Jon OggInvestors and traders are often on the hunt for fresh research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following smaller-than-expected gain in ADP’s employment report. Other data out before the opening bell also weighed on stocks, including a drop new mortgage applications and weak…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are usually on the lookout for new research ideas that will generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street…
ThinkstockLast year was a good year for oil and gas stocks, but unless a company had a refining and marketing operation, it was not a great year. Share prices rose by at…
ThinkstockGood news is here for consumers who hate high gasoline prices. There is something at work that may keep the price of oil from rising too much, but the price may not…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that personal income and spending both rose by 0.2%, which was slightly higher than expected for spending and…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning after hearing that U.S. GDP growth in the first quarter came in at 2.5%, well below the expected 3.1% (more coverage here). U.S. consumer sentiment…
ThinkstockChevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil and gas supermajor posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.18 on revenues of $54 billion. In…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a report on U.S. unemployment that was better than analysts expected (more coverage here). There were literally hundreds of U.S. companies reporting earnings between…
Jon OggChevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is yet again trumping oil and gas rival Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) ahead of both corporate earnings reports. Chevron already had a high yield dividend compared…
Earlier today we had been predicting that a dividend hike was going to be announced by both Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) very soon. It turns out…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has been tracking companies that raise their dividends for quite some time. This week both oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) are reporting…
ThinkstockIt was late in March when we predicted several DJIA stocks would increase their dividend payments in April. Monday morning brought news that Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) was increasing its…
The markets may have topped and are acting choppy after Fed speak and after North Korean rhetoric, but U.S. investors can count on several big dividend hikes that we see as being…
Dividends and income growth drive value and income investors alike. Companies raising their dividends often keep investors far longer than companies that refuse to reward their shareholders by returning capital to them.…
