Merrill Lynch Has 4 Neglected Dividend Stocks Rated Buy
A new Merrill Lynch research report makes the case that owning neglected stocks and selling crowded ones has been a winner, yielding almost 10% of alpha.
A new Merrill Lynch research report makes the case that owning neglected stocks and selling crowded ones has been a winner, yielding almost 10% of alpha.
In the past five years the Dow Jones Utility Index is up a stunning 65%. But like all good things, this long run is probably close to over.
24/7 Wall St. is revisiting a strategy that was first published in late 2010, and then again refreshed in 2015. This is the 10 stocks to own for the decade!
FirstEnergy had a rough trading day on Thursday on news that it and American Electric Power are facing a regulatory review of Ohio power plant contracts.
In a new research report, Deutsche Bank remains bullish on utilities, especially those operating in Texas as the public utility commission recently decided against opening a generic tax proceeding.
The Merrill Lynch analysts have done their homework well, and while the upside here may not be gigantic, the safety factor is.
With the Chinese currency pegged to the U.S. dollar, any increase in fed funds rates could send the Chinese into devaluation mode, which could prove awful for world financial markets.
This year has not been very kind to the utilities sector, ahead of the Federal Reserve's expected interest rate hike cycle into 2016.
American Electric Power may have done well after earnings this week, but apparently Credit Suisse thinks the valuation merited a downgrade.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include AbbVie, Alphabet, Amazon.com, American Electric Power, Apple, Microsoft, Pandora Media and McDonald's.
American Electric Power has been a solid dividend-paying electric utility, and the company just raised its dividend again.
24/7 Wall St. has identified nine large companies that either have a long history of dividend growth or that can easily grow their dividends for much of the next decade.
In a new report, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey features stock picks that are designed to help clients "catch up" to their benchmarks.
A recent research report from Jefferies highlights the firm's top new value stock picks, which may be just the ticket for nervous investors.
When the market gets spooky and volatile like it has been, shifting some of a portfolio to a utility allocation makes sense, even if it is just to ride out the storm.