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Everything about Australia’s Foster’s Lager seems big — starting with the brew’s over-sized can. Today the beer’s maker, Foster’s Group Ltd., agreed to be acquired by the world’s second...
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is suffering from the most obvious management blunders of 2011 for media companies. This stock has been punished after changing its pricing structure.  The company...
2011 has not exactly turned out the way many market pundits expected at the start of the year. The economy has slowed down to near-recession levels, the flight to safety has bond yields down to...
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) is a winner despite the stock market’s attempt to kill equities.  The company is among the few which are within striking distance of 52-week and...
2011 has been an incredibly choppy year, the economy is flirting between snail-paced growth and recession, and many companies and entire sectors are experiencing some severe business pressures or...
Orders for new airplanes have been coming relatively thick and fast since June’s Paris Air Show. The two major manufacturers, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co....
There is value in the world of conglomerates.  The news flow is further evidence of that, but we have to throw up the caveat the driving force today should likely be considered a rumor rather than...
If there is one single obvious trend you need to burn into your brain regarding retail it is this: DOLLAR STORES!!!  After that it is discount stores.  Even though dollar stores are no longer...
The American Jobs Act is a bill which is supposed to be “fully paid for.”  It isn’t.  In the attack on wealth at all costs, the measure to tax municipal bond interest for the wealthy ($200K...
The 30-Year Treasury auction, the so-called Long Bond, had a strong participation for what is technically a 29-year and 11-month bond.  The participation rate was strong enough that this still shows...
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has raised its dividend yet again.  Today’s news of a 14% increase in the payout rate for the quarterly dividend comes to $0.285.  Based upon a $52.60 price, the new...
When it comes to defensive investing, food and beverages are two of the go-to sectors for getting equity market exposure but protecting your assets.  The logic is simple enough: “You gotta eat and...
After popping to an intra-day high near $5/thousand cubic feet (tcf) in early June, natural gas prices have dropped back to around $4/tcf and hovered there for about six weeks. It’s not likely that...
There are five companies that dominate the oil field services industry, and all have a market cap above $10 billion. The five are Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB), Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL), National...
ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) is a solar stock that has beaten up so bad that it could be screened out as a value stock.  Just yesterday we gave a list of new value stocks in the solar sector, but we...