Investors Seeking Defensive Stocks Where 3% to Over 5% Dividends Rule!
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 ...Read Full Story »
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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)
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 ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (PM, SNDK, BIDU, AMZN, ALU, ELY, CLWR, DECK, WY, TRP, GT, PG, NWL, MRK, HELE, F, COV, CVX, MDRX, EXPE, WDC)
Markets opened higher this morning following a lower-than-expected GDP growth estimate of 2.2%. That was weaker, but not awful (our coverage here). The consumer sentiment survey rose a couple of ...Read Full Story »
One Big Disbelief of an Amylin Buyout… Worth Only $12 Per Share? (AMLN, BMY, MRK, AZN, SNY, PFE, NVO)
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 ...Read Full Story »
J&J Joins Dividend Hike One-Up Game (JNJ, PFE, MRK)
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 ...Read Full Story »
What’s A Better Buyout: Ardea or Amylin? (RDEA, AMLN, AZN, BMY, MRK)
Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDEA) is soaring today on news that AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN) is paying about $1.26 billion to acquire the company. With another small-cap to mid-cap biotech and ...Read Full Story »
Amylin Seeks a Buyer (AMLN, CS, GS, BMY, SNY, LLY, AZN, MRK)
Diabetes drug maker Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) has hired bankers and lawyers to help the company find a buyer. In February Amylin turned down a $3.5 billion ($22/share) offer ...Read Full Story »
Media Digest (4/16/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
Concerns about Spain and Italy renew capital markets’ rejection of area debt. (Reuters) Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) will have to bring in an outsider to change the company’s old philosophy. ...Read Full Story »
Biopharma Firm Crushed by Merck Deal Cancellation (CRME, MRK)
Canadian-based drug company Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME) announced this morning that Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) has cancelled further development of an oral version of a Cardiome drug ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (DELL, EW, AKS, STLD, BRCM, GMCR, EDMC, NDAQ, QCOM, BZH, BSX, BCO, DO, LEA, MRK, TTWO, VIAB, ZNGA, MNOV, RGDX, BIOS, URG)
All three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning, and spent the rest of the day bouncing around the neutral line. The reports from retailers on same-store sales in ...Read Full Story »
Merck Close to 52-Week High After Earnings (MRK)
Merck & Company, Inc. (NYSE: MRK) is trading up after its earnings report. With a high dividend yield of 4.4%, many investors are watching this despite a stance of little ...Read Full Story »
Top Earnings Previews For Thursday (BZH, PHM, BX, CME, DOW, GNW, GILD, IP, K, MA, MRK, RCL, HOT, TRMB, VRTX, YRCW)
Earnings season is still upon us. There are going to be many big earnings reports Thursday and we would consider Thursday as the climax for the companies reporting their normal ...Read Full Story »
Pfizer Sneaks By Earnings Estimates (PFE, MRK)
Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE) looks good on the surface on its earnings report for the fourth quarter, but the company's guidance may be getting in the way a bit. The ...Read Full Story »
Pharma Value Beyond The Patent Expiration Cliff (PFE, MRK, BMY, TEVA, AMGN, GSK)
The tide of patent expirations that is washing over big pharmaceutical houses is cresting now and investors have begun looking forward to how these companies will deal with some sharp ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (COST, XOM, AKAM, P, SCCO, MRK, AYI, CBST, AA, INHX, PSOF, IDIX, NFLX, THRX, LTRX)
US markets opened up slightly this morning and have maintained a slight positive tone for most of the day. Today marks the unofficial beginning of another earnings season, with Alcoa ...Read Full Story »
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