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Three Defensive Stock Picks for 2013 (AEP, AWK, CTL)
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 2:20pm | 625Bank of America Merrill Lynch offered some defensive stock picks for 2013 in a research report. Two utilities and a telecom made the list. They were American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), American Water Works (NYSE: AWK) and CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL). Here is a quick look at how these three picks have...
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Atlas Energy and Other Utilities Stocks Worth a Look
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 4:22pm | 626On Monday, Benzinga asked Should Traders Brace for a Rough Q2 Earnings Season? In a nutshell, the answer is yes. The coming earnings season could be the worst in more than three years. One of the ways investors are expected to prepare for the quarter is to turn to utilities, which are seen as less...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of March 12 (URBN, ROST)
Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 11:04am | 1206Things will quiet on the earnings front this week. Perhaps the two most prominent quarterly reports will come from retailers and S&P 500 components Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ: ROST). Analysts on average expect both companies to post year-over-year revenue growth of...