In uncertain markets, dividends can give you a critical investing edge. As you can see from the chart on the left, just mindlessly investing in dividend-paying stocks can give you more than a 2:1 annual advantage in your...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: BKD, COH, CNP, JNY, SBUX, XRX & SLB BKD – Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. – Shares of the operator of senior living communities are up 18.7% at $19.74 this afternoon after earlier rallying as much as...
Read MoreWell, we had some good plays and bad plays this week. We have a number of open positions currently moving into the end of the week. We have GFI Group (GFIG), which we got into at 4.85. We are looking to sell that at 5. We are in...
Read More“Do as I say, not as I do – or say…” That’s the word from US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner as he seems to forget that people follow him around with notepads and microphones as he begins the game of...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: HLF, REE, XLB, BIDU, DAL, RSH & MOT HLF – Herbalife, Ltd. – It looks like one cautiously optimistic options trader initiated a delta neutral hedge on the maker of weight management, nutritional...
Read MoreThe market is looking to move higher today after a strong round of quarterly earnings this morning. Caterpillar, AT&T, McDonald’s, and UPS all had strong earnings reports. As market leaders and bellwether stocks, the...
Read MoreStrong dollar? Hahahahahahahahahahahaha…. That is was the answer to a question I had this summer when I met with an unnamed Treasury official whose name might rhyme with Jimothy. The unnamed official nearly fell off his chair...
Read MoreCoca-Cola has always been one of my favorite companies. They are the perennial safety play, a reliable grower that pays a 2.9% dividend and was one of the first companies we snapped up when the World went on sale in the ‘08-’09...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: MU, REE, MEE, DAL, USB, VLTR & KR MU – Micron Technology, Inc. – Renewed rumors that the memory chip maker could be the target of a leveraged buyout by private equity investors looking to take the...
Read MoreWell, we need a recovery morning at least. We are going to exit FSI International (FSII) at the open, but it will be for a severe loss of nearly 13%. The company had great earnings and even a nice Q4 forecast. The company’s 2011...
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