After declining 208 points last Friday to end last week lower by 1.22%, Dow Jones Industrial Average as up 63 points, or 0.41%, as of 12:50 p.m. EDT today.
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June 3 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is jam-packed with great dividend stocks. All 30 of the elite index's members pay a dividend today, with an average yield of 2.6%.
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June 3 - News
In part one of this series, I looked at secure dividend paying stocks that could form a solid, buy-and-hold backbone for any portfolio.
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June 3 - News
Dividend investing is difficult.
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May 30 - News
As the majority of companies and investors know, mobile is the future. Consumers want -- or require -- all information to be accessible anytime, anywhere.
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May 30 - News
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T)’s investors take those hefty dividend payments seriously.
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May 30 - News
2013 was supposed to be a good year for optical networker JDS Uniphase Corp (NASDAQ:JDSU) and the company had even kicked off the year in style, posting solid results and an upbeat...
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May 30 - News
Companies in the Dow Jones Industrials typically have not only solid profits but also create immense amounts of cash flow, much of which they turn around and return to investors...
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May 30 - News
Yesterday's sharp gains put a bounce in investors' steps, but today the markets aren't going for a repeat.
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May 29 - News
More consumers are interested in this emerging platform as it currently generates an increasing percentage of box office revenue and surpasses sales of physical discs.
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May 29 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 10 points lower than its record-high close yesterday.
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May 29 - News
On the other hand, investors are duly worried that once central bank support tapers off and interest rates go up, many other dividend-paying stocks will crash along with bonds...
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May 29 - News
Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) operates in the US telecom sector and offers a broad range of wireless and wireline communications services.
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May 29 - News
4G LTE is quickly becoming the new standard for wireless communications.
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May 29 - News
With the Fed’s continued buying up and pushing down yields in bonds, investors have been frantic to find yield in the more risky equity market.
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May 28 - News
Stock markets surged higher this morning on stronger-than-expected economic data.
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May 28 - News
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) just extended a multi-billion dollar olive branch to Verizon Wireless partner Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD).
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May 28 - News
Dividend growth has been fast over the last three years according to WisdomTree. It has built an index and associated ETF to capture that growth.
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May 28 - News
Recently two of my colleagues each wrote an article looking at two different metrics and found the same company was the best in both.
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May 28 - News
The going has been tough for Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) this year as the recovery it had hoped for seems to be happening very slowly.
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May 28 - News
With a solid record of rapidly increasing sales, and very nice growth ahead, Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN) just landed on my radar.
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May 28 - News
Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD) is the second-largest wireless company in the world behind China Mobile and the largest carrier in terms of the number of countries served.
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May 28 - News
People are excited about Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Fiber.
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May 28 - News
It seems that lately, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record high after record high. That has a lot of people wondering if we're entering bubble territory.
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May 28 - News
I've mentioned to several of my friends that after more than 20 years in the investment business, I can sometimes read between the lines and get to what companies really mean...
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May 24 - News
The first real Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Phone with Home pre-installed, the HTC First, has officially bombed. The device launched exclusively on AT&T Inc.
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May 24 - News
I know that Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) investors likely feel mixed emotions about what is going on with their company.
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May 24 - News
We are raising our S&P 500 dividend estimates and index return forecasts for 2013 through 2015.
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May 24 - News
Sometimes picking stocks comes down to avoiding a “too good to be true” scenario. Investors in Windstream Corporation (NASDAQ:WIN) need a little reality check.
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May 24 - News
Investors need to be careful about assuming trends that happened in the past will continue in the future. I recently noticed Verizon Communications Inc.
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May 24 - News
The 4G LTE market is a competitive landscape, involving the biggest telecom companies in the US.
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May 23 - News
This morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved as high as 155 points before starting its descent and ending the day down 80 points, or 0.52%.
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May 23 - News
That's one key takeaway from the latest update of the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
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May 22 - News
Tech investors have seen a slew of warnings over the last few months, so Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)' recent ‘beat’ was always likely to be well received.
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May 22 - News
The Dow Jones Industrials closed at another record high today, climbing 52 points in a broad-based advance that saw new all-time highs from the S&P 500 as well.
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May 22 - News
While the old market saying is sell in May and go away, Bill Gross of PIMCO suggests that investors “gradually reduce risk positions in 2013.” In his typically fun-loving ...
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May 21 - News
Samsung demonstrated a so-called 5G technology this week, using 64 antennas to transfer data at gigabit speeds over a distance of 2 kilometers.
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May 16 - News
On May 15, 1951, young car salesman Brady Denton became the 1 millionth unique shareholder of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T).
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May 15 - News
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Larry Page says that his ongoing hoarseness is the result of the paralysis of his vocal chords and that he has decided to fund voice-related medical...
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May 15 - News
The first sign that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Home was crumbling appeared last week when exclusive carrier AT&T Inc.
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May 15 - News
At the onset of the month, the media was awash with reports on the long awaited closure of the MetroPCS Communications Inc (NYSE:PCS)-T MOBILE US INC (NYSE:TMUS) deal.
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May 14 - News
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)'s plan to jump on these trends involves tethering, improving the ways in which your car links to and interacts with your smartphone.
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May 14 - News
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) are two of the world's largest telecom operators by almost any measure.
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May 13 - News
After that launch of what was called the "Facebook phone," the Facebook Home platform was rolled out to be downloaded on other Android devices through the Google Play Store.
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May 13 - News
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run.
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May 13 - News
The telecom-services industry is one of the top-performing sectors in the world, and many companies operating in this market offer hefty dividends.
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May 13 - News
We all know that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has had a rough year on Wall Street. There is no secret there. However, Apple Inc.
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May 13 - News
This doesn't mean I've soured on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as an investment. This certainly doesn't mean that my next three phones will be Android devices.
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May 13 - News
Of all your regular monthly utility bills, your cell phone bill is probably one of the larger ones.
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May 13 - News
After its 15% dividend hike, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has the world's biggest aggregate dividend payment.
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May 10 - News
