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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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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, 3D Systems, Micron, Tesla and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, December 3, 2013. They include Apple, 3D Systems, Micron Technology and Tesla Motors.
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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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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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Health and Healthcare
Pfizer Continues to Shrink
Wikimedia CommonsPfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. The drug maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.58 and revenues of $12.64 billion. In…
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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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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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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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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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High-Yield Dividend Stocks Face Rising Short Interest
ThinkstockShort sellers have increased their bets against the stable high-dividend stocks that are in most Americans’ retirement accounts and mutual funds. The end-of-September short interest saw year highs in a few cases.…
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Credit Suisse Major Drug Stocks to Buy for Great Gains Ahead
ThinkstockThe drug and pharmaceutical sector is supposed to be a defensive one by nature, even if this week’s government shutdown and impending debt ceiling weighed heavily on biotech stocks. Credit Suisse’s Vamil…
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Spin-Offs Back in Vogue: Six Must-Watch Special Situations
ThinkstockWhen the markets go through periods of great gains, it is not uncommon to see companies start to take more radical efforts to increase their total return for shareholders. Some may go…
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Big Pharma and 100,000 Jobs at Risk
ThinkstockMerck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) announced it would rid itself of 8,500 workers, many of whom work in the big pharmaceutical company’s R&D operations. Since the return on research investment at Merck…
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Five FDA Approvals and Reviews at Risk Under a Government Shutdown
via Wikimedia CommonsIt looks like Congress and the president still cannot figure out how to play well with each other, and now we have another impending government shutdown. The reality is that…
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Short Sellers Pile On and Attack High-Yield Dividend Stocks
ThinkstockShort sellers have increased their bets against the stable high-dividend stocks that are in most Americans’ retirement accounts and mutual funds. In fact, the mid-September short interest saw year highs in many…