Dividends and Buybacks

Dividends and Buybacks Articles

In the latest Merrill Lynch RIC Report, which is effectively a culmination of the firm's top research ideas, views and advice for clients, the one common theme throughout was where to find yields.
Dividend aristocrats are members of the S&P 500 that have increased their dividends for at least 20 consecutive years. These are four that investors can buy now and hold forever.
With the gas prices expected to remain low at least through this year, and probably in to 2017, the consumers now may be looking to buy some of the things they want and need with personal budgets in...
24/7 Wall St. has identified that it would take the performance of just seven of these 30 Dow stocks to get the index to 20,000.
While there is no guarantee that these stocks all thrive after the November election, they all have very strong and mature franchises that should continue to drive earnings regardless of who sits in...
The short interest data for the July 29 settlement date are out and it almost feels like short sellers are getting a bit panicked about the market rally.
In a recent research note, the analysts at Jefferies made a big move by adding Ball Corp. to the firm's well-respected Franchise Picks list of stocks to buy.
The UBS Dividend Ruler portfolio continue 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.
These are clearly not the most exciting companies on Wall Street, but if you are an investor concerned about where to own shares, the United States remains the clear-cut winner.
The market is not cheap. Yet it is also nowhere close to historic highs that might bring panic levels. It is quite possible that the market is just in a new no-man's land where valuations might not...
With so much of the sovereign debt around the world with negative yields, and the rest just barely over the breakeven level, many people are looking far and wide for any sort of reasonable yield.
A top-notch Jefferies economist believes the rise in populism is the most important issue the markets face today, and that the biggest impact from a Trump win would be a weaker U.S. dollar.
24/7 Wall St. has pulled apart the dividend-paying universe for the stocks with yields north of 6%. The screen from 24/7 Wall St. focused on stocks with a market cap of $2 billion to $10 billion.
Goldman Sachs has lowered its equity weighting to Underweight for the next three months, and there are 10 points that matter here for equity investors.
These four top stocks that pay at least a 3% dividend also offer investors outstanding entry points at current levels.