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Merrill Lynch Unveils Its Top 10 Stocks to Buy for 2014
Here we are in to the final month of what has been a tremendous year for the stock market, and the 24/7 staff is reviewing what the major Wall Street firms are…
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Infrastructure
Rising Interest Rates Bring New Risks to Utility Dividend Investors
ThinkstockUtility investors have been able to enjoy a true safe haven when it comes to collecting high-yield dividends and above-market dividend yields for years now. That may be coming to an end.…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — April 3, 2013: Markets Skid on Jobs and Oil Reports (CBST, CRL, GFI, NEE, CAT, TISI, CAG, MON, SCHN, DDC, GBX, RPM, ZNGA, BAC, FB)
U.S. equity markets opened very slightly higher this morning but it was all downhill from there. The U.S. jobs report from ADP came in weaker than expected and cast a shadow of…
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Investing
Top 12 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AU, APO, ASTX, ATML, BSX, CAT, FUN, CRL, CI, CBST, DUK, EMC, GFI, NEE, PNRA, SIX, TUMI, TCB, XEL)
Jon OggInvestors and traders generally stay on the lookout for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income for their portfolio. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to find…
8:50am ET
Investing
Big Dividend Yields From UBS Dividend Ruler Stock List (UBS, AZN, TOT, INTC, BTI, RTN, TD, NU, UL, NEE, JNJ)
ThinkstockS&P 500 dividend growth continues to outpace earnings growth, a trend that likely will continue for a few more years. Low yields on fixed income alternatives and historically low dividend payout ratios…
8:28am ET
Investing
BofA/Merrill Lynch Makes Changes to US 1 List (PFG, NEE, ENDP)
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseBank of America Merrill Lynch has made some key changes to its US 1 List, which is its collection of best investment ideas…
9:02am ET
Investing
Secondary Offerings Coming on Strong and Endless (BBEP, COF, EEP, HLS, HLSS, MERU, NEE, WCRX, Z)
When the market is strong, companies tend to raise capital. Or insiders decide to cash in some chips. We now have a whole slew of companies conducting secondary offerings now: BreitBurn Energy Partners…
8:23am ET
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (BBBY, CPB, KO, COP, EOG, FIVE, F, GOOG, IP, JCP, LMCA, KORS, NEE, NYT, P, SCHN, SODA, S, YHOO)
  Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday morning. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) raised to…
10:09am ET
Infrastructure
Are There More Mergers on Tap in Electric Utilities?
Today marks the closing of the $32 billion merger between Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) and Progress Energy. Duke initiated a one-for-three reverse stock split at the same time and the former…
10:08am ET
Infrastructure
Investors Finding Safety Again in Utilities, When Dividends Rule (WTR, AWK, PPL, DUK, ED, NEE, AEP, XLU)
By now the markets figured out that all of this week’s preliminary jobs numbers did in fact call it right that the unemployment and jobs report was right. So investors are scrambling…
8:33am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE: BBVA) Cut to Sell at Societe Generale. Eastman…
8:28am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABB, ABG, BBVA, BGS, CSX, GILD, IMUC, INFY, ITRI, KLAC, LRCX, NEE, NSC, ORCL, WSH)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: ABB Limited (NYSE: ABB) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.…
9:01am ET
Infrastructure
AEP Joins 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio (AEP, XLU, NEE, PPL)
American Electric Power Co., Inc. (NYSE: AEP) refuses to falter in the current market despite many headwinds of uncertainty. This is a very defensive play that has very little to do with…
10:00am ET
Energy
First Solar Shares Skid on Executive’s Departure (FSLR, ESLR, GE, NEE, TAN)
After markets closed yesterday, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) announced the resignation of Jens Meyerhoff, president of its utility systems business group, effective September 30th. Meyerhoff joined First Solar in May 2006…
6:31am ET
Infrastructure
9 Utilities Set To Raise Dividends (DUK, AWK, AWR, XEL, DTE, AEP, CEG, D, ETR, FE, NEE, PNW, PPL, PGN)
If you have seen one trend that has lasted in 2011 it is that companies are hiking their dividend payouts for their shareholders. Many classic investment models are based almost entirely around…