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Apple’s Cook Skips $75 Million Dividend Distribution — Without Explanation

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:57 pm

Tim Cook, Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO, must think the hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation he has earned since taking the chief executive position is enough. He will forgo dividend ...
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After The Fall: Value & Upside In Chip Stocks As Summer Heat Awaits (INTC, QCOM, BRCM, NVDA, AMD, TSM, MU, FSL, SNDK, AMAT, ALTR, LRCX, SMH, XSD, USD)

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 11:51 am

The recent sell-off has been brutal to semiconductors and chip stocks of late.  To make matters worse, investing in technology and semiconductors can be brutal during the summer months.  Still, ...
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After the Fall: Retail Stocks Upside Potential Remains (COST, WMT, TGT, M, KSS, JCP, GPS, LTD, AEO, ANF, TJX, DG)

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 11:22 am

Retailers have fared better than many other sectors over the past year, with the majority of share prices having risen although price to book values remain negative. Thus, either the ...
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After the Fall: Value and Upside in Conglomerate Stocks (GE, MMM, UTX, HON, TYC)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 10:49 am

Searching for a value play in conglomerate stocks may resemble looking for a needle in a haystack. The companies are so large and diversified that anything short of a major ...
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After the Sell-Off: Value & Upside In Major Industrials (APD, BA, CAT, DE, DOW, DD, DHR, ITW)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 10:25 am

Summer can often be an interesting time in the markets and so far the "Sell in May and go away!" them has worked.  What has also taken place is that ...
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MLP Investors Have to Weigh Risks vs. Rewards This Summer (EPD, KMP, PAA, OKS, ETP, EEP, AMJ, AMLP, KYN)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 8:01 am

The world of master limited partnerships (MLPs) has brought great reward to investors in recent years. 24/7 Wall St. wants to know if the enthusiasm can stay in this sector ...
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Does A Ralph Lauren Dividend Double Matter To Peers?

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 8:51 am

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL) has what would appear to be good news in most headline watching: the high-end apparel maker is doubling its dividend.  Unfortunately this is getting lost ...
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JPMorgan to Suspend $15 Billion Share Buyback Program

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 10:30 am

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) told an investor’s conference this morning that the bank would suspend its share buyback program as the company pays down ...
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Are Junk Bonds Being Hit Too Hard? (JNK, HYG, PHK, MSY, HIO, HYV)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 8:19 am

Bonds of the Treasury variety may be the safe haven against a falling stock market.  They hardly pay anything in yield, but they haven't yet faced a meltdown. The woes ...
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GE Going To $30?

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 7:20 am

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) closed up more than 3% at $19.00 on Wednesday against a 52-week trading range of $14.02 to $21.00.  The strong gain was on a sooner ...
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GE Finally Starts Getting GE Capital Dividends Again, Plus $4.5 Billion Special Dividend

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 9:25 am

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is now going to be much further to being back on track in its GE Capital unit.  After having promised a return to dividend after ...
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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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A Call For Jamie Dimon To Resign

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 11:17 am

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has done some severe damage to its image as the best risk manager of the large banks, and this damage may easily carry ...
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Annaly Holds Up Well On Creative Financing (NLY, AGNC, REM)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 9:50 am

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is perhaps one of the most closely watched mortgage REITs of them all, in part because of the $16 billion size and in part ...
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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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