Dividends and Buybacks

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IBM announced on Tuesday that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend and has increased its share buyback authorization.
HCA is out with earnings, but there is a serious question here when it comes to the greater good: should it, or other hospitals, be buying back stock?
Comcast reported its third-quarter financial results and declared a dividend before the markets opened on Tuesday.
Most investors have had a rough 2015, and with the Nasdaq the only index that is up for the year as of Friday, the question is what's the game plan for the rest of the year?
U.K.-based Noble Corp. announced Friday morning that it is cutting its quarterly dividend by 60%.
Kinder Morgan is no longer classified as a master limited partnership. That does not mean that its relevance to MLPs has vanished, and many closed-end MLP funds still own Kinder Morgan as a result.
24/7 Wall St. just featured Boeing as one of nine stocks that can raise their dividends for the next decade. Now that earnings are out, this warranted a closer review.
These four stocks are rated Buy at Merrill Lynch, and while they yield higher, they are not suitable for ultra-conservative income accounts.
Six well-known companies raised their dividends after the close of trading on Wednesday. So much for that slowdown worry, maybe.
Here is more detail on why Starbucks has a dividend that is not just safe, but why it can grow that dividend for the next decade.
Courtesy of Home DepotThe Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) has found its footing again in retail for a mix between home improvement for consumers and for construction materials for builders. After two...
American Electric Power has been a solid dividend-paying electric utility, and the company just raised its dividend again.
courtesy of Walt Disney Co.Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has been one of the greatest growth stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. With franchises from Marvel to Frozen to Star Wars, and with the...
United Technologies released mixed third-quarter earnings report before the markets opened on Tuesday.
24/7 Wall St. has identified nine large companies that either have a long history of dividend growth or that can easily grow their dividends for much of the next decade.