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Maybe the markets felt directionless for most of Friday ahead of earnings season, but the trading action of this week might make some wonder if a Double-Dip Recession is less likely. The economic...
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Investors love the safety of dividends. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to look for some of the safest dividends in the large-cap universe. Many of course are DJIA components, as you would expect. We took a...
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Being an income-oriented investor in chase of dividends and chasing returns of capital has driven many investors to Master Limited Partnerships, or MLPs, over the years. With Treasuries paying next...
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PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) must be doing very well despite the renewed uncertainty out there. The pet specialty store destination just raised its dividend by 25% to $0.125 per quarter from a...
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Restructuring never ends in many large corporations. After a week’s worth of reading through dozens of corporate deals in the pipeline and analyzing others which could be close, it seems that...
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It seems we have more secondary offerings coming back into the fold now that the markets have stabilized and recovered. Many real estate investment trusts (REITs) raised vast sums of capital in...
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So much for a double-dip recession, or at least that is what the waves of new share buybacks and dividend hikes from big key companies are saying. In recent days we have watched more dividend hikes...
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BP plc (NYSE: BP) is continuing to destroy the Gulf of Mexico even as the clean-up efforts are underway. The “Boycott BP” group is continuing to gather steam. It is understandable. … But...
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Claymore Securities has just launched several new investment grade corporate bond ETF products that are designed to allow investors to invest in a basket of bond maturities. The Claymore...
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is going for the headline effect this morning at its 40th Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The company announced that its Board of Directors has just approved a new...
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Stocks may have bounced from their lows and gone lower of late, but there are still many down and out value stocks out there where shares may have been overly punished from the highs and with...
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The stock market’s recent sell-off and snap-back recovery have not stopped dividend hikes. There were two big ones this morning. The unexpected dividend hike came from UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:...
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Warren Buffett does not have the same time frame as most investors. How many of you buy with a “forever” outlook? Buffett says he likes that term, short of whether he sees fundamental changes...
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This week felt like the sudden snap-back for dividend hikes after a week or two of fewer news announcements from major companies. It was in big companies too, rather than just the tiny ones. Some...
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It felt like the pace of dividend hikes was slowing down. Wrong. There were at least six big hikes today that came from the likes of ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE), Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX), Dr....
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