Dividends and Buybacks

Dividends and Buybacks Articles

A nice value added in the UBS Dividend Ruler portfolio, plus four additional stocks that make good sense for long-term growth and income portfolios.
These stocks are rated Buy at Merrill Lynch, pay a dividend and haven’t gone parabolic this year. They make good sense for investors now.
Boeing has announced that it will raise its dividend by 30% and cut production of its current model 777 to five per month.
At the end of each year, investors look for opportunities and safe harbors to park their money for the year ahead. Investors who love dividends often consider the so-called Dogs of the Dow.
The time has come for the Federal Reserve to start raising rates again. Certain sectors tend to either benefit from rising rates or are not affected much.
It turns out that 11 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks have a consensus price target that calls for more than 10% upside in the coming 12 months, and that is without considering dividends.
These are stocks that make good sense for investors looking to add to their overall equity holdings. They are all trading well below their 52-week highs and should be attracting substantial...
For those looking to generate income, equities remain one of the best resources, and these five look like long-term winners.
In a recent research note, the analysts at Merrill Lynch make a big move by removing two blue chips from the firm's well-respected US 1 list of stocks to buy.
With the markets warming up to the reality of a Donald Trump presidency and administration, some people have become nervous about dividend-paying stocks as they see higher interest rates and...
In the first days of each year, 24/7 Wall St. uses the average implied upside of each Dow Jones Industrial Average component to generate an upside price target. It has been off in some years and...
The UBS Dividend Ruler portfolio continues to outperform the overall market, and we continue to think that the outperformance will stay in place for the rest of the year and beyond.
Old-school growth stocks look like they really make sense now for investors looking ahead to 2017. These have been hit harder than some of their peers and may have bigger upside potential for...
The analysts at Merrill Lynch have made a big move by adding a top property and casualty company to the firm's well-respected US 1 list of stocks to Buy.
We get the sense the various Wall Street strategists we cover think that the best way for investors to be situated in 2017 is in very large cap stocks that pay solid dividends.