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Meet the Preliminary 2014 Dogs of the Dow: Dividends Galore
ThinkstockThere is a trend at the end of each year followed by many income investors. This is the Dogs of the Dow, which is simply made up of the 10 Dow Jones…
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Eight Big Dividend Hikes Expected Before 2013 Ends
ThinkstockInvestors love dividends, particularly safe and dependable dividends that rise through time. The S&P 500 Index currently has the most companies paying dividends in nearly two decades. The year 2013 has seen…
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Health and Healthcare
The $1 Trillion Drug Market Offers Great but Selective Growth in the Next Five Years
ThinkstockThe market for pharmaceuticals and biotech drugs just keeps growing. The so-called patent cliff may be affecting Big Pharma companies locally, but a new report from IMS Health shows that the total…
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Health and Healthcare
Merck Scores in Investigational Melanoma Study Results
ThinkstockSkin cancer treatments remain elusive. While some drugs are on the market for advanced-stage treatment, the most common and longest method of initial treatment still involves the doctor taking the scalpel and…
Jon C. Ogg 8:25am ET
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UBS Top Stocks to Buy for 2014: GE, GM, Citigroup and Six More
While the past two years were all about getting the house back in order, the UBS equity strategy team thinks 2014 is all about earnings growth. That should be sweet music to…
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Short Sellers Made Big Changes in High-Yield Dividend Stocks
We have now seen the short interest reports from the October 31 settlement date and have compared them to the October 15 settlement date. This is important because it reflects the opinions…
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Jobs
The Six Companies Cutting the Most Jobs in October
ThinkstockThe unemployment situation in the United States looked relatively good through the first half of the year. The jobless rate dropped to 7.3% in October from 7.9%% at the beginning of the…
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Jobs
Can U.S. Add Two Million Jobs This Year?
ThinkstockOctober’s jobs report showed a gain of 204,000 people to nonfarm payrolls. That is a pace of 1.5 million job additions for 2013. Many earlier months have been better. The Bureau of Labor…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:05am ET
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: BP, 3D Systems, Nike, SanDisk and More
Jon OggInvestors are having to deal with seeing stocks hit new highs almost daily now. With a temporary deal in Washington, D.C., and with earnings coming on strong, investors are caught trying…
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Health and Healthcare
Merck Sets Low Earnings Bar for Pfizer
The drug patent cliff for Big Pharma is coming with some continued consequences, and two drug giants with earnings this week are Dow Jones Industrial Average components. Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) reported…
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Health and Healthcare
Merck Continues to Face Revenue Challenges
ThinkstockDrug giant Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Monday morning. The company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.92 and revenues of $11.03…
Paul Ausick 6:46am ET
Investing
A New Rise in Global Mergers/Buyouts
courtesy of Verizon WirelessMergers and acquisitions (M&A) sometimes can be an excellent measure of the economy’s financial health. However, since there is a great deal of evidence that most M&A results are…
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Investing
The 10 Most Important Earnings in the Week Ahead
Jon OggEarnings season is in full swing and this coming week will bring many key earnings reports. This will also be the last week of major on-calendar earnings for the third quarter,…
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Investing
Short Sellers Abandoning Bets Against High-Yield Defensive Dividend Stocks
We have seen the short interest reports for the October 15 settlement date. It turns out that short sellers have been getting out of the way of the bull market after previously…
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Investing
Merrill Lynch Technical Titans List Scans for Best Stocks to Buy
Courtesy Boeing Co.The Merrill Lynch Technical Titans List was formerly known as the Most Attractive Buy List and was introduced in February 2006. It is designed to identify common stocks that are…