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The 4 Stocks That Lifted the Market
thinkstockJune 27, 2014: Markets opened lower for a fifth straight day on Friday and both the S&P 500 and the DJIA spend most of the day below the break-even line. The Nasdaq…
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The 4 Stocks That Mired the Market
thinkstockJune 26, 2014: Markets opened lower for a fourth straight day on Thursday and spent much of the day trying to reach the break-even line. Claims for jobless benefits fell slightly last…
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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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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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How Pelé Is Making the Most of Brazil’s World Cup
The 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics are both in Brazil and Pelé , the country's greatest soccer star of all time, is ready to take advantage. The retired athlete has…
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The Highest-Yielding Dividends That Are Safe to Hold
ThinkstockDividend payments by S&P 500 companies reached an all-time high last year, totaling some $330.8 billion, according to FactSet. As of this March, 418 of the 500 companies in the index paid…
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Dividend Shock: Over Half of DJIA Blue Chips Outyield 10-Year Treasury
Several things are taking place ahead of the end of May, and the number of pundits getting more worried about the markets seems to be on the rise. The problem is that…
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Big Portfolio Changes for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its holdings as of the end of the first quarter of 2014. We were originally not expecting many major changes to the portfolio.…
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Warren Buffett’s Nine Top Dividend Stocks
White House Photo by Pete SouzaAfter finishing last year strong, U.S. equity markets had a volatile start this year, pulling back from all-time highs. Stocks have recovered since and, so far this…
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Ballmer Replaces Gates As Microsoft’s Biggest Shareholder
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsThere may be one or two institutions which own larger blocks of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) than Steve Ballmer does, but for the first time in history, Ballmer owns…
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Companies and Brands
Cost Cuts Drive P&G’s Earnings Story
Procter & Gamble managed to turn in a profit gain of less than 2%, due to lower expenses -- a theme that is very common yet again this earnings season. Unfortunately, its…
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Companies and Brands
Why Pet Food Sale Is a Win-Win for P&G and Mars
Procter & Gamble's sale of its most of pet food business to candy and pet food maker Mars for $2.9 billion should be a win for both companies. P&G shares were up…
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Warren Buffett’s Top Dividend Stocks
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govNow that stocks have pulled back from their highs, some investors have moved on to more defensive stock positions. That move often lands some of the top dividend payers as…
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Why a Dividend Hike Merits Some Caution in P&G and Consumer Products
The Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG), the world’s top consumer products giant and a Dow Jones Industrial Average component, made important news on Monday by announcing that it was raising its…
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Media
Companies Left in a Lurch as Tiger Woods Out of Masters
It's just not CBS Sports that is a loser if Tiger Woods does not play in the Masters Golf Tournament, though without him ratings will be merely pedestrian. Also losing out are…
