In February this year, Exelon Corporation (EXC) cut its dividend by 41%. In July, Walter Energy Inc. (WLT) stock tumbled after a 92% dividend cut.
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September 3 - Dividend Stocks, News
In today’s marketplace, there are many indicators shareholders can use to analyze their holdings. A couple of the best are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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August 30 - News
Now, according to many of your fellow readers, hedge funds are assumed to be delayed, old financial tools of a forgotten age.
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August 29 - News
If you were to ask many of your peers, hedge funds are viewed as useless, outdated investment tools of a period lost to current times.
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August 29 - News
To many market players, hedge funds are viewed as bloated, outdated financial tools of a forgotten age.
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August 29 - News
Utilities are highly valued by investors for their reliable, if unspectacular, growth.
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August 21 - News
Goldman Sachs is hosting its 12th annual Power & Utility Conference in New York on Thursday, August 8.
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August 8 - News
The summer heat is giving me a burning desire for electric utilities companies.
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July 18 - News
Of the thousands of stocks that trade on U.S.
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July 10 - News
Investors might invest in a good company with solid returns -- but is it the place where their hard-earned profits are best spent? Let's compare big dividend-dealing utilities...
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July 5 - News
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), a utility services holding company, engages in the energy generation and distribution business in the United States.
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July 3 - News
In the recent low-yield environment, utility stocks have remained popular among the income seeking investors due to their attractive dividend yields.
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July 1 - News
Utilities have been busy this week, making moves to maximize profit potential.
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July 1 - News
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE:ED) stock has been in the red for the last 12 months, underperforming Mr. Market and its direct competitors.
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June 26 - News
Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) is switching up its corporate leadership for the first time in nearly a decade.
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June 19 - News
Today’s low interest rate environment is causing some stocks to rise because they offer investors a superior yield to what they can get elsewhere.
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June 12 - News
I know that collecting an over 4% yield in this environment seems tempting. I know that CDs don’t pay much of anything, and savings and money market accounts pay even less.
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June 12 - News
This is not a drill; please proceed in an orderly fashion away from this stock.
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June 11 - News
When investors hear about a merger of two powerful companies, they usually expect that there will be some short term pain, but long-term gain.
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June 11 - News
Korea Electric Power Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:KEP) was in 9 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013.
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June 10 - News
FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) was in 16 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. FE has experienced an increase in hedge fund sentiment lately.
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June 4 - News
Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE:ED) was in 11 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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June 3 - News
This should not come as a complete surprise given the defensive nature of the industry.
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May 31 - News
Utilities are the classic “widow-and-orphan” stocks—meaning they are slow and steady providers of dependable income.
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May 13 - News
In the waning days of the dot.com bubble of the late 1990's and early 2000's tech stocks were considered way overpriced.
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May 2 - News
Utility companies have traditionally been the only way for a consumer to join the 21st century and use electricity in their homes.
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May 2 - News
Recently, the New York Times reported on a detailed Rotary Gallop analysis that identified publicly traded companies that could be vulnerable to takeovers by activist investors...
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April 29 - News
Earlier this year, I detailed the importance of the spark spread for utilities and power generators.
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April 23 - News
Electric utilities have never been the most exciting opportunities in the stock market, but lately, one stock in the group has been underperforming the stock market as a whole...
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April 15 - News
One way to think about the market is in terms of money flows between assets with different risk characteristics.
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April 14 - News
Read on for five of billionaire David Harding’s Winton Capital Management’s top picks as of the end of December with dividend yields of 4% or higher.
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April 9 - Hedge Funds
If you'd ask most traders, hedge funds are seen as worthless, outdated investment vehicles of years past.
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April 1 - News
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), one of the world's most beloved companies, trades at nine times forward earnings. Consolidated Edison, Inc.
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March 26 - News
Why diversify your portfolio? Why diversify into companies that show us the money by consistently increasing their dividends? Why reinvestment these ever growing dividends into...
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March 22 - News
Winton Capital was founded by David Harding in 1997. Primarily a quantitative fund, it had over $25 billion in assets under management roughly a year ago.
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March 15 - Hedge Funds
Investors will watch until the final minute of the trading day to see whether the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices: .DJI) hits a record closing high.
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March 5 - News
If there is any one job or hobby that takes more than a lifetime to master, it's investing.
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March 4 - News
I can't count how many times I've heard analysts and commentators recommend Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK).
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February 24 - News
Currently bond yields are at historical lows. The 10-year treasury yields around 2%.
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February 22 - News
It's always the case. As an investment broker I had clients every week asking about treasuries.
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February 22 - News
When a company has raised its dividend for the 39th consecutive year, you might assume investors could count on the company well into the future.
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February 20 - News
I've made no secret of the fact that if there is a dividend bubble in the market, it seems likely that this bubble rests squarely above the utilities industry.
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February 8 - News
Earnings season is in full swing, with huge numbers of companies having already given their latest numbers to investors.
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February 8 - News
