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courtesy of EMCEMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) recently decided that it was finally time to start returning capital to its shareholders. With a huge buyback and a promising entry-level dividend, the company...
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White House Photo by Pete SouzaNow that stocks have started to sell off and now that interest rates have begun to rise, many investors are looking for bargains out there in the stock market....
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Jon OggThere remains some concern in the high dividend mortgage REIT sector. A fear of higher interest rates, compression of mortgage-backed securities valuations, and a lack of new mortgage-backed...
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ThinkstockUnitedHealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) is the largest health insurance provider in America. That makes it a number one target of the so-called affordable health care, or Obamacare, along with...
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Jon OggDividend stocks have come under fire of late as investors have started paring down their equity investments, which may have been treated like bonds. The risk of rising interest rates may be...
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ThinkstockIt is a new month and we have yet another investment outlook from the de facto bond king Bill Gross of PIMCO. In this monthly appearance, “Wounded Heart” refers to capitalism’s...
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Jon OggThe bull market appears to still be alive and well for equities, but the risk of rising interest rates is plaguing bonds and investments tied to big dividends. What equity investors also need...
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ThinkstockLowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) has held its annual meeting of shareholders. While the construction and repairs retailer reelected board members, approved compensation plans and...
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ThinkstockIt was just yesterday that we noted that higher interest rates may cure higher interest rates. We have now seen our second strong Treasury Note auction this week after the U.S. Treasury had...
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ThinkstockEMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) has a lot going for it with dominance in storage and with its super-majority control of VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW). Unfortunately, the tech giant is no longer growing at...
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ThinkstockWe have extensively covered the risks brought on by higher interest rates against certain sectors of the stock market. The sector of mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs), with its...
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Jon OggIs the Treasury market finally living up to its threat as the next big short? The money that was made in the period from 2007 to 2009 on the subprime mortgage short provided some of the most...
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ThinkstockCerner Inc. (NASDAQ: CERN) is acting like the stock market is back to 1999 or 2000 all over again. Now that the healthcare solutions provider’s shares are up more than 20% so far in 2013...
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Jon OggPerhaps the greatest leaked secret of our investing lifetimes is that the Treasury bonds went into a price bubble. 24/7 Wall St. has been evaluating sectors to show the implied risks to...
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ThinkstockUtility investors have been able to enjoy a true safe haven when it comes to collecting high-yield dividends and above-market dividend yields for years now. That may be coming to an end....
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