This week we bring reviews of “value stocks” for long-term investors by 24/7 Wall St. Monday’s focus is mostly on large-cap stocks that are easily recognized and which have large positions in their…
It would be easy to say that inflationary pressures are impacting consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks. This sector remains one of our favorites for investors who want defensive protection and high…
Time for the Daily Dividend… Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) might have been up more today if the overall market was cooperating. The world’s largest consumer products company already has a…
Defensive stocks are supposed to offer you some safety in times of uncertainty. High-yield stock dividends are also supposed to offer you a safer harbor in choppy markets as well. In today’s…
Last week we began a series of companies which we expect will raise their dividends in 2011. It was the first piece of a series and there are many other companies which…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs. Bucyrus International (NASDAQ:…
Picking stocks for a decade is no easy task. It might as well be for a lifetime because there probably will be two more bear markets and two more bull markets between…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Central European Distribution (NASDAQ:…
Legg Mason Inc. (NYSE: LM) portfolio manager Bill Miller has gone out on a limb in his July investing outlook. Although Miller’s observations do have many truths when it comes to value…
These are this Tuesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls during the pre-market hours. It is more skewed to downgrades, something we have not seen…
PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is the latest of the big companies to hike their dividend payouts this morning. We have not kept an exact tally, but this is getting close to 70…
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Hold at Jefferies. AT&T…
Everyone, or at least most everyone, loves dividends. While some investors love share buybacks, dividends seem to be the new way we are seeing for companies to reward shareholders. The good news…
Over what we saw during the recession, 2009 was the year that dividends were cut down to effect cash conservation to get through the recession. In fact, the dividend cuts may have…
It is looking pretty light so far from analyst coverage this Monday morning. Here are some of the top individual stock calls we have seen this morning from Wall Street analysts: Chimera…
