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Dividends Galore, Credit Suisse Lifts Electric Utilities, Sort Of

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 8:10 am

Credit Suisse has changed its targets and estimates for the electric utility sector. The move will have dividend watchers on the lookout, but the firm effectively is asking if a ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 5, 2012: Markets Make Last Minute Drive to Gain (DD, QCOM, TGT, WDAY, EXC, AWR, BPI, ETR, ROK, SLW, SO, SYY, TSLA, TWC, RIG, TRLG, CF, ESRX, PAA, WLT, Z, AMSC, AOL, CVC, CVS, FOSL, LPX, VVUS, VRNG, GOOG, EBIX, RDN)

Posted: November 5, 2012 at 4:04 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors appear to be cautious as tomorrow’s elections get closer. Coupled with possible changes in the U.S., China will replace its leadership ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — November 2, 2012: Markets Open Higher, Sink Later (UBS, GM, GES, EXC, DF, RATE, CHK, FLR, GDOT, LVS, PCLN, SBUX, YELP, CVX, HES, MHP, OZM, RL, AWR, BPI, ETR, ROK, SLW, SO, SYY, TSLA, TWC, RIG, TRLG, BGFV, RH)

Posted: November 2, 2012 at 4:03 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report on U.S. non-farm payrolls and the U.S. unemployment rate. Payrolls rose by 171,000, better than expected, and the unemployment rate ...
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Electric Utilities Slammed by Sandy (FE, POM, ED, NU, ETR)

Posted: October 30, 2012 at 9:22 am

An estimated 10 million customers could lose electrical power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, nearly a third more than the 7 million who lost power last year following Hurricane ...
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Some Earnings Reports Delayed by Hurricane Sandy

Posted: October 29, 2012 at 8:08 am

Some companies reportedly have decided to delay their earnings reports as Hurricane Sandy heads for the East Coast and the major U.S. markets are close today, and possibly Tuesday. According ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 15, 2012: Markets Don’t Impress Again (ETR, GBG, OCZ, RGR, JIVE, JDSU, PEIX, PAAS, ANF, A, CSIQ, DE, SPLS, TGT, A, AMAT, CSCO, LTD, NTAP, PETM, SINA, DLTR, DANG, GME, ROST, SHLD, WMT, S, SPLS, CSIQ)

Posted: August 15, 2012 at 4:07 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened somewhat lower this morning following an announcement from the Bank of England that it would not change interest rates nor asset purchases. In ...
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Today’s Analyst Calls: Buys, Sells, Price Targets

Posted: August 15, 2012 at 9:06 am

Bank of America downgraded Entergy (NYSE: ETR) to Underperform from Neutral and cut its price target to $70. Piper Jaffray downgrades Cache Inc. (NASDAQ: CACH) to Neutral from Overweight. AAII Journal sets Dow ...
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Are There More Mergers on Tap in Electric Utilities?

Posted: July 3, 2012 at 10:09 am

Today marks the closing of the $32 billion merger between Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) and Progress Energy. Duke initiated a one-for-three reverse stock split at the same time and ...
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Diverging Outlooks on High Dividend Utility Sector (EXC, ETR, AEP, PEG, NVE, CPN, NRG, GEN)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 8:59 am

The utility sector is a favorite of dividend and income investors.  The group was the best performing group of 2011 as investors snapped up higher dividends rather than Treasuries and ...
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The Best Value High-Yield and High-Return Utilities (XLU, EXC, ETR, AEP, PEG)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:35 am

The utility sector has been a rather poor performer so far in 2012, as investors have sought growth and less dependence on high payouts, and higher dividend taxes could be ...
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Utilities Merger in Jeopardy (EXC, CEG, ETR, AEP)

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 11:02 am

When Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) and Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: CEG) agreed in April to an $8 billion dollar merger, the companies promised the state of Maryland, home to ...
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Top Debt & Credit Rating Agency Actions (PPL, DPZ, CX, PEPFF, ETR, FDX, EADSY, BHP)

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 2:12 pm

Today's ratings news leads off with the downgrade by Moody's of six Greek banks, including National Bank of Greece (NYSE: NBG). All six were lowered from 'B3' to 'Caa2'. Anyone ...
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Company Winners & Losers Expected From Hurricane Irene (ALL, TRV, CB, BRK-A, DUK, D, ETR, AWK, VZ, HD, LOW, URI, PPG, BECN, IBI, BGG, GNRC, CRD-B, CLH, NYX, NDAQ)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Will Hurricane Irene cost the United States $10 billion? $15 billion? Or even more?  It really depends upon whom you speak with on this front.  The expected damage count is ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: The Companies With The Most Bad Press (7/19)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 9:58 am

Earnings dominated the press coverage of today's shares. Novartis and Harley-Davidson released numbers Icahn Enterprise was thumped after it made a bid for Clorox, which was rejected. Boeing was hit ...
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9 Utilities Set To Raise Dividends (DUK, AWK, AWR, XEL, DTE, AEP, CEG, D, ETR, FE, NEE, PNW, PPL, PGN)

Posted: July 6, 2011 at 6:31 am

If you have seen one trend that has lasted in 2011 it is that companies are hiking their dividend payouts for their shareholders.  Many classic investment models are based almost ...
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