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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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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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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (XOM, WDC, RAX, NLY, EMR, BBX, CAG, GME, IHS, LULU, PERY, SONC, NCTY, DG, DISCA, RGR, SWHC, BTFG, DMND)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Markets opened sharply this morning and remained in negative territory all day. Purchasing managers’ indexes in the eurozone and in China came in lower than expected this morning, weighing European ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (T, FFIV, URBN, AMGN, BAX, CAG, GIS, NAV, SAFM, JEF, NKE, ORCL, TRGT, CIE, CSIQ, PBH, HOV, CVS)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 4:06 pm

US equity markets opened sharply higher this morning and have been able to sustain and even add to those gains throughout the day. Business and consumer confidence indexes in Europe ...
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ConAgra, General Mills Look Ahead to 2012… Quite Differently (CAG, GIS, KFT, HNZ, K)

Posted: December 20, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Food producers have been battling rising commodity costs, higher fuel costs, and higher packaging costs by raising their prices. That appears to be working decently for ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Food Processing Stocks With Most Upside (ADM, BG, TSN, SFD, CPO, CAG, KFT, SLE, GIS, K)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 3:01 pm

The companies we’re looking at today run the gamut from large farm and food products producers to the packaged goods makers that make the products on store shelves. It’s a ...
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Top Debt & Ratings Agency Actions (AMR, GM, LVLT, CAG, TRI)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 3:39 pm

Today's ratings agency actions include a new rating on off-balance sheet arrangement by AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), parent of troubled American Airlines, and other actions involving General Motors Co. (NYSE: ...
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Defensive Stocks Working Against The Bears (BUD, MO, RAI, CPB, CAG, KMB, PG)

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 3:17 pm

On days when the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 200 points or more, we generally look at the defensive stock sector to see if these are holding up.  Many ...
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Poor Judgment by Ralcorp’s Board

Posted: September 27, 2011 at 6:26 am

Ralcorp’s (NYSE:RAH) board of directors unanimously rejected the latest merger proposal from ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG), saying the $5.18 billion unsolicited bid was not in the best interest of the ...
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Top Debt & Credit Rating Agency Actions (UTX, GR, GM, LSTZA, LSTZB, LCAPA, LCAPB, BRK-A, BRK-B, CAG, OWW, WWWW, CMI)

Posted: September 22, 2011 at 1:43 pm

Today's ratings actions are led-off by Moody's affirmation of its 'A2' senior unsecured and 'Prime-1' short-term ratings on United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The affirmation follows United's announced acquisition of ...
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ConAgra Misses on EPS, Ralcorp Acquisition (CAG, RAH, KFT, GIS, HNZ, SLE)

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 8:33 am

Food processing giant ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported first quarter 2012 earnings before the markets opened this morning. Even after lowering expectations for EPS from $0.36 to $0.31, analysts ...
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Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (LEN, ADBE, CCL, CAG, JEF, ORCL, BBBY, GIS, RHT, KMX, DFS, FDX, NKE, UA, RAD)

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 2:07 pm

The coming week is going to feel like a mini earnings season.  We have many sector leaders reporting earnings and the fallout (or benefits) could be widespread.  On deck are ...
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The Best Value Stocks in Food & Beverages (CPB, KO, CAG, DPS, GIS, HRL, K, KFT, PEP, TSN, SFD, DF, BRK-A)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 12:37 pm

When it comes to defensive investing, food and beverages are two of the go-to sectors for getting equity market exposure but protecting your assets.  The logic is simple enough: “You ...
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Media Digest (8/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 6:16 am

Time Warner (NYSE: TWC) to buy Insight Communications from Carlyle for $3 billion. (Reuters) Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) expects holiday sales to be strong. (Reuters) Security experts say hackers may ...
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Defensive Stocks Bucking The Stock Market Weakness (PEP, CAG, CPB, MCD, MO, VGR, PG, CL, KMB, JNJ, AWK)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 2:11 pm

When you see a ten-day sell-off and a capstone panic day with what is a 300-point sell-off in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the first reaction is that no one ...
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