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7 Stocks For Your Retirement Portfolio
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 9:26am | 631Read More...A lot has been written about retirement portfolios before you retire, but what about when you’re either already retired or close to it? What should that portfolio look like? In most cases, the word would be, “safe.” You’re past the days of taking big risks trying to accumulate wealth—now your...
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Market Wrap For May 7: Dow Banks Triple-Digit Point Gain While Nasdaq Closes Lower
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 4:35pm | 2687Read More...U.S. stocks were mixed as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen presented a prepared testimony which did not rattle investors. The Dow posted a triple-digit point gain after falling 43 points. The Nasdaq, on the other hand, declined as many momentum and Internet names were hit hard. Russian...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of May 5: Disney, Pfizer, Tesla And More
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 5:46pm | 1225Read More...Highlights on the earnings front this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Disney, Keurig Green Mountain, Pfizer and Whole Foods Market, which are expected to post year-over-year earnings gains. Analysts expect Tesla Motors to say its earnings declined, and for Groupon and SolarCity to...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of February 17: Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, Wal-Mart & More
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 7:36am | 914Read More...The earnings season is winding down, but on the docket this week are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and others. Later in the week, the parade of quarterly reports from big retailers kicks off with...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of November 4: Disney, Tesla, Groupon And More
Sunday, November 3, 2013 - 5:32pm | 1342Read More...While many S&P 500 components have already shared their third-quarter results, there will be plenty more earnings reports for investors to mull over this week. The week's highlights include quarterly reports from media giants CBS, Disney and Time Warner, which all are expect to post earnings...
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Duke Energy, VIVUS And Others Insiders Have Been Buying
Saturday, September 7, 2013 - 3:22pm | 803Read More...Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will rise and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have...
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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of August 5
Sunday, August 4, 2013 - 4:19pm | 1059Read More...The earnings season is beginning to wind down, and much of the focus this week will turn to central bank meetings and economic data from China and the United States. But, there are still plenty of earnings reports on the schedule this week, including those from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Time...
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Barron's Recap: World's Most Respected Companies
Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 8:37pm | 1076Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the world's most respected companies, a special report on what is next for the markets, and the prospects for Kansas City Southern and the Dole Food buyout. Cover Story "World's Most Respected Companies" by Vito J. Racanelli. After topping Barron's annual...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of February 11
Sunday, February 10, 2013 - 6:48pm | 874Read More...Quarterly reports from General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Deere (NYSE: DE) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. The consensus forecast for the former calls for fourth-quarter earnings per share (EPS) to be more than 23 percent higher than a year ago to $0.51 per share. The...
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Barron's Recap (1/5/12): Low-Risk Income Winners
Saturday, January 5, 2013 - 3:36pm | 875Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: eight categories of low-risk income growth opportunities, what the fiscal cliff deal means for investors, and the prospects for Delta Air Lines and the BRIC countries. Cover Story "Income Winners" by Andrew Bary. There are still plenty of ways to earn up to six...
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Three Defensive Stock Picks for 2013 (AEP, AWK, CTL)
Monday, December 10, 2012 - 2:20pm | 625Read More...Bank 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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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 30 (CMCSA, GM, KFT, V)
Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 9:02am | 1279Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have posted stellar results, but earnings season rolls on. Here is a quick day-by-day rundown of what analysts are expecting from some of this week's most prominent earnings reports. Monday Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) and Watson...
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Top Dividend Stocks of 2011
Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 3:07pm | 918Read More...Here's a quick look at nine of the best-performing stocks of the past year that also had dividend yields of 2% or more. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers (NYSE: AEA) shares ended the year almost 65% higher, despite a recent pullback from the 52-week high. The company recently completed the...
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Best Utilities Stocks of 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 1:17pm | 887Read More...Here's a quick look at nine of the best-performing utilities stocks of the past year. Atlas Energy (NYSE: ATLS) is up more than 65% year to date, as well as up almost 90% from the 52-low in October. The Pennsylvania-based natural gas processor announced in October the formation of an MLP focused...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 31
Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:31am | 1163Read More...Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...
