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Infrastructure
How Key Analyst Views Duke Energy Ahead of a Potential Fed Rate Hike
Argus reiterated a Buy rating on Duke, but lowered its target price, based on a lower 2015 earnings per share forecast.
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Investing
5 Defensive High-Yield Stocks to Survive the Sell-Off Carnage
These five defensive stocks should be able to avoid any serious market carnage, for the most part.
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Investing
4 Defensive Stocks Acting as a Buffer Against the Market Sell-Off
Some investors are looking at value stocks, and others are going defensive. The stocks that have limited business cycles are a great focus for investors in a time of worry.
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Energy
Are Solar Energy Firms Better Than Share Prices Indicate?
Looking at the share price data for the past 12 months, an investor could be forgiven for thinking that the solar energy business is in a downward spiral that still has a…
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Energy
Will Duke Earnings Be Enough for Investors?
Duke Energy reported disappointing second-quarter financial results Thursday before the markets opened.
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Investing
The 7 Most Important Earnings in the Week Ahead
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia Commons24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the major companies reporting their quarterly results this week. We have included the consensus earnings estimates from…
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Energy
Merrill Lynch Picks the Winners and Losers of the Utilities Sector
Merrill Lynch believes the Federal Reserve rate hike could potentially act as the removal of an overhang on utilities rather than as a negative catalyst.
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Investing
5 Fresh Dividend Hikes Too Important to Ignore
Since the start of July, there have been five key U.S. dividend hikes that were simply too large or too important to ignore.
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Energy
Why the Duke Dividend Hike Matters So Much
Duke Energy has announced that it will increase its dividend 3.8% to a quarterly payout of $0.825.
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Infrastructure
Deutsche Bank Loves High-Yielding Utilities: 4 to Buy Now
A new research note from Deutsche Bank says that utilities are cheap, and all of the quality companies yielding 4% or more make very good sense for the last half of 2015.
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Infrastructure
Have Utilities Become Grossly Oversold?
It is clear that investors have been exiting the utilities sector for a solid part of the 2015 year in order to be out ahead of the coming Federal Reserve interest rate…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Ambev, CTI Bio, Duke, Humana, Occidental, Yelp and More
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations Include Ambev, CTI BioPharma, Duke, Humana, Occidental Petroleum and Yelp.
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Investing
10 Companies to Own for the Next Decade
Back in November of 2010, 24/7 Wall St. first issued a list of stocks to own for the next decade. Even long-term investors need to assess their portfolios from time to time.
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Atmel, BlackBerry, Cisco, Ctrip.com, CarMax, AOL and More
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Atmel, BlackBerry, Cisco Systems, Ctrip.com International, CarMax and AOL.
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Energy
Duke Weathers Q1 Earnings
Duke Energy reported mixed first-quarter financial results before the markets opened Friday.
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