Thinkstock Pershing Square Capital Management this morning filed a report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission revealing that it has purchased a 9.8% stake (about 20.55 million shares) in Air Products…
ThinkstockInvestors love dividends. Becoming one of the 30 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average does not come with assurance that a company will pay a dividend, nor does it come with…
ThinkstockShort sellers are continuing to keep their bets against many of the top defensive high-yield dividend stocks. Increased volatility in June and rising interest rates are obviously making short sellers get aggressive…
ThinkstockThe U.K.’s royal family is wealthy, but likely not wealthy enough to pass up sponsorships as the heir to the thrown is born to Kate, the wife to Prince William. Or, perhaps…
Wikimedia CommonsNike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) was just about the only sponsor to stay with Tiger Woods after his career meltdown in late 2009. He has proved that the sponsors who left him should…
Short sellers are continuing to keep their bets against many of the top defensive high-yield dividend stocks. Increased volatility in June and rising interest rates are obviously making short sellers get aggressive…
Short sellers have really made some big changes in their bets against the key high-yield dividend stocks that had been the darling of Wall Street. Many of these stocks are members of…
Short sellers could have cleaned up by betting against the high dividend stocks in May and into June. Investors got a whiff of what rising interest rates might mean to their premium…
ThinkstockRecent information from Japan and the United Kingdom shows that accelerated recoveries from deep recessions are underway. There may be a way to track how these governments worked to turn around their…
ThinkstockProcter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) has set a management system to identify its next chief executive officer. Former chief executive A. G. Lafley came back recently to replace embattled Robert McDonald.…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockThe NSA Is Listening In another violation of the privacy of U.S. citizens, the NSA has asked Verizon Wireless to provide it with millions of records of the phone activity of its…
Douglas A. McIntyre White House Photo by Pete SouzaNow that stocks have started to sell off and now that interest rates have begun to rise, many investors are looking for bargains out there in the…
courtesy of AOL, IncMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the FBI investigate a cyber crime group. (Reuters) PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) will buy SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA) for $2.2 billion. (Reuters) Edmunds.com…
The bull market appears to still be alive and well for equities, but the risk of rising interest rates is plaguing bonds and investments tied to big dividends. What equity investors also…
ThinkstockThe Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) board will set a competition among four senior executives to replace new CEO A. G. Lafley, who has been chief executive officer before and has been…
