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Investors Move into Dividend Stocks

Posted: July 23, 2012 at 6:31 am

The increase in the stock prices of companies that have strong cash flow and high dividends almost certainly will continue as investors look for safe havens that pay investors an ...
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Dividend Risks Inflating

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 6:30 am

Investors cannot make any money in the bond market right now merely by buying and holding Treasury bonds forever. The problem is that Treasury yields are at record lows. In ...
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Salvation For P&G Seems Premature and Already Extended (PG, KMB, CLX, CL)

Posted: July 13, 2012 at 10:29 am

There is good news for defensive consumer products and high dividend investors: change is likely coming in some form at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG).  The market value as ...
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Five Great Stocks Entering a Dividend Bubble

Posted: July 11, 2012 at 6:13 am

Income investors need to be careful with some of the best companies in America. A dividend bubble appears to be forming in many great stocks. Dividends have been one of the ...
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Are There More Mergers on Tap in Electric Utilities?

Posted: July 3, 2012 at 10:09 am

Today marks the closing of the $32 billion merger between Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) and Progress Energy. Duke initiated a one-for-three reverse stock split at the same time and ...
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Expect More Break-Up Calls For P&G (PG, CL, KMB, CHD, BRK-A, BLK, STT)

Posted: June 13, 2012 at 12:30 pm

The calls for Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) to unlock shareholder value are growing. This is a classic defensive stock with a big dividend, but if you eliminate the ...
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Only A Few Remaining DJIA Dividend Hikes Still To Come In 2012 (T, VZ, CAT, GE, MCD, MSFT, DIS)

Posted: June 7, 2012 at 11:40 am

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has one trait that most other broad market indexes cannot claim: Every single component pays a dividend to its shareholders.  With only a few exceptions, ...
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Snack & Beverage Makers Have To Fear Disney/Bloomberg Health Efforts As Just Starting (DIS, KO, PEP, KFT, MCD)

Posted: June 5, 2012 at 3:18 pm

You have heard the term "smoking kills."  The new fight is against fat, salt, sugar, and empty calories as America is trying to pick up its fight against obesity and ...
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The Fast Food Risk In BRIC & Emerging Market Nations (YUM, MCD, ARCO, SBUX, WEN)

Posted: June 5, 2012 at 10:01 am

China, India, Brazil... all part of the BRIC nations along with Russia.  The growth of those three nations has been slowing and the concern is growing that these nations and much ...
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Investors Finding Safety Again in Utilities, When Dividends Rule (WTR, AWK, PPL, DUK, ED, NEE, AEP, XLU)

Posted: June 1, 2012 at 10:08 am

By now the markets figured out that all of this week's preliminary jobs numbers did in fact call it right that the unemployment and jobs report was right.  So investors ...
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Investors Flocking To Defensive Shares With High Dividends (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, AWK, AEP, XLU, MCD, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, KMB, CL, MRK, PFE, JNJ, T, VZ)

Posted: May 31, 2012 at 11:13 am

The 10-year Treasury hit yet another record low under 1.6% today and stocks are in the tank again due to poor economic data.  Europe continues to face a meltdown and ...
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Investors Seeking Defensive Stocks Where 3% to Over 5% Dividends Rule!

Posted: May 14, 2012 at 1:14 pm

A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market.  Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic ...
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The Market Where Defensive Shares Are Working Again (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, AWK, MCD, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, KMB, CL, MRK, PFE, JNJ, T, VZ)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 12:07 pm

Blame whatever you want.  A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices ...
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World Water Day’s Top Pick: American Water Works (AWK)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Did you know there is even a World Water Day?  You should.  The future of water is dire and most Americans do not know what a challenge it is in ...
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Sector Shift: McDonald’s Peers May Finally Be More Attractive (MCD, YUM, WEN, JACK, CMG)

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 3:52 pm

Economic uncertainty, higher food costs, and higher labor costs... Those are not usually supposed to be a worry for the likes of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD).  After all, it has ...
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