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In a new research report, the MLP analyst team at Merrill Lynch cautions that volatility may lurk in the master limited partnership sector. MLPs may have seen their best days, at least for now.
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Jon OggGenworth Financial Inc. (NYSE: GNW) has not paid a dividend since 2008. That may soon be about to change if an analyst call from Monday turns out to be true. UBS raised the financial services...
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2013 was a considerable year for stocks, yet AT&T was among the five worst Dow stocks. 24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for 2014 in each stock of the Dow, including...
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Courtesy 3M Company3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) is rallying after the company affirmed its long-term revenue and earnings growth targets, as well as offered its 2014 goals. More importantly, 3M seems to have...
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courtesy Boeing Co.After markets closed on Monday, The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announced that it is raising its quarterly dividend by 50%, from $0.485 to $0.73 for the current quarter and is increasing...
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ThinkstockGeneral Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is about to enter into 2014 with some wind at its back. We now know what GE plans to do with its U.S. consumer finance operations, and we know by what...
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courtesy of ebayWhile the S&P 500 index has gained nearly 25% in the past 12 months, online auction and retail site eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) shares have gained a mere 0.5%. Over 24 months, the...
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Wikimedia CommonsThe top firms on Wall Street for some time have stressed quality yield and dividend growth stocks over pure high-dividend stocks. The stocks that consistently grow their dividends...
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courtesy of VerizonThe short interest data for the end of November is out, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends out there. Some of the changes...
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ThinkstockIt is almost year-end, and investors have to be planning for 2014 and beyond for their portfolio, their assets and their taxes. Merrill Lynch expects the great rotation trade it touted for...
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ThinkstockEquity investors are enjoying very nice gains in 2013. So far the S&P 500 is up 26.6%, the best performance since 1998. But the story is very different when UBS looked at the three...
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ThinkstockMosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) should probably be getting rewarded on news that it has reached an agreement to repurchase the remaining common shares held by the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and...
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ThinkstockWalt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) was a company we had pegged for a dividend hike very soon, and the company delivered on this expectation. The problem is that the 15% dividend hike is simply too...
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courtesy Deere & Co.Some stock buyback plans matter, and some do not. The Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) has announced that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $8...
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ThinkstockThere is a trend at the end of each year followed by many income investors. This is the Dogs of the Dow, which is simply made up of the 10 Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) components...
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