Dividends and Buybacks
Dividends and Buybacks Articles
ThinkstockAmerican International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) may have been considered “public enemy number one” during and after the financial crisis, but that was then and this is now. The company...
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Jon OggInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is on a determined path to get its earnings per share to $20.00 by 2015 at almost any cost. We have thought that the cost for this goal is too...
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ThinkstockInvestors love dividends. Becoming one of the 30 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average does not come with assurance that a company will pay a dividend, nor does it come with assurance...
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courtesy of FordAll of the Wall Street firms we cover, especially the large bulge bracket firms, have an extensive equity coverage list. In many cases the large firms cover more than 500 individual...
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Jon OggInternational Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) has filed its automatic shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What investors will wonder is whether...
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ThinkstockWhen the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) analysts at UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) launched their U.S Select REIT portfolio, the idea was to have a flexible portfolio that could be added to or...
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ThinkstockShort sellers are continuing to keep their bets against many of the top defensive high-yield dividend stocks. Increased volatility in June and rising interest rates are obviously making...
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ThinkstockThe recession turned the banks into whipping boys of Main Street, and finding many who feel sorry for the banks is no easy task. The issue that matters for your mutual funds and your...
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ThinkstockThroughout May and June, we had been issuing warnings and highlighting research notes from Wall Street indicating that there was potentially a huge risk in the high-yield dividend mortgage...
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Jon OggStock buybacks are trumping dividends for investors. We recently took a look at how much stocks with share repurchase plans are outperforming those that just raise dividends, but we would...
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Jon OggThe casual dining sector, particularly the fast food segment, may have run its major growth course. After McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) posted a disappointing company earnings report we can...
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ThinkstockInvestors are starting to be less concerned that high-yield dividend stocks could get crushed by a rising interest rate environment. Chairman Bernanke and the Federal Reserve have been...
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Jon OggActivision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) may be the subject of a special dividend very soon. The problem is that this high-yield dividend actually may turn out to be bad for shareholders, as...
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courtesy of Google Inc.For investors who believed that Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares would be held down because it has only one source of revenue, it is time to adjust expectations. The...
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courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is the largest DJIA stock by its weighting, and it has just reported its company earnings for the second quarter of 2013. IBM’s...
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