Short sellers appear to be increasing their bets against some of the key dividend stocks we track, judging by the October 15 settlement date for the short interest versus the September 28…
The earnings of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be the most important of the season. It is not only the largest company by market cap, its growth has stayed phenomenal for a…
End of the U.K. Slump? The United Kingdom may have pulled out of a downward economic cycle. At least that is what official government data shows. For the third quarter of this…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, but the blame goes to some poor earnings report from U.S. firms rather than to international news. European markets were down slightly…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.…
The European Union summit helps to lower bond yields for Spain and Italy. (Reuters) Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares drop badly after releases earnings early and it misses numbers. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp.…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and really never got on track the entire day. The lower opening was likely a reaction to China’s weakest quarterly GDP growth…
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reported third-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The telecommunications giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.64 on revenues of $29 billion. In the…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, and never really got untracked all day. Spanish 10-year bond yields fell 28 basis points to around 5.51%, while Spain again demurred…
Economists and researchers believe data for the fourth quarter demonstrate that the fiscal cliff could hammer growth between now and year’s end. If so, the stock market may take a steep tumble as it…
In a world with a total population of about 7 billion, cell phone subscriptions numbered about 6 billion at the end of 2011, according to a report from the U.N.’s International Telecommunications…
The coming fiscal cliff represents a huge hurdle for America. Government and private sector forecasters have warned that the expiration of tax cuts, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in government…
AppleJust when you thought the flap over the new mapping app from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) would be laid to rest, the company has taken another hit to its shining armor over…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has just initiated its fourth payment of a $0.44 per common share quarterly dividend. We were not expecting a dividend hike this month, but we are formally setting…
Short sellers are still active in the high-dividend names out there. Apparently many are under the impression that the dividend bubble is worth betting against. Still, it takes keen conviction to short…
