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A looking at the massive changes in Warren Buffett's stocks as of mid-February shows that the yield of the top six modified stock holdings of Berkshire Hathaway do not exactly stack up against the...
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Verizon (VZ) had two piece of news for investors today. The first is that it fiber-to-the-home cable killer, FiOS is being built out faster than expected. All 18 million of the homes it passes should...
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So far this year, based on changes in yields, the Dogs of the Dow are doing much better, as their yields have not widened out near as much as the other 20 Dow companies.
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Two oilfield services players reported earnings this morning. National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. (NYSE:DO) both beat expectations, but only Diamond is getting...
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France gets almost 80% of its electricity from nuclear power. It is also the world’s largest net exporter of electric power with Italy, the UK, Belgium, and Germany as its largest customers.While...
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Mark Hurd does not beat his dog. He did not sexually harass a Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) contractor. He would never disclose HP trade secrets to his new employer Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) despite the...
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The ‘Dogs of the Dow’ is a well-known strategy first published in 1991 by Michael Higgins. The strategy seeks to maximize the yield of investments by buying the ten highest-paying dividend stocks...
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Now that Nokia has unloaded its unprofitable mobile handset business on Microsoft the question is how does Microsoft make it profitable? What did Microsoft get for its $7.52 billion?
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It looks like we have our most likely candidates for the "Dogs of the Dow" for 2009. This is often misunderstood as an investment vehicle. These are the 10 highest...
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Leap Wireless (LEAP-NASDAQ) may have just found itself in a harder spot ahead of earnings after today’s close. With the Chinese 8.8% drop and the big selling we have seen this morning it...
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Dogs are fantastic pets that provide us with all sorts of love, entertainment, and companionship. Part of the reason we love them is we have a lot in common. One of those things is boredom. This...
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Credit card issuer Visa beat analysts estimates for quarterly profits and revenues and guided EPS growth in the mid-teens for its 2020 fiscal year. That's nice.
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There is no shortage of cleverness among the bureaucrats who run China. Exports in May fell more than 26% according to the country’s customs agency. That rate was worse than the 22.6% decline in...
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The U.S. Department of Justice is now said to be set to give a very close review of any of the proposed mergers of the top health insurance players in America.
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The five highest-yielding Dogs of the Dow have become a great contrarian idea in a market that is very overbought. Moving to these top companies with big and dependable dividends may be a solid move...
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