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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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Short Sellers Cast a Wide Net (ACI, XCO, SD, FST, XOM, DUK, AMD, SNY, PFE, NOK, BKS, SVU, PBI, DV, BPI)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 11:03 am

The energy sector saw a lot of activity from short sellers in April, but other stocks saw some action as well. We’ve already covered some of the bigger names here ...
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Media Digest (5/10/12) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:27 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) says it will return to profit and will cut its TV unit losses in half. (Reuters) Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) warns about the economy as it releases ...
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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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Media Digest (5/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 6:43 am

Moody’s warns that Japan’s finances will be hurt if it cannot get acceptance of a new sales tax. (Reuters) New Chinese factory data indicate that the industry’s activity may have ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (WPI, AZN, ANF, SPWR, YGE, COST, MERU, ACI, VECO, PBY, ADM, CPO, AVP, DPZ, PFE, VLO, ABX, JDSU, MRO, FSLR, V, PFCB, DAL, CHK)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 4:03 pm

The major US stock indexes opened flat this morning but started to move higher following the better-than-expected ISM report on manufacturing (our coverage here). Construction spending in the US was ...
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Stock Upgrades And Downgrades

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 8:32 am

Canaccord maintains its buy rating on Hologic (NASDAQ: HOLX) after it announced a buyout of Gen-Probe for $3.7. Canaccord  also reiterated its buy rating on Watson Pharmaceuticals (WPI: NYSE) Goldman Sachs upgraded Community Health ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (TRP, DMD, ARII, CHK, KFT, DG, KALU, LDK, HUM, SNH, SOHU, ACI, ADM, RATE, BRCM, DPZ, ODP, PFE, SIRI, VLO, BKS, SUN, PAY)

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 4:13 pm

The major US stock indexes opened slightly lower this morning and continued drifting lower all day. The Chicago PMI report got the day started on the wrong foot, showing a ...
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One Big Disbelief of an Amylin Buyout… Worth Only $12 Per Share? (AMLN, BMY, MRK, AZN, SNY, PFE, NVO)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 9:15 am

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) is supposed to be acquired by a larger drug company.  It is one of the biggest public merger rumors out there. At least that is the belief ...
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J&J Joins Dividend Hike One-Up Game (JNJ, PFE, MRK)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 11:13 am

How many DJIA components can raise their dividend in one week?  Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) answered that question as "Who knows, but we can make it one more!"  J&J ...
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Dividend Hikes To Continue in 2012 (T, XOM, GE, PFE, CVX, JNJ, MSFT, PG, CSCO, JPM, WMT, KO, MMM)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 12:05 pm

Dividends have continued to rise.  Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year.  A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost ...
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Media Digest (4/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 6:37 am

Nestle to buy Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) baby food operation for $11.9 billion. (Reuters) China’s factory output rises slightly in March, but still not at levels of expansion. (Reuters) Vodafone (NASDAQ: ...
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Pfizer Dumps Baby Food On Nestle

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 6:31 am

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) wanted out of the baby nutrition business and found a ready buyer for the division that owns its operations in that industry. There has been a rumor that ...
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Media Digest (4/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:30 am

Citigroup (NYSE: C) losses an investor vote on executive compensation. (Reuters) Many experts say Spain cannot avoid a bailout. (Reuters) Nestle is close to a deal to buy Pfizer’s (NYSE: ...
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Media Digest (3/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Marketwatch

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 6:17 am

The CEO of Chrysler said he took no pay in 2011 and that, based on financial results, the company is now worth $7.5 billion. (Reuters) The Treasury will sell $6 ...
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