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United Tech May Be The Best DJIA Conglomerate Stock In 2012 (UTX, GE, MMM, GR)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 2:10 pm

United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) may actually be the best stock in 2012 out of the three conglomerates which are in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  While we have had ...
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GE Dividend Focus Ahead of Annual Investor Meeting Outlook (GE)

Posted: December 12, 2011 at 12:39 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was recently reestablished on the 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio by 24/7 Wall St.  The company surprised us with a jump-start as it raised the dividend ...
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GE Issues Big Surprise Dividend Hike… The 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio Grows Again (GE, BRK-A)

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 11:43 am

24/7 Wall St. has just this week released its 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was one of the members of that dividend portfolio.  The conglomerate ...
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Banking on General Electric (GE)

Posted: December 6, 2011 at 12:13 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is probably thinking "Now it Europe's turn to lose the 'AAA' rating."  After all, the conglomerate still represents the broad economy by many standards.  It ...
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A Rare Upgrade For Berkshire Hathaway & Warren Buffett (BRK-B)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 9:40 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) does not get new analyst calls all that often, so when a new call comes up or when a change in ratings comes up it ...
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All 30 DJIA Dividend Trends into 2012, Stock by Stock (DIA, AA, AXP, T, BAC, BA, CAT, CVX, CSCO, KO, DD, XOM, GE, HD, HPQ, IBM, INTC, JNJ, JPM, KFT, MCD, MMM, MRK, MSFT, PFE, PG, TRV, UTX, VZ, WMT, DIS)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 2:17 pm

The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also ...
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Most Likely Stock Purchases by Warren Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B, BAC, DG, XOM, COP, MA, VRSK, WMT, WFC)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 10:41 am

Warren Buffett and his team at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) went out buying stocks in this last quarter according to the firm's quarterly report.  Sadly, no one ...
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Ten Indicators Predicting No Double-Dip Recession (AAPL, CAT, JPM, BAC, AA, MMM, FDX, BRK-A)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:43 am

The economy remains in a climate with a very weak recovery.  There is still some good news though.  All of the recent calls for a "double dip recession" grew too loud and are ...
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3M, No Indicator of Conglomerate Business & Upside (MMM, GE, HON, UTX)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 10:55 am

3M Co. (NYSE: (NYSE: MMM) is standing apart from its competing conglomerate peers.  Not for the better.  United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), and General Electric ...
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Full 360-Degree GE Earnings Preview (GE, BRK-A, MMM, UTX, HON)

Posted: October 20, 2011 at 3:03 pm

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is due to report earnings early on Friday morning in the pre-market hours.  Thomson Reuters has estimates for the DJIA component and conglomerate of $0.32 ...
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Stock Buybacks Coming For Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 9:42 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) saw its share break under $100,000.00 last week in its A-Shares.  Apparently Mr. Buffett thinks enough is enough.  The company's board of directors has authorized ...
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Tyco Break-Up Chases ITT… GE or United Tech Moves Ahead? (TYC, ITT, UTX, GR, GE)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 7:48 am

Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) already partly deconglomerized in a three-way break up of the company.  Now its core parent company is splitting up what is left of the operation ...
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Conglomerate M&A Rumors: Loose Lips Sink Ships (UTX, TYC, HON, TXT, GE, DBD, ITT)

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 11:31 am

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 ...
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GE To Buffett: “Thanks, Take Your Preferred Shares Back!” (GE, BRK-A, GS, BAC)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 5:16 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is making good on a promise it made earlier this year: it is paying back Warren Buffett.  An SEC filing after the closing bell shows ...
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Meet Buffett’s & Berkshire Hathaway’s New Portfolio Manager (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 8:53 am

The talk of succession for Warren Buffett is likely to take on some new discussion today, even if there is no timeline set.  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has ...
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