As corporate earnings are disappointing and as the economy remains very sluggish, companies are announcing big waves of layoffs. Some have said that the layoffs this time of year are seasonal, as…
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…
Business software maker Workday Inc. has filed an initial Form S-1 saying it plans an initial public offering to raise up to $400 million. No date or share price is included in…
Short sellers appear to be increasing their bets against some of the key dividend stocks we track each and every day, judging by the August 15 settlement date for the short interest…
Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (NYSE: CHD) is trying to rectify its premium valuation with an acquisition. The consumer products company has traded at much higher valuations than its larger rivals like Procter…
Kimberly-Clark Corp. (NYSE: KMB) managed to beat earnings expectations with $1.30 per share versus estimates of $1.28 per share. Revenues were only up 0.2% year-over-year to $5.27 billion. We had estimates at…
Jon OggNews that activist investor Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is going after Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) has certainly rekindled interest in what was growing (or declining) into nothing more than just…
Investors cannot make any money in the bond market right now merely by buying and holding Treasury bonds forever. The problem is that Treasury yields are at record lows. In some parts…
There is good news for defensive consumer products and high dividend investors: change is likely coming in some form at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG). The market value as of yesterday…
The ongoing calls to bring change at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) are growing. The company’s shares have become stuck and many investors feel that the company has grown too large…
Income investors need to be careful with some of the best companies in America. A dividend bubble appears to be forming in many great stocks. Dividends have been one of the great drivers…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as markets treated the Moody’s downgrade of 15 major banks as old news that was already baked into share prices (our coverage…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Friday. Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Maintained Buy with target of $73.00 at Cantor…
Jon OggToday’s announcement from The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) included a statement that the company expects to experience a negative impact on sales of -4% due to foreign exchange transactions.…
While the media keeps putting the fear of Europe in you, stocks have bounced handily with the DJIA having bounced some 600 points in the last week and a half. Amazingly, some…
