2010 may be the year of many things, but it is so far becoming the year of dividend hikes. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) has just joined the dividend hike…
Everyone loves Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) and the “never be evil” management of Google. Citigroup (C), Goldman Sachs (GS), and the other large firms on Wall St. are among the…
Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) made our top day trader alerts this morning after the firm raised its guidance. The company reported that earnings will be on April 23, 2010, but it…
As we have been expecting for a month or more, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is now acting as though it is probably closer to raising its dividend than what some were…
March 9, 2009 marked the absolute apex of selling and marked the official ending date of the bear market. At the time, many were expecting stocks to see gains because of grossly…
Earnings season has mostly wound down. We have many key business events and key economic events scheduled for next week. In asset sales and merger land, we will be paying close attention…
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…
These are some of the top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Dish Networks (NASDAQ: DISH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. DirecTV (NYSE:…
These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) Raised to Outperform Oppenheimer. Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Raised…
Companies seemed to prefer share buybacks in 2007 and 2008, and maybe part of 2009. Why not, if the stock is cheap? But then 2009 came and many companies were derailed by…
While we were getting ready to post our next round of large companies which we think will be hiking their dividends in 2010, one of the companies beat us to the punch. …
These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls early this morning: Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Sell at Collins Stewart. Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE:…
These are this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan. Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) Started as Underweight…
It is the first week of January, which means one thing for lovers of consumer electronics: CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, takes place in Las Vegas. The event kicks off on January…
3M Company (NYSE: MMM) rose nearly 4% to a yearly high of $79.93 after the Post-It Notes maker was upgraded to “buy” by Jeffrey Sprague of Citigroup. The Cooper Companies Inc (NYSE:…
