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Posts related to ‘Defensive Stocks’

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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Why Fund & Income Investors Are Drawn to Utilities (XLU, SO, EXC, D, IDU, RYU, CEG, NRG, NI, PCS, VZ, UPW, NEE, UTF, UTG, DNP, FSTUX, CMS, POR, RYAUX, FE, FKUTX, SRE)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 10:15 am

When the going gets tough, the tough often play defense -- out of risky assets and into those assets that offer more security and some dividend upside. One choice is ...
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The Top 6 Defensive Stocks For Investors Right Now (PEP, CAG, MO, CL, JNJ, AWK)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 4:43 pm

Stocks are still correcting as economic data keeps coming  in weaker and weaker.  Now the media keeps routinely talking up what we called a supporting call for QE3.  Please, no ...
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Top DJIA Dividend Stocks Out-Yielding 10-Year Treasury (T, INTC, JNJ, KFT, MRK, PFE, VZ, CVX, DD, GE, MCD, PG, MO)

Posted: May 19, 2011 at 1:39 pm

Now that the 10-Year Treasury Note has been back to close to the 3.00% yields again, we wanted to see which Dow Jones Industrial Average components had a higher dividend ...
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Interview: Haverford Shares 8-Pack of Dividends (WHR, HD, UNP, UTX, APD, COP, PEP, JNJ, INTC, MSFT, HAVGX)

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 12:07 pm

Investors love dividends, particularly from companies which are raising dividends or which have a history of raising dividends.  There is a new diversified sample dividend portfolio for investors called the ...
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Great Risks of Being Too Conservative with Retirement Funds

Posted: May 16, 2011 at 10:27 am

Inflation hurts most investors and it really hurts most on fixed budgets.  It can absolutely annihilate retirees and those who are just about to retire.  Another consideration is that as investors ...
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Dividend Watch: AT&T vs. Verizon (T, VZ, AAPL)

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 12:05 pm

The two telecom giants of AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) are both Dow Jones Industrial Average members.  They are both considered to be very defensive ...
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10 Reasons To Worry That Stocks Will Fall 10%

Posted: May 5, 2011 at 6:15 am

The recent weakness in stocks could just be the start of what to expect in the weeks ahead.  It is early May and already we have seen the Dow Jones ...
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