Conglomerates offer a tremendous amount of diversification for investors, while allowing you to avoid the over-diversification associated with index funds, and the management ...
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July 17 - News
Based upon my experience, I chose a few criteria that I consider important when selecting dividend-growth stocks that keep up with inflation over the long term (and don't keep...
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July 16 - News
Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL) is focused on expansion in emerging markets to capitalize on rapid growth.
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July 16 - News
When it comes right down to it, nothing is more American than the desire to achieve and to profit.
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July 15 - News
For the past several years, it has been hard to avoid the couponing trend.
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July 15 - News
Dividend stocks have gotten incredibly popular among investors as the search for income has led many to take on more risk in their portfolios in order to generate the cash flow...
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July 15 - News
Paula Deen has seen her future earnings prospects dim after her admission of using a racial slur. She lost her show.
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July 15 - News
Don’t distract me from my mission. When I enter a department store, flashy displays of full price items confront me head-on. They battle for my attention.
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July 11 - News
If you use a stock screener to find dividend stocks, you may be missing out on companies which routinely pay special dividends.
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July 11 - News
Even if you’re bullish on the market, downside risks exist.
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July 10 - News
At the end of June, several independent directors of Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
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July 10 - News
Due to a plethora of reasons, Indian currency has depreciated by nearly 20% against the U.S Dollar over the last year.
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July 10 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX), Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), Facebook Inc (...
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July 10 - Hedge Funds
On a slow day in terms of economic reports, investors have certainly received a good bit of news from individual companies to keep themselves busy today.
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July 9 - News
The broader indices have gone through some choppy seas lately.
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July 9 - News
Over the next few weeks I'll be taking an in-depth look at each one of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI)'s nine dividend aristocrats.
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July 8 - News
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run .
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July 8 - News
This morning the Department of Labor released June's jobs report, which indicated that 195,000 new jobs had been created in the month.
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July 5 - News
Investors in Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) have had a pretty good time of it over the last year with a near 50% gain as I write however, the recent results were somewhat disappointing...
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July 5 - News
Today, July 4th, represents our Independence Day as a nation.
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July 5 - News
The bond market hasn’t been the greatest place to be for the average investor.
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July 5 - News
In this article, I will talk about three of the most compelling opportunities on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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July 5 - News
Over the past two-and-a-half trading sessions, the markets have been hit with a number of economic reports, which, for the most part, all point to the idea that the U.S.
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July 5 - News
Pershing Square Capital invests in mid-cap and large-cap stocks of businesses with little financial leverage. The firm also invests in low-volatility stocks.
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July 3 - Hedge Funds
Being a successful investor does not need to be that difficult.
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July 3 - News
With consumer spending representing 71% of the United State's overall GDP in 2013, it has become more important than ever for investors to find companies with strong brands that...
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July 3 - News
Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB) is in the boring business of paper towels, tissues, diapers, baby wipes, toilet paper, and feminine hygiene products.
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July 2 - News
They don't include relying on increases in long-term interest rates based on potential actions by the U.S.
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July 2 - News
In the newly released list of World’s Most Respected Companies in 2013, Barron’s featured several non-U.S. companies, including Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL) and Nestle.
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July 2 - News
With the stock market already having put in a strong year's worth of performance in just the first six months of 2013, investors are torn between fear and greed.
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July 1 - News
When I think of investing, and see major pullbacks in valuations, it feels like I'm jumping off a 10-floor building with a jumper cord attached to me.
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July 1 - News
There is a lot of volatility in the market right now. Dividends can offer protection to your portfolio when the swings of the market are treating your portfolio like a yo-yo.
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June 28 - News
Bonds are not the only viable option for income investors. Today’s low interest rates being paid on government bonds makes dividend-paying stocks a more savvy choice.
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June 28 - News
Niche biotech company Warner Chilcott Plc (NASDAQ:WCRX) has been looking for an exit strategy ever since announcing strategic alternatives back in August 2012.
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June 27 - News
Exchange-traded funds and socially responsible investing (SRI) have each grown in popularity over the past two decades or so; ETFs for their convenience and SRI to achieve great...
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June 27 - News
As long-term investors we face the challenge of investing for a future of which we can't foresee.
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June 26 - News
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) has been one of the best-known corporations in the world, brewing success decade after decade.
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June 26 - News
The broad equity market is tumbling on Fed tapering signals. The dividend stocks in the market are the ones that are being hurt the most.
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June 26 - News
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) may be transitioning away from a purely advertising-driven business model.
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June 25 - News
In a market sell-off, one of the most tempting things to do is to sell. It’s an emotional impulse, and almost everyone has difficulty fighting it.
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June 25 - News
Blame it on a "case of the Mondays" or perhaps a rough night out on the town, but for many of us getting a good night's rest isn't nearly as simple as it sounds.
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June 25 - News
Consumer staples giant The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) is the gold-standard among rank-and-file dividend paying stocks.
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June 25 - News
Dividend stocks have finally been recognized as the superstars that they are.
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June 25 - News
The Chinese stock markets got hit by a panic wave of selling on Monday. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) went ahead and cut back economic growth forecasts for the economy.
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June 25 - News
After a tumultuous two days, the markets calmed down today, seeming to come to terms with the Fed's announcement that it's bond-buying program could end within a year.
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June 24 - News
The choppy consumer environment in developed markets was clearly an issue over the past three months.
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June 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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June 19 - News
Every time markets correct you will often see a spate of negativity coming from the media over the direction of the stock market.
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June 18 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) recently pulled back from 15,500 to 14,852 before recovering back to 15,227.
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June 18 - News
If you have read any of my previous dividend-focused articles, you know that not only do I consider absolute yield as a factor for my selection of a company, but I also consider...
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June 18 - News
