Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has been tracking companies that raise their dividends for quite some time. This week both oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) are reporting…
ThinkstockIt was late in March when we predicted several DJIA stocks would increase their dividend payments in April. Monday morning brought news that Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) was increasing its…
The markets may have topped and are acting choppy after Fed speak and after North Korean rhetoric, but U.S. investors can count on several big dividend hikes that we see as being…
Dividends and income growth drive value and income investors alike. Companies raising their dividends often keep investors far longer than companies that refuse to reward their shareholders by returning capital to them.…
ThinkstockRoyal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A) must face an investigation over its drilling activities in Alaska. (Reuters) Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s (NYSE: CHK) CEO search will go beyond a deadline set for the…
24/7 Wall St. has been delivering readers many lists of stocks that offer upside as the S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average are within striking distance of all-time highs. The…
ThinkstockFrom 2007 to 2012, imports of crude oil to the northeastern U.S. have fallen from around 1.5 million barrels a day to 870,000 barrels according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency. The…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received bids on 1.7 million acres in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at today’s auction, but none of the bids came from BP plc…
ThinkstockThere has been a bruising battle over how much America’s largest corporations should pay in taxes, especially as the size of the federal budget deficit grows. While on paper the federal corporate…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI); BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:…
No matter how well the general market does, the advance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average still relies on just 30 stocks. Some have outrun their current values, and drops in those shares…
thinkstockExxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) was just featured as one of our seven DJIA stocks that would lead the DJIA to 15,000 and the company is delivering its production and capital spending…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new high this week, and the new closing high is 14,253.77. We originally came up with a top price target for the DJIA of 14,590…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Beats Electronics discuss a content partnership. (Reuters) The European Union will fine Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for violating agreements about use of its browser.…
24/7 Wall St. is a big fan of companies that continually raise their dividends. We recently highlighted that industry leaders Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) would be raising their…
