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Americans Give Up on Retirement

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 6:25 am

The American dream of retiring at 65 and keeping a standard of living similar to pre-retirement days has ended for many, if not most, aging citizens. If these people cannot ...
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China PMI Contracts, Hits 49.6

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 3:48 am

Perhaps China's economy has started to move toward recession. New purchasing managers index data certainly shows the its manufacturing data has signaled a contraction. The cause may be the collapse ...
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Will Sony PS4 and Xbox One Wreck Apple TV Prospects in Media Convergence?

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 4:43 pm

This week has brought much in the news of video games and the convergence of media. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders might consider that Tuesday's testimony on taxation of international ...
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HP Company Earnings and Turnaround: Major Sales Decline Still Better Than Expected

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 4:17 pm

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has so far managed to only get the ship ready for the big turn in its long turnaround. Now we have another company earnings report showing ...
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More Detail About National Bank of Greece’s Capital Raise

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 3:25 pm

Investors have had time to know and prepare for a capital raise of sorts from the National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG). That is almost upon us and this ...
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Fed’s FOMC Minutes Bring More Concern, or Confusion, Over Bond Buying and QE

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 2:17 pm

We have already seen Ben Bernanke testify to Congress today and the aim was to push back an immediate end to the bond buying and to even push back on ...
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Jeff Immelt Sees Better Economy for GE and Shareholders; Dividends and Buybacks Continue

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 12:00 pm

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) did not get treated well after its first-quarter earnings report. Perhaps the largest problem was that the conglomerate's stock had gotten ahead of itself. That ...
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ETF Focus: Share Repurchases Keep Outperforming Dividends

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 11:40 am

When it comes to returning capital to shareholders, companies generally choose to pay dividends or to start share buyback plans. Many companies do both, but the real question to ask is ...
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Crude Oil Futures Fall, Gasoline Inventories Jump Again

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 10:55 am

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories decreased by 300,000 barrels last week, bringing the total U.S. commercial crude ...
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Ben Bernanke Pushes Out End of Bond Tapering and End of Quantitative Easing

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 10:15 am

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking today in testimony to Congress. While all heads were turned to watch Bernanke's hints and intonations, we do not expect to see any ...
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Dish Network Cites National Security Threat of Sprint Acquisition by Softbank

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 9:15 am

It was perhaps inevitable that the fight between Japan’s Softbank and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) over Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) would take turn in this direction. In a ...
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Credit Suisse Lists the Best MLPs to Buy: Cheniere, Williams and More

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 9:05 am

A strong stock market has the oil and gas master limited partnerships (MLPs) on fire in 2013, which already offer high dividends or distributions as income and return of capital. ...
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Weather Clouds Lowe’s Companies Earnings

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 8:25 am

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The home improvement retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.49 and $13.1 billion in ...
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Target Company Earnings Overshadowed by Forecast

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 8:00 am

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The big-box retailer posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.05 on $16.71 billion in revenues. ...
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Top Ten U.S. Wireless Trends in 2013 for Investors to Bank On

Posted: May 22, 2013 at 7:55 am

The intense battle for the wireless customer and the consumer dollar heated up in the first quarter of 2013. Surprisingly, smartphone activation, which is a key data point for the ...
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