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Regulators have hinted in the U.S. about the stage being set for a return to normalized dividends from major banks. If Canada is a model and if the Canadians act as a harbinger, dividend hikes...
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It was back in January, nearly a year ago, after the Congressional Budget Office released its 2010 budget when we called for the U.S. to adopt a Deficit Manifesto. This called for lawmakers to...
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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: TEVA) is proving why it is one of the top ten stocks to own for the next decade. The company has authorized the repurchase of up to $1 billion of its...
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When it comes to deep-value technology stocks, two companies which consistently arise in screens are Seagate Technologies PLC (NASDAQ: STX) and Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC). Seagate had lifted...
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optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OXPS) is leveraging up a bit to reward shareholders with a one-time dividend while it knows taxes will be low. The company’s board of directors has declared...
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One of the largest expected initial public offerings in the oil patch is now likely to be seen. We have been expecting this as a contingent IPO for some time and it appears to be on the calendar...
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John Chambers is currently a misguided CEO. We have been very vocal about the need for a dividend here, and the company has finally promised to initiate paying one. Where Chambers is off the path...
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It turns out that Warren Buffett was right about railroads. They are part of a country’s fabric, and their place as a relatively low-cost shipper is well-fixed in a country’s infrastructure. Now...
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Sometimes buybacks are smart, sometimes they are not. Last night we saw two entirely different buybacks, one of which was a smart version of a buyback and one of which is nothing short of silly. ...
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The list of Unusual Suspects for the week ahead is a rather different list. Some are due with earnings, some have FDA events, and others just have shareholder specific events coming down the...
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is showing that it deserved the recent upgrades from Wall Street analysts because it is not sharing the woes of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO). The company has...
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Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is seeing some real volatility in the after-earnings trading session this evening. The networking, communications and now data center giant in tech reported first...
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Picking stocks for a decade is no easy task. It might as well be for a lifetime because there probably will be two more bear markets and two more bull markets between now and then. Investors...
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Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is managing to do what many probably thought was not possible. It isn’t a shock that Starbucks beat earnings and raised guidance. The surprise is that the stock...
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Money is short and times are hard, but the government is paid back and bank investors may find dividend checks in with their holiday cards. The Wall Street Journal broke news late in afternoon...
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