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courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is set to report earnings this Thursday, and we have Big Blue as one of our top DJIA expected dividend hikes for the month of April....
ThinkstockIt was late in March when we predicted several DJIA stocks would increase their dividend payments in April. Monday morning brought news that  Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) was...
ThinkstockThe ongoing search for yields above the pathetically low rate of U.S. Treasuries has been the holy grail of investors and savers alike for years now. One group of stocks that seems to be...
Jon OggInvestors and traders are looking for new ideas as the markets challenge new all-time highs to generate income and profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst calls and research notes to find...
courtesy of NvidiaNVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) sounds like great news on the surface that it wants to return $1 billion this year to shareholders. After all, its market cap is only $7.76 billion,...
ThinkstockThe U.S. Treasury just auctioned off $13 billion in 30-year Treasury Bonds. The so-called “Long Bond” went off at a yield of 2.998% for the 3.125% coupon. Another issue to review is the...
Jon OggThe DJIA and S&P 500 Index both hit new highs on Wednesday and we expect to see DJIA 15,000 and also 1,600 on the S&P 500 Index any day now. One thing that we cannot get past right now...
Jon OggThere is good news for dividend and income investors. We saw enough dividend hikes that we knew there was some mathematical gain in hard dollar terms, but now we have some formal reporting on...
Jon OggShort sellers may be getting smarter about all the inflows of capital heading into dividend stocks. The short interest fell in many of the names, but investors should understand that this...
Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. wants some insight from readers ahead of earnings season. We have grouped four rival sectors to see which ones investors are more excited about this earnings season. This is a...
ThinkstockInvestors love dividends, and this component of investing plays a very important part of the total return through time. Buying stocks that combine solid and growing dividends with a...
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe research team at Bank of America Corp.’s (NYSE: BAC) Merrill Lynch is out looking for the market strength to continue. Keep in mind that this is not in a...
ThinkstockCredit Suisse has changed its targets and estimates for the electric utility sector. The move will have dividend watchers on the lookout, but the firm effectively is asking if a momentum...
Wikimedia CommonsAfter years of flourishing, some of America’s largest public corporations have stopped growing. In several cases, this trend began years ago. The companies that cannot grow fall...
Jon OggThe markets may have topped and are acting choppy after Fed speak and after North Korean rhetoric, but U.S. investors can count on several big dividend hikes that we see as being almost...