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Fed Hammers Citi with Buyback Rejection — WSJ

Posted: April 21, 2012 at 9:09 am

Citigroup's (NYSE: C) financial situation has been poor enough that the Fed continues to question whether it can accelerate returns to shareholders with larger dividends. The WSJ reports that the ...
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What Happens to Warren Buffett’s Top 10 Performing Stocks of 2012? (BRK-B, BRK-A, USG, IR, MCO, AXP, WFC, V, BK, VRSK, INTC, MA, AAPL, JNJ, BAC)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:46 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will be in the news quite a bit now that the world's most famous investor, chairman Warren Buffett, has been diagnosed with prostate ...
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The Best Value High-Yield and High-Return Utilities (XLU, EXC, ETR, AEP, PEG)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:35 am

The utility sector has been a rather poor performer so far in 2012, as investors have sought growth and less dependence on high payouts, and higher dividend taxes could be ...
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Apollo Residential Mortgage More Than Doubles Size In Offering (AMTG)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 7:41 am

Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) is using some recent strength to sell more shares.  The problem is the size of the offering at 13.9 million shares.  At Monday's closing ...
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Scoring Earnings Season: A True Tale of the Tape (AA, JPM, WFC, GOOG, NOK, INFY, CSTR, MFRM, CSC)

Posted: April 14, 2012 at 11:33 am

Earnings season for the first quarter of 2012 is upon us and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see how the tale of the tape is treating the companies reporting earnings.  ...
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Why No One Is Impressed With Adobe’s $2 Billion Share Buyback (ADBE, AAPL, MSFT)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 10:07 am

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) made what might seem like a startling announcement on Thursday evening with a new share buyback plan of up to $2 billion.  With a market ...
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More Dividend Hikes On The Way (DOW, MOS, TOO, TGP, FUL, GOOG)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 7:44 am

The trend of higher dividends is not over and we should expect more dividend hike announcements elsewhere this earnings season.  After the close on Thursday came word that Dow Chemical ...
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Homebuilder Cuts Dividend (KBH)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 7:13 am

KB Home (NYSE: KBH) announced late yesterday that the company’s quarterly dividend for its second fiscal quarter ending in May will be reduced from $0.0625 to $0.025. In the announcement, ...
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Google Clouds Good Earnings With New Class of Stock & Split (GOOG)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 4:25 pm

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may find itself having to explain the situation better after reporting what appears to be higher than expected earnings.  The company is proposing a new class of stock ...
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Q1-2012 Earnings Season Outlook, Lowered Expectations (AA, SNDK, CSCO, GE, JPM, WMT, LUV, IBM, T, VZ, BAC, MCD, AAPL)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 11:00 am

Earnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012.  There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA ...
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Jamie Dimon Remains Vocal In His Annual Letter To Shareholders (JPM)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 5:05 pm

If you can count on one banking CEO to be outspoken, chances are high that it is Jamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM).  In his annual ...
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Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

In a "we versus them" speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies.  His speech talked about the global opportunities that the ...
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Newcastle Sets Large Secondary Offering (NCT)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 5:17 pm

Newcastle Investment Corporation (NYSE: NCT) is getting clobbered on news of a secondary offering.  The company now plans to sell some 16.5 million shares of common stock in a public ...
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Will Investors Turn Away From CDs Forever?

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 8:50 am

The environment of 'exceptionally low interest rates' may help borrowers, but it has the unintended consequences of bringing real returns to zero or even negative if you consider the impact ...
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American Tower Sets First REIT Yield For Dividend Investors (AMT)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 5:09 pm

American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) has now converted its share structure to that of a real estate investment trust or a REIT.  The cellphone tower operator and land owner has ...
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