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Dividend Watch: FMC Technologies Coming Share Split (FTI, PBR)

Posted: March 28, 2011 at 11:01 am

FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) is soon to reflect what many investors consider the next best thing to a dividend: a stock split.  It was about a month ago that ...
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Citi Reverse Split & Dividend: Three-Card Monty (C)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:53 am

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is announcing something that we are a bit surprised about this morning.  It is not quite a shell game, but it is a strategy that rarely ...
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Exchange-Traded Scare: US Natural Gas Fund… The Split (UNG)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 2:04 pm

The exchange-traded product of the United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (NYSE: UNG) has been controversial. Most active investors thought the exchange-traded product was basically buying exposure to natural gas ...
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When ETFs Have Stock Splits (TQQQ, URTY, UMDD, UPRO)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 9:07 am

Investors love stock splits.  Occasionally you actually see stock splits occur in Exchange Traded Funds.  These splits technically do not change the compositions or the price mechanisms, but they may ...
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Irish Bank Caught by NYSE Listing Rules Game (AIB, IRE)

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 2:25 pm

Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (NYSE: AIB) has been in trouble from top to bottom from the financial crisis.  Things have become dire enough that now the bank has listing issues.  ...
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2011 Stock Buybacks on Fire, Over $34 Billion (PFE, UNP, GME, ERTS, GD, TUP, MHS, VZ, UNM, MO, AZN, SYMC, YUM, DGX, COH, TIF, INTC)

Posted: February 4, 2011 at 12:17 pm

The method of using capital from the corporate treasury to return capital to shareholders via share repurchase programs has long been under question.  Most buybacks never are fully utilized, and ...
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Ag/Mining Earnings on Fire: Caterpillar, Potash, and Peers (POT, CAT, BHP, CNH, BUCY, MOS, MOO)

Posted: January 27, 2011 at 10:00 am

The message delivered today by earnings reports from Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), and CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH) is that as long as the ...
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The Eight Big Spin-Offs To Watch For 2011 (AMR, MT, CVC, FST, FO, LORL, MOT, NOC, HHC, GGP, MSG)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 7:35 am

2010 has been a positive year for the markets.  IPOs and secondary offerings have been plentiful, debt offerings have been plentiful, and restructurings continue.  Many spin-offs have been announced and ...
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Direxion Quote Issues on Reverse Splits (FAS, GOOG, YHOO, ERY, DRV, TZA, TYP)

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 2:30 pm

If you trade triple-leverage ETFs, Direxion is no stranger to you.  And if you recall reverse stock splits becoming mandatory due to wild price moves, Direxion is no stranger to ...
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Netflix Battleground Status Becomes Only More Clear (NFLX)

Posted: July 8, 2010 at 10:33 am

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has become a true battleground stock where bulls and bears fight it out to the death.  With shares trading around $120.00, the Big-V is a concern: ...
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Delisting Posse Heads to Ambac (FNM, FRE, ABK)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm

We already knew all about the big delistings for Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE).  Now the delisting process is heading the way of Ambac Financial Group, ...
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Steve Jobs: Being Bank Better Than Dividend or Stock Split (AAPL)

Posted: February 25, 2010 at 2:49 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has recovered sharply today from its lows, although it may be on more noise than news. The company at its annual meeting reelected its seven board ...
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The Other Stock Split Buffett Doesn’t Want to Talk About (BRK-A, BRK-B, BNI)

Posted: January 21, 2010 at 10:19 am

When was the last time that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) was one  of the more unusual volume movers?  It is today, and you'd have to ask yourself ...
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Unisys’ Futile Reverse Stock Split Approval (UIS)

Posted: October 6, 2009 at 11:21 am

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) must not have learned the valuable lesson that many other troubled technology firms have learned about reverse stock splits.  This morning came the announcement that the ...
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SIRIUS XM Reverse Split Now Almost Certain (SIRI)

Posted: September 19, 2009 at 1:40 pm

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) almost had a very bad day on Friday.  Shareholders of the biggest penny stock of them all should probably be thankful that the stock ...
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