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Yum! Dividend Hike Poses A New Challenge To McDonald’s (YUM, MCD, EAT)

Posted: September 14, 2011 at 12:20 pm

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 ...
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The Best Value Stocks in Food & Beverages (CPB, KO, CAG, DPS, GIS, HRL, K, KFT, PEP, TSN, SFD, DF, BRK-A)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 12:37 pm

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 ...
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Interview: Rydex|SGI Value Manager Shares Market Views & Picks (SEVAX, THG, SD, GPOR, CSC)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 12:16 pm

Mid-Cap value investment strategies often work in various market cycles. Mid-cap stocks are in the sweet spot of future large companies and companies which also get acquired by private equity ...
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7 Stocks Avoiding The Crash, Defensive Works Too (APRI, DARA, EK, HOTT, RGLD, NEM, SINA, MCD, RAI, MO, KMB, AWK, AWR)

Posted: August 18, 2011 at 11:52 am

When you have a day of -500 DJIA points and when you have the panic back on, it is just assumed that every stock you have in your portfolio is ...
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When the Government Forces You Into Dividends, The Great Dividend Portfolio (MO, AEP, AWK, T, DLR, GE, GOV, KMB, KMP, SNH, WMT)

Posted: August 11, 2011 at 10:37 am

What on earth are investors supposed to do when T-Bonds offer almost zero income?  Interest rates are now so low that the price-risk in long-term Treasury bonds is too great.  ...
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7 Great American Stocks Immune to the S&P U.S. Downgrade (MO, AWK, T, KMB, KFT, MCD, PEP)

Posted: August 8, 2011 at 7:22 am

The S&P downgrade of the United States may have the investment community in a fuss, but many investors saw this coming long before.  To say that investors will not see ...
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Defensive Stocks Bucking The Stock Market Weakness (PEP, CAG, CPB, MCD, MO, VGR, PG, CL, KMB, JNJ, AWK)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 2:11 pm

When you see a ten-day sell-off and a capstone panic day with what is a 300-point sell-off in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the first reaction is that no one ...
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A Bubble In Ultimate Safety Currency?… The Swiss Franc (FXF, EWL)

Posted: July 13, 2011 at 10:05 am

You have witnessed the carnage spreading in Europe of late, nothing new there. But what is new is the increasing extreme reading that has been building in "the ultimate safety ...
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Identity Crisis: Campbell Soup as a Luxury Brand (CPB)

Posted: July 12, 2011 at 4:43 pm

Food is one of the defensive sectors for equity investors if there ever was one.  Now, step back for a minute and consider a company like Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: ...
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Water Investing Long-Term Stock Picks Out to 2012 & Beyond (GE, MMM, AWK, WTS, INSU, TTEK, CCC, VE, SBS, DGW, PHO, PIO, ERII, CGW, FIW, CFWAX)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 9:05 am

Water may be the source of life, but it is also perhaps one of the most misunderstood and most “under-invested” themes for those investors who want income and growth year ...
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American Water Keeps Delivering: Dividend Hikes Again and Again (AWK)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 11:51 am

American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) keeps delivering and delivering.  This is one of our top ten stocks to own for the next decade and we have been on ...
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Food Chains That Will Challenge the McDonald’s Dividend (DRI, EAT, MCD, PFCB, YUM, BAGL)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 9:00 am

The world of casual dining and dining is one which has survived bad times and thrived in good times.  It turns out that some of the casual dining segment, particularly ...
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Beyond the Pharma Patent Cliff, Dividends Galore (LLY, BMY, MRK, PFE, ABT)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 8:10 am

Many drug companies face a what is called a patent cliff ahead, where the Big Pharma players will have key drugs go off-patent and there will be new generic competition.  ...
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Screening the Highest Dividends in Defensive Stocks (MO, RAI, LO, KMB, LLY, HNZ, CAG, TAP, DPS, AWK)

Posted: June 9, 2011 at 3:39 pm

We may have just witnessed an oversold bounce in the stock market, or we may be in for more days of recovery.  The markets are flirting with six weeks of ...
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Playing Defensive With Industrial and Defense Dividend Players (LMT, EMR, GD, MMM, HON)

Posted: June 8, 2011 at 7:45 am

When economic softness spooks high-flying stocks, solid companies with good histories, solid return on equity, and above average dividends are a handy remedy.  We screened five companies in the industrial ...
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