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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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Altria Doesn’t Light it Up (MO, RAI, LO, PM)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 7:43 am

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO), the maker of Marlboro cigarettes and other products, reported earnings this morning that did not match expectations. The consensus estimate for EPS was $0.49 and ...
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Reynolds American: Not Smokin’ (RAI, MO, PM, LO, BTI)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 9:04 am

Tobacco merchant Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) reported first quarter earnings this morning, and posted a clear miss. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.63, lower than the consensus estimate of ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AET, MO, MWW, RAI, ZNGA, DRI, DLGC, ACN, BONE, WTSLA, KBH, KITD, CPWM, BTU, PLUG)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Markets opened about flat this morning but lost ground almost immediately as new home sales data came in weaker than expected. Then came a report that Iranian crude shipments were ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AET, MO, CVH, CBST, DFS, EXM, HFC, MWW, RAI, XLNX, ZNGA)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 8:20 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Altria ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (YUM, DMD, NLY, MS, UBS, AGU, CVS, RL, RAI, TWX, DIS, WYN, BWLD, CSCO, CZR, FFN, TNK, AKAM, NURO)

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The US equity markets opened slightly higher this morning, but soon turned around and spent the rest of the morning lower before returning to about even by afternoon. Equities could ...
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Top Earnings Previews For Wednesday (AKAM, CSCO, CSC, ENB, GRPN, IM, ICE, LVLT, MCO, NWSA, PNG, PAA, PRU, RL, RAI, S, TWX, VICL, V, WFM)

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 1:30 pm

We are entering into the last waves of the normalized quarterly earnings reports for companies with December 31 quarter-end dates, and we are entering the first waves of the earnings ...
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Investors Quit Smoking As 2012 New Year Resolution (MO, LO, RAI, PM)

Posted: January 3, 2012 at 8:59 am

It was not that long ago that Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) was removed from our 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio.  Our take was that the metrics of the domestic tobacco ...
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Investors Risk Chasing Yield Too Much In Tobacco Dividends (MO, T, RAI, LO, PM)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 2:01 pm

The continued rise in tobacco stocks is certainly cheered by tobacco stock investors who own the stocks for the high dividends.  The problem is that there seems to be a phantom ...
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Are Tobacco Dividends Still Safe Beyond 2012 and 2013? (MO, RAI, LO, PM)

Posted: December 9, 2011 at 2:21 pm

24/7 Wall St. has just released its 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio for investors.  While we have many names we have featured as buys in our income and defensive stock sectors, ...
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November Share Buybacks Already Nearing $30 Billion (ALL, AIG, CBS, FIS, PFE, RAI, SBUX, SYY, TMO, VIA, VRX, PKW)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 10:57 am

Some companies just want to keep bringing on new share buybacks whether they work or not.  Some are to stop dilution from acquisitions or employee stock options, while others are ...
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Tobacco Company Dividends Hold Investors in Line (LO, MO, RAI, PM, VGR)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 10:45 am

Some of the highest dividend yields from any sector come from tobacco stocks. That’s why a relatively weak report from one of the cigarette makers gives pause to investors looking ...
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America’s Recession-Proof Companies

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 7:27 pm

With fears of a new economic downturn, investors have become concerned about sales and profits of large companies. But there are companies that have already proven themselves in the recent ...
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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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