With the Chinese currency pegged to the U.S. dollar, any increase in fed funds rates could send the Chinese into devaluation mode, which could prove awful for world financial markets.
When the stock market becomes uncertain, investors often tend to flock toward defensive stocks or stocks that have very high-quality earnings. That generally means that their dividends are deemed safe as well.
Altria reported mixed fourth-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday.
Chris Lange 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the Dow Jones Industrial Average companies (and others) that are reporting their quarterly results this week.
If you want to own stocks no matter what, ones with serious long-term prospects and dividends, the class of defensive stocks is where investors will want to hide out.
One great move is to look for safe stocks that pay solid dividends. That often means companies where the demand rarely drops, despite economic and market conditions.
With the market very possibly poised for years of sideways trading and single-digit gains, the total return potential from these blue chips is outstanding.
On a week when the market had some of its best upside trading in months, conventional wisdom would seem to dictate that insider buying would be slow.
These companies not only have Merrill Lynch's safest volatility risk ratings, but they have faded somewhat during the recent market sell-off, offering even better valuation and entry points for investors.
Solid growth stocks that pay good dividends make sense, especially when they all pay higher dividends than the current 30-year U.S. Treasury bond.
Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Altria, CEVA, CONSOL Energy, Enbridge Energy Partners, NVIDIA, UBS and Visa.
Altria reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday.
Chris Lange Most investors have had a rough 2015, and with the Nasdaq the only index that is up for the year as of Friday, the question is what's the game plan for the…
These are the kind of quality stocks investors can put into a portfolio and, for the most part, forget about.
The recent sell-off is the largest in some time and offers growth and income investors an incredible opportunity to buy high-yielding blue chips at bargain prices.
