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.
We screened the Merrill Lynch research universe database for mega-cap stocks that have already been sold-off that pay outstanding dividends.
The Tenth and Blake craft and import beer division of MillerCoors has reached an agreement to acquire a majority interest in San Diego-based Saint Archer Brewing.
These five defensive stocks should be able to avoid any serious market carnage, for the most part.
Some investors are looking at value stocks, and others are going defensive. The stocks that have limited business cycles are a great focus for investors in a time of worry.
Altria Group announced Friday morning that its board of directors voted to increase the regular quarterly dividend by more than 8% to $0.565 per common share.
Chris Lange 
