courtesy of philip morris internationalPhilip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) is out with its fourth-quarter earnings, and the international tobacco giant is still growing. Earnings per share increased by almost 16% to…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning before bouncing into positive territory briefly and then turning south again. As happened yesterday, the focus was on Europe, where Italy’s oldest bank was expected…
Stocks have rallied sharply during January after the last-minute congressional compromise on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was far from perfect, it averted not only a disaster for the U.S. economy,…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far from Wall St, research calls this Monday: American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) cut to Neutral on valuation/price…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Friday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) maintained Underperform but named Bear of the Day…
courtesy of philip morris internationalAltria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) shareholders have enjoyed a steady stream of higher and higher dividends through time. The question that needs to be asked now is if…
courtesy of philip morris internationalTobacco giants like Philip Morris International, Inc. (NYSE: PM) and others may be facing some catch-up on the international regulations front. Russia’s possible smoking ban in public places…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaAccording to data released earlier this year, tobacco is responsible for slightly less than one in four deaths in the United States. In some countries, it is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) raised to Outperform at Wells Fargo.…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and really never got on track the entire day. The lower opening was likely a reaction to China’s weakest quarterly GDP growth…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, and never really got untracked all day. Spanish 10-year bond yields fell 28 basis points to around 5.51%, while Spain again demurred…
By now you know that we enjoy looking for dividends. Dividend hikes are even better than just looking at high dividends. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has just delivered upon our ambition of…
As expected, Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) has increased its dividend. We pegged former parent Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) as a dividend hike candidate in August and that came about.…
It was just on Monday that we released the 24/7 Wall St. “12 Big Dividend Hikes Coming Before The End of 2012” and we already have one of the twelve coming true. …
Most investors have discovered that earning less than 1% per year in short-term Treasuries or even less than 2% out in the 10-year Treasury is no fun. Longer-dated Treasury bonds also are proving…
