10:20am ET
Investing
10 Fresh Higher Dividends and Buybacks That Should Not Be Overlooked
24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list and reviewed several key dividends and stocks buyback plans that have been announced recently.
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8:37am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AECOM, Intercept, Kinder Morgan, Rackspace, SunEdison, Disney and More
Jon OggStocks were holding on to small gains on Tuesday even after weaker sentiment was reported out of Europe. It looks as though investors have decided they can now shop around for…
7:02am ET
Special Report
America’s 10 Fastest Shrinking Companies
Wikimedia CommonsEquity markets have been extremely strong in the past few years. Most of America’s largest companies have managed to increase revenue, profitability, and shareholder distributions, sending their share prices to record…
8:10am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Abengoa Yield, CSC, Groupon, 3M, Vertex, Williams, Xerox and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. They include Abengoa Yield, CSC, Groupon, 3M, Vertex, Williams and Xerox.
7:20am ET
Investing
Top Gainers of the S&P 500 of 2014 and the Second Quarter
24/7 Wall St. wanted to take a look at the best and worst stocks of the DJIA and the S&P 500 Index so far in 2014. While we looked at the performance,…
12:25pm ET
Energy
Williams Issues New Shares to Fund Access Midstream Buy
On Tuesday, Williams Companies priced a secondary stock offering of 53 million shares at $57 per share in a bid to raise about $3 billion to fund the purchase of Access Midstream…
Paul Ausick 8:05am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: DSW, Expedia, Orbitz, SanDisk, USG, Williams and More
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Tuesday, June 17, 2014. They include DSW, Expedia, Orbitz, SanDisk, USG and Williams Companies.
3:22pm ET
Energy
What You Should Like in the Williams Merger Transformation
ThinkstockMonday has been a busy day for The Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB). The firm announced this morning that it will pay $6 billion for the portion of Access Midstream Partners LP…
Paul Ausick 9:01am ET
Energy
Williams Makes Transformative $6 Billion Acquisition
In an announcement on Sunday, Williams Companies said that it has agreed to acquire the 50% general partner interest, along with 55.1 million limited partner units, in Access Midstream Partners from Global…
Paul Ausick 8:20am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, AmEx, Dish, Exelon, GNC, Medtronic, Micron and More
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Monday, June 16, 2014. They include AMD, American Express, Dish Network, Exelon, GNC, Medtronic and Micron Technology.
11:15am ET
Energy
Two Mergers in Troubled MLP Sector
The world of master limited partnerships has been rocked lately, and the news has not been good. Now there are two small MLP mergers to consider, and this could at least rekindle…
5:30pm ET
Technology
Facebook Finally Joins the Prized S&P 500 Index
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is getting the wish that many index investors have been hoping would happen. In fact, many index traders were expecting that Facebook would be…
Jon C. Ogg 8:40am ET
Investing
UBS Sees High-Yield Dividend Laggards Ready to Lead the Market Higher
ThinkstockHistory shows that years following sub-2% GDP growth tend to be good for stocks, but near-term exuberance, with investors focusing again on momentum stocks, could signal a pause after the big rally from…
8:15am ET
Energy
Credit Suisse Has High-Yield MLP Stocks to Buy Despite Rising Interest Rates
ThinkstockThe impact of a rising interest rate environment on the performance of energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) has become a growing topic of interest among investors, given the 137 basis point (bps)…
9:25am ET
Industrials
Credit Suisse Raises Dividend and Return Expectations in Top MLPs
ThinkstockEconomic numbers, the strength of the U.S dollar and geopolitical events all drive the price of oil. This summer all three have combined to not only move the price of West Texas…