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Secondary Stock Offering Floodgates Open Wide (ARCC, SAVE, AONE, SQNM, BWP, HTGC, MMLP, ZIOP, FRAN, NAT)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 11:50 am

If you watch underwritings in stocks, it would be literally impossible not to pay attention to the waves of secondary stock offerings from companies in the last 48 hours.  Some of ...
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The 24/7 Wall St. 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio (AEP, AWK, T, GE, GOV, KMB, SNH, WMT, JNK, AMJ, AMLP, PGF, MO, DLR, EPD, KMP)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 2:41 pm

It seems that most investors have started adding income or dividend reinvestment plans to their portfolios by using dividend stocks. With the yields of the 10-Year Treasury close to 2% ...
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Why The J.C. Penney Flop Is Good For Investors (JCP, M, SKS, KSS, AAPL, MSO)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 10:32 am

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is getting hit pretty hard this morning.  While current investors will not appreciate the drop, this is actually great news for those investors ...
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Netflix Shares Rise on Rumor, Report (NFLX, YHOO, AMZN, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 2:36 pm

Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have risen about 7% today and it’s hard to say whether the main cause is speculation that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) might buy the ...
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Is Sears A Bankruptcy Candidate? (SHLD, WMT, TGT, OSH)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 12:09 pm

The long slow death march at Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) is turning into a case study of what not do.  Putting a hedge fund manager in charge of a huge ...
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Tracking Dividends in Biotech: Who Follows Amgen in Payouts? (AMGN, PFE, MRK, BIIB, CELG, ALXN, CBST, PDLI, REGN, VRTX)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 8:01 am

For several years it has been the case that Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) was considered a biotech though it had at least some of the same problems of Big Pharma players like ...
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Investors Quit Smoking As 2012 New Year Resolution (MO, LO, RAI, PM)

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 8:59 am

It was not that long ago that Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) was removed from our 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio.  Our take was that the metrics of the domestic tobacco ...
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The 13 Worst Big Stock Stories Of 2011 (BAC, DMND, FSLR, GMCR, HPQ, IPSU, SLV, KV-A, EGPT, MCP, NFLX, RIMM, SHLD)

Posted: December 30, 2011 at 12:02 pm

2011 was more or less a wash for stock performance when it was all said and done.  There were several great stories and there were many duds.  24/7 Wall St. ...
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Ten Stocks Unlikely To Survive 2012 (ALIM, AMR, APP, EK, ENER, FFN, NRTLQ, PNCL, RDDY, YRCWD)

Posted: December 30, 2011 at 8:15 am

Calling on the death of a company is no fun task.  Some companies cannot get it right and it is amazing how some companies can hold on to a status ...
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Which Dogs of the Dow Are Best in 2012? (T, VZ, MRK, PFE, GE, DD, JNJ, INTC, PG, MSFT, CVX, JPM, KFT, MCD)

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 1:02 pm

The lineup of the Dogs of the Dow, simply the ten highest dividend yield stocks of the thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components, appears to be undergoing a bit of ...
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ETFs Winning & Losing Fund Flows Into Year-End (GLD, XLV, FXI, SPY, XLK, EFA)

Posted: December 28, 2011 at 2:46 pm

TrimTabs is showing what many investors might have expected.  After such a volatile year in the stock market, investors are seeking safety in the nearly no-income offered by bond funds and ...
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Enterprise Exits Energy Transfer Equity… Distribution Hike Machine To Continue (EPD, ETE, AMJ, AMLP, KYN)

Posted: December 27, 2011 at 9:11 am

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) is cleaning out of its position in Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (NYSE: ETE).  The MLP has announced that it has agreed to sell 22,762,636 ...
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REITS for the 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio (GOV, SNH, DLR, RWR)

Posted: December 23, 2011 at 9:01 am

Investors are chasing up rent-based assets because they are searching for yield. Earning 2% per year by lending Uncle Sam money is not enticing, so investors are still on the ...
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GE Issues Big Surprise Dividend Hike… The 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio Grows Again (GE, BRK-A)

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 11:43 am

24/7 Wall St. has just this week released its 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was one of the members of that dividend portfolio.  The conglomerate ...
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Over 5 Years Later… Ford Reinstates Its Dividend (F, GM)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 12:12 pm

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has been halted for NEWS PENDING with a last trading price of $10.73. The move was already on the heels of a 3.16% drop today ...
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