Dividends and Buybacks

Dividends and Buybacks Articles

Both the utility and the telecommunications sectors are positive for 2016, and with demand staying strong and inherent built-in safety, there is no reason to think they won’t continue to be.
When investors hear about stock buybacks and share repurchases, the aim is generally considered to be one of the two top methods of returning cash to shareholders. The other method is of course...
Oil & gas producer Anadarko Petroleum Company (NYSE: APC) announced late Tuesday afternoon that it is cutting its dividend from $0.27 per quarter to $0.05. The dividend is payable on March 23rd...
With the exception of two companies, Merrill Lynch lowers the dividend outlook for all large cap U.S. oil stock in the firm's research coverage universe.
For worried investors that need an income stream, these top stocks makes good sense now. The total return potential is solid, and the downside risk is far less than with momentum stocks.
If you ever want to look for value in a sector in the stock market, then when you see Congress calling in some of the top companies to scold them for political purposes, you may want to start buying.
These tech stocks rated Buy at Merrill Lynch and all have a higher dividend yield than the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond.
Tribune Publishing announced Thursday morning that it had completed a private placement of more than 5 million shares with Merrick Media in a transaction valued at more than $44 million.
Needless to say, the stock market can be a very cruel mistress. So what are patient long-term investors to do?
Given the sparsity of good income investment alternatives now, one good alternative for gun-shy investors is conservative stocks that pay big dividends.
3M is trying to see if an 8% dividend hike and stock buyback will be enough to entice new shareholders.
24/7 Wall St. screened the Merrill Lynch research universe database and found four outstanding dividend stocks that are rated Buy and also offer tremendous value now.
24/7 Wall St. has been looking into the larger buybacks that stood out from the pack. There were five such buybacks in January.
Some of the Dow stocks that are down in 2016 haven't even reported earnings. This is the market bracing for bad news, but one cannot wonder if that means that the earnings bar is being lowered...
FedEx has joined the wave of companies continuing to announce stock buybacks. But does that really translate to against a variety of relative metrics?