Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO)

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Ally, Altria, AT&T, Ford, Micron, Shopify, Valero, Wells Fargo, Whiting Petroleum, Zscaler and More

Posted: September 10, 2019 at 8:50 am

Stocks have been volatile, but the S&P 500 is somehow back within about 2% of its all-time highs and the major market indexes are all up easily in the double-digit ...
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7 Giant Mergers Transforming the Face of Corporate America

Posted: August 28, 2019 at 11:20 am

In the world of mergers and acquisitions, it seems that large corporations are willing to wheel whether the economy and the stock market are strong or weak. The reality is ...
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Philip Morris International and Altria Want to Get Together All Over Again

Posted: August 27, 2019 at 10:05 am

There is a long push-pull effort among investment banking advisory trends in which Wall Street tells corporate America how it should be positioning itself. Back when Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: ...
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5 Incredible Blue Chip Stocks With 6% or Higher Dividends

Posted: August 26, 2019 at 7:40 am

Even though interest rates have plunged back to the levels seen six and seven years ago, the reality is that we are in some of the lowest rate levels in ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Altria, Apple, BJ’s, Exxon, Gap, HP, Salesforce, VMware and More

Posted: August 23, 2019 at 9:05 am

Friday's stock market indexes were set to open higher ahead of many Federal Reserve comments, but China retaliated in the trade war by announcing new tariffs on $75 billion worth ...
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Altria Delivers Yet Another Dividend Hike With a Monster Yield

Posted: August 22, 2019 at 3:05 pm

It almost seems too good to be true that a tobacco giant can keep raising its dividend year in and year out. After all, smoking cigarettes is just not that ...
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5 Stocks to Load Up on Now That Interest Rates Continue to Plummet

Posted: August 7, 2019 at 7:20 am

To many investors, this may seem like a virtual replay from 10 years ago. The Federal Reserve resorted to a tactic not used since 1995 when it lowered interest rates ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, Altria, Apple, BP, EA, Enphase, FireEye, Gilead, Mastercard, P&G, 2U and More

Posted: July 31, 2019 at 9:03 am

Stocks saw profit-taking on Tuesday, but the major indexes were up on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's expected interest rate cut in the afternoon. Earnings season is proving to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Altria, Charles Schwab, Charter Communications, Comerica, Morgan Stanley, Slack, Snap, Wells Fargo, Zoom Video and More

Posted: July 12, 2019 at 8:55 am

The futures traded higher Friday morning, as this week investors watched all the major indexes hit record highs after some very dovish Humphrey-Hawkins testimony from Federal Reserve Chair "Jay" Powell. ...
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5 Stocks to Buy Now With Many Signs Pointing to a Possible Recession

Posted: June 27, 2019 at 7:00 am

The signs are everywhere, and now the stock market, which has traded sideways for the past year and a half, is looking somewhat vulnerable. The culprit? The potential for the ...
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Why Merrill Lynch Has High Hopes for Cronos

Posted: June 5, 2019 at 12:25 pm

Cronos Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CRON) shares popped on Wednesday after Merrill Lynch released a very positive report. This is not something that happens every day, but the brokerage firm issued ...
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As Yields Plunge to Lows, 4 Blue Chips Sport Incredible 6% Dividends

Posted: May 30, 2019 at 7:00 am

For the first time in a very long time, the federal funds rate of 2.5% is higher than the yield on the 10-year Treasury, which is at a 20-month low ...
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5 ETFs Targeting Sinners

Posted: May 14, 2019 at 9:36 am

So-called sin stocks have historically fallen into three main buckets: tobacco, alcohol and gambling. A fourth bucket, marijuana stocks, has developed over the past few years as recreational use of ...
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While US, China Wrangle Over Trade Deal, Look to These Stocks for Some Peace of Mind

Posted: May 10, 2019 at 12:15 pm

The deadline for a deal between the United States and China passed at midnight Thursday and, as of Friday, U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in goods imported from China rose ...
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10 Stocks to Own If Full-Scale Trade War With China Breaks Out

Posted: May 9, 2019 at 5:15 pm

By now there are likely no people anywhere in the world who have not heard that President Donald Trump's administration has set a deadline of this Friday to increase tariffs ...
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