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Special Report
9 High-Yield Dividends for Risk Takers
Investors love dividends. 24/7 Wall St. has evaluated nine high-yielding companies we consider to be only for the most aggressive investors pursuing high income.
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Investing
Top 5 Stocks With Big Insider Buying This Week
Each week at 24/7 Wall St., we highlight insider buying to give our readers up-to-date information on the top stocks insiders are scooping up.
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Investing
Insider Buying This Week Dominated by Pharma and Yield Chasers
ThinkstockInvestors love to see insiders at high corporate levels purchasing their own companies’ stock. That is particularly true if the stock has performed well and has traded to higher levels. With the…
10:45am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Why Investors Cheered Annaly Earnings, Plus Key Analyst Upgrade
Annaly Capital Management reported a net loss, but its core earnings per common share were higher than the consensus estimate. It likely can maintain its very high dividend payouts
Jon C. Ogg 4:31pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Fighting Low Stock Prices, Annaly Insiders Buy Shares
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is in the crazy world of mortgage-backed securities real estate investment trusts. These MBS REITs can be incredibly volatile, and they generally come with massive dividend…
Jon C. Ogg 6:32am ET
Special Report
Five Dangerous Dividend Yields Above 10%
ThinkstockInvestors have been told over and over to love dividends, as they provide income and stability to a portfolio. While those themes are often true, there can be a dark side to…
8:50am ET
Investing
Short Sellers Abandoning Bets Against High-Yield Defensive Dividend Stocks
We have seen the short interest reports for the October 15 settlement date. It turns out that short sellers have been getting out of the way of the bull market after previously…
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Investing
Five High-Yield Dividend REITs That Are Safe to Buy Again
ThinkstockThis year has been a stellar one for stocks, with the S&P 500 Index up more than 22% and with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 18% in 2013. The…
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Investing
High-Yield Dividend Stocks Face Rising Short Interest
ThinkstockShort sellers have increased their bets against the stable high-dividend stocks that are in most Americans’ retirement accounts and mutual funds. The end-of-September short interest saw year highs in a few cases.…
9:25am ET
Investing
Credit Suisse Sees These Stocks as Likely Additions to the S&P 500
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsOne of the reasons that investors look for stocks that may be added to the S&P 500 is that those that are added are immediately bought by portfolio…
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Investing
Short Sellers Pile On and Attack High-Yield Dividend Stocks
ThinkstockShort sellers have increased their bets against the stable high-dividend stocks that are in most Americans’ retirement accounts and mutual funds. In fact, the mid-September short interest saw year highs in many…
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Economy
Live Coverage: FOMC, Bernanke, Fed Lowered Forecasts, No Bond Purchase Tapering
courtesy U.S. Federal Reserve24/7 Wall St. has been surprised by the FOMC with the decision not to begin tapering its $85 billion per month in bond buying. The markets were surprised too,…
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Investing
Sterne Agee Sees More Book Value Risks for High-Yield Dividend MBS REITs
The analyst team at Sterne Agee has updated its book value estimates for the high-yield mortgage-backed securities (MBS) real estate investment trust (REIT) sector. The move is based on rising interest rates…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Mortgage-Backed Securities Losses Dominate Federal Reserve Balance Sheet
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve issued some updates to its balance sheet and payments data on Friday, and the long and short of the matter is that you are going to see why the…
10:25am ET
Investing
Short Sellers Get Schizo Regarding High-Yield Dividends: AEP, GE, Annaly, Altria and More
Jon OggShort sellers are trying to decide what to do when it comes to how evaluate the high-yield dividend and defensive stocks. The latest short interest changes as of July 31 are compared…