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Posts related to ‘Stock Buybacks’

Political Fodder… Private Equity Firms Are Hiring!

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 9:55 am

Private equity firms are bad and evil because they fire workers to juice profits for billionaires who get to pay low tax rates!  Is that the right logic?  What if ...
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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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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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Get Ready for a Pfizer Dividend Hike… A Holiday Gift From Big Pharma (PFE, MRK, WPI, TEVA)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 11:14 am

We recently gave a full review of the DJIA components we expect to raise their dividend payouts in the weeks and months ahead.  Among those we expect to raise the ...
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Jamie Dimon… Hopeful On Dividends & Buybacks In 2010 (JPM)

Posted: December 7, 2011 at 3:52 pm

Jamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is well-known for being outspoken.  At a Goldman Sachs financial conference today, Mr. Dimon spoke out with his usual wording ...
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Disney Goes Big On Dividend Hike (DIS)

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 5:08 pm

We recently gave a breakdown of each and every DJIA component as far as which companies were and were not likely to raise their dividend payouts in the very near ...
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Mosaic Manages Positive Cargill Share Buyback (MOS)

Posted: November 17, 2011 at 9:26 am

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is joining in on the stock buyback bandwagon.  This is not a traditional share repurchase in the open market because the 21.3 million shares being ...
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November Share Buybacks Already Nearing $30 Billion (ALL, AIG, CBS, FIS, PFE, RAI, SBUX, SYY, TMO, VIA, VRX, PKW)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 10:57 am

Some companies just want to keep bringing on new share buybacks whether they work or not.  Some are to stop dilution from acquisitions or employee stock options, while others are ...
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Corning Shares Remain A Bargain (GLW)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 8:40 am

Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) has been recovering since we added to our portfolio of oversold stocks for our free newsletter subscribers, but the stock still has room to the upside ...
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SanDisk Stock Buyback May Imply a Near-Term Top (SNDK, AAPL)

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 5:29 pm

SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) is still considered a value stock by many metrics, but we are concerned about this freshly announced share buyback plan. In fact, we wonder if after seeing ...
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Corning Gets Very Shareholder-Friendly During Hard Times (GLW)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 5:41 pm

Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) is a true technology value stock if there ever was one. It has an extremely low earnings multiple and trades cheap to its asset value. The ...
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Stock Buybacks Coming For Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 9:42 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) saw its share break under $100,000.00 last week in its A-Shares.  Apparently Mr. Buffett thinks enough is enough.  The company's board of directors has authorized ...
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LDK & Mr. Dumas: How To Wreck A Stock Buyback! (LDK)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 10:28 am

This may be a first.  Have you ever seen a company repurchase stock and then announce that it repurchased too much stock and has sold shares to get the cash ...
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Dell Using Cash For Value Buyback Rather Than More M&A (DELL, AAPL, HPQ)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 4:21 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is going to try to be a bit opportunistic, but this time in buying its own stock on the cheap.  The PC giant (and IT-services player) ...
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Beyond an Apple Dividend… A Stock Buyback? (AAPL, MSFT, CSCO)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 8:34 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been one of our dividend offenders for quite some time, but it is hard to argue that the company's equity-investor strategy has been wrong.  After ...
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