Dividend enthusiasts understand the value of receiving those quarterly payments, which really add up over time.
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April 1 - News
The FDA may have failed in its efforts to force Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) , Lorillard Inc. (NYSE:LO) , and Reynolds American, Inc.
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March 31 - News
The United Fruit Company was formed on March 30, 1899, the result of a merger between the nearly bankrupt Tropical Trading and Transport Company and Boston Fruit.
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March 30 - News
Cyprus may be scary. Europe may continue to feel the pain.
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March 28 - News
Is Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) the right pick for your portfolio? Investors who are in the know are becoming less hopeful.
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March 27 - 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
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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March 25 - News
Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) may be better known for American cigarettes, but it also holds a hefty beer and wine interest in the form of SABMiller plc (NASDAQOTH: SBMRY).
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March 21 - News
One of my favorite industries for the long term, and this surprises a lot of people, is the tobacco industry.
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March 19 - News
Potential government action creates bargains overnight. The latest victim of the big government regulatory regime is Lorillard Inc.
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March 17 - News
Peter Lynch once said that a great company to invest in would make a product that customers have to keep buying.
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March 15 - News
During the last couple of years, the cigarette industry hasn’t shown a lot of promise.
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March 15 - News
There are certain industries that some investors just refuse to consider.
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March 14 - News
A good metric for looking at how a company has done over the past few years is to look at their compound annual growth rate, or CAGR for short.
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March 11 - Dividend Stocks
If you're a smoker, you know it's been a rough ride over the past two decades.
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March 11 - News
A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company ...
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March 7 - News
Today, let's look at the Renaissance Technologies hedge fund company, founded by James Simons, and known for its quantitative approach to investing.
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March 6 - Hedge Funds
I am not ashamed to admit it--I think tobacco stocks are some of the best investments in the market. Without a doubt they have provided the best investor returns around.
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March 6 - News
Most people will say, 'I don't want to invest in tobacco, the industry is dying'. However, this is not the case.
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March 6 - News
Despite changing tobacco habits around the world, declining cigarette volumes, and huge legal settlement fees, Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) recently reported fourth-quarter and...
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March 6 - News
Investing in tobacco companies is like flipping a coin. On one side, you have high regulations, taxes, and a poor PR image.
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March 5 - News
Tobacco giant Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) has long been one of my favorite core holdings.
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March 4 - News
Now more than ever, a comfortable retirement depends on secure, stable investments. Unfortunately, the right stocks for retirement won't just fall into your lap.
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March 4 - News
Headlines from across the globe are rattling the markets again, a trend that seems to resurface every few months. This time, uncertainty regarding an election in Italy has market...
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March 4 - News
According to a Nielsen Data analysis, the cigarette sales in the U.S. for the four weeks ending on January 19, 2013 rose by 1% year-over-year for the 15th consecutive month.
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March 2 - News
Investors who love to receive income from their investments may be understandably frustrated by the current market environment. The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy has short...
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February 21 - News
It's typically the highly volatile stocks that catch our attention, jumping and dropping sharply over time.
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February 20 - News
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long term.
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February 19 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was looking a little oilier and a little more financial on Feb. 19, 2008, after swapping Altria Group, Inc.
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February 19 - News
A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company and ...
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February 15 - News
For income investors a stable dividend paying stock is their bread and butter. These stocks, however, are not always the easiest to spot.
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February 14 - News
Today, let's look at investment advisory firm Douglass Winthrop Advisors.
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February 14 - News
The thought of investing in Big Tobacco may make socially responsible investors cringe, but, in my view, you don't have to sacrifice your morals to profit off of the industry.
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February 13 - News
Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) recently reported strong 4Q results with a 32% year over year rise in diluted earnings per share.
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February 11 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 9 - News
Philip Morris International Inc.
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February 7 - 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 5 - News
Dividend stocks are useful for more than just income investors. This paper discusses how over longer timespans, dividend stocks out-perform non-dividend paying stocks.
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February 5 - News
Cigarette stocks offer extremely high dividend yields, some even higher than the yields of the big telecom companies.
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February 4 - News
Sin stock investing, particularly in tobacco stocks, is an endeavor fraught with hurdles. Critics of the strategy frequently cite the social stigma of tobacco, as well as statistics...
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January 23 - News