in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) which...
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Investors have tried for years to follow the strategy of Warren Buffett, considered by many to be the greatest investor in history. That’s ironic given how little he seems to care about ups and...
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The Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) is the latest of the industrial giants to raise its dividend. This morning, the machinery and equipment giant announced an increase on its quarterly payout by...
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