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Altria Dividend Hike Brings Telecom Yield Ambitions
Altria is at it again with a dividend hike. The news looks great ... on the surface.
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Key Short Interest Changes in Defensive High-Yield Dividend Stocks
The short interest data is out for the July 31 settlement date. We often review the higher-yield defensive dividend stocks for a barometer of what short sellers may be thinking. The trends…
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Companies and Brands
Are E-Cigarettes Just as Harmful as Tobacco?
ThinkstockThe scientific journal Addiction has reviewed the available research on the use, contents and safety of e-cigarettes and determined that they likely are much less harmful to users or bystanders than conventional…
Trey Thoelcke 10:30am ET
Investing
Key Short Interest Changes in Defensive High-Yield Dividend Stocks
The short interest data for the July 15 settlement date is out and we have compared the defensive dividend stocks, aside of utilities, to what has happened since the June 30 settlement…
8:00am ET
Companies and Brands
Altria Earnings Unimpressive Without Buyback
Altria Group reported disappointing second-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. Altria also added a new $1 billion stock buyback plan.
Paul Ausick 7:02am ET
Special Report
America’s 10 Fastest Shrinking Companies
Wikimedia CommonsEquity markets have been extremely strong in the past few years. Most of America’s largest companies have managed to increase revenue, profitability, and shareholder distributions, sending their share prices to record…
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Consumer Electronics
Philip Morris Cigarette Shipments Fall 3.5%, Profits Tumble 13%
Philip Morris International reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2014 results before markets opened on Thursday morning. Currency translation effects cost the company more than a billion.
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Companies and Brands
What Does Lorillard Deal Mean for Philip Morris?
Tuesday morning's announcement of the $27.4 billion acquisition by Reynolds American of follow tobacco products maker Lorillard did not light up investors' spirits.
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Apple, Altria, Gap, Qualcomm, Shell, P&G and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms on Friday, July 11, 2014. They include Apple, Altria, Gap, Qualcomm, Shell, Procter & Gamble.
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Investing
Short Sellers Get Aggressive in Defensive High-Yield Dividend Stocks
The short interest data for the June 30 settlement date is out, and there were selectively an increasing number of shares short in our go-to list of defensive high-yield stocks that are…
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Investing
Short Interest Screams Higher in Defensive High-Yield Stocks
The short interest data for the first two weeks of June show that short interest was higher in almost all our go-to list of defensive high-yield stocks that are not utilities.
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Companies and Brands
Four Stocks That Can Hold Up Well in a Big Market Sell-Off
A new report from Stifel makes the case that there are four large-cap, very solid consumer staples stocks that are not only still priced good, but may have solid upside for investors.
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Investing
Short Sellers Get Selective in High-Yield Defensive Dividend Stocks
ThinkstockThe short interest data for the final two weeks of May have been released, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends we follow. Some…
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Investing
Should Tobacco Dividends Be Lower Than Telecom Dividends?
This past week we could not help noticing how low tobacco dividends have become. The driving force may be a tie-up coming between Reynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) and Lorillard Inc. (NYSE:…
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Companies and Brands
Are Tobacco Dividend Yields Getting Too Low for the Risk?
ThinkstockThe trend of declining cigarette case volumes has been going on for years, or somewhere around two decades now. As of 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that only…
Jon C. Ogg