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Walt Disney managed to return less than 1% for shareholders in 2016. Its paltry dividend yield accounted for most of that gain, but what saved the year for Disney was a rather strong fourth quarter.
The Dogs of the Dow and telecom stocks might pay high dividends, but they might face performance anxiety in 2017. Dividend investors and retirement income stock investors better pay attention.
General Electric remains the largest conglomerate, but United Technologies and 3M now are far more important to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
These three companies are projected to keep growing their earnings, and that means that growth investors will put on two hats to try to evaluate them as growth stocks or as potential value stocks.
Merrill Lynch has 8 top stocks to buy for 2017, the first quarter in particular. They include Texas Instruments, Dover, Norfolk Southern and many more. The firm sees upside of 15% on many of these...
Unfortunately for investors in Coca-Cola, the stock did not really participate all that much in the broader market gains of last year.
One strategy that has been quite common as investors rebalance and make changes each year is the Dogs of the Dow. Meet the 2017 Dogs of the Dow!
The Dow has been within 1% of 20,000 for days now. What if the Dow actually manages to hit 22,000 in 2017? It may be far more possible than most investors might imagine.
For "value" to be found in financial stocks, one metric that is always insightful is a review of profitable companies that are trading at discounts to their stated book values.
It is no secret that investors have had great enthusiasm since the November election. What should be considered is that investors had found many other non-election reasons to buy stocks on pullbacks...
Some analyst calls from the week of December 9 were just too big to ignore, with analysts pointing out potentially uncovered gems, extreme value or massive upside.
Sometimes you see analyst calls that stay negative for too long, and sometimes those same analysts decide to get bullish after a massive run. It happens.
It turns out that 11 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks have a consensus price target that calls for more than 10% upside in the coming 12 months, and that is without considering dividends.
Many key brokerage firms made upgrades to the oil patch stocks after OPEC's production cuts were announced. Others hiked price targets, even if their ratings were kept the same.
The post-election rally has been massive, and the commodities miners and the companies that will supply into infrastructure have seen their shares rally. That may be more muted for companies outside...