Will Agilysys Hit the Jackpot? – http://www.investmentu.com/ Every once in a while, the stock market offers you a gift that is too good to pass up. It happens for just a short period of time when a company has dropped off the radar screen for so long that it’s now cheap but profits are starting to grow again. You aren’t getting in on the ground floor, you’re jumping onto an escalator that is already moving… Continue Reading On http://www.investmentu.com/ » Re: Thoughts on reverse mortgages – bogleheads.org Cut-Throat wrote:What I don’t seem to understand here, is you run out of...
Dividend Investing For Beginners – dividendmantra.com I realize that there are some people who have found my blog recently for the first time. I’ve been receiving some emails from readers asking for information on how to start out dividend growth investing and really where to begin. This is important information, and it’s a shame I haven’t really covered this before… Continue Reading On dividendmantra.com » Energy Transfer (ETE and ETP) MLP Update – thediv-net.com Energy Transfer Equity L.P. (ETE) is at the top of a complex energy partnership structure involving Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), Regency Energy Partners (RGP), Southern Union...
Forget China: Meet The 21st Century's New Export Leader – streetauthority.com China doesn't want your manufacturing dollars anymore. It's set out on a five-year plan to shift its economy away from an export model to one based on consumption. That's good — because the business world may not want China anymore, either. Wages in the world's second-largest economy have been climbing an average of 12% a year… Continue Reading On streetauthority.com » Holland, Johnson Discuss Apple Earnings, Buybacks (Audio) – bloomberg.com April 24 (Bloomberg) — Michael Holland, chairman and founder of Holland & Co. LLC, and Bloomberg West editor at...
Dividend Income For March 2013 – thediv-net.com Welp, personally I’m glad March is over. I don’t know where you live, but here March came in like a lion and left like a man eating shark. We still have piles of snow and below freezing temperatures which means this will be the 7th consecutive month of having snow on the ground. I think those global warming groups need to find a hobby because I’m not seeing these hotter temperatures they keep going on about… Continue Reading On thediv-net.com » Is It Possible To Find Decent Telecom Plays For A Dividend Portfolio?...
Re: DoS attack on Schwab – bogleheads.org Apparently it’s coming back sporadically.I can access my wife’s account, but mine is still in limbo. News story I just found on Yahoo.http://news.yahoo.com/charles-schwab-website-having-technical-problems-cause-unknown-212048752–finance.html Continue Reading On bogleheads.org » A New Cure for Painkiller Constipation – fool.com The first oral medication for opioid related constipation receives FDA approval. Continue Reading On fool.com » Navellier: A Strong Dollar Is Killing Commodities – http://slant.investorplace.com/ There were plenty of fireworks in the markets last week. Gold melted down in dramatic fashion, some poor data out of China weighed on the market and of course some big-name earnings...
IBERIABANK Breaks Above 200-Day Moving Average – Bullish for IBKC – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In trading on Tuesday, shares of IBERIABANK Corp (NASD: IBKC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $48.91, changing hands as high as $48.97 per share. IBERIABANK Corp shares are currently trading up about 1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of IBKC shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » T Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW) Declares $0.38 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/T+Rowe+Price+Group%2C+Inc.+%28TROW%29+Declares+%240.38+Quarterly+Dividend%3B+2%25+Yield/8271557.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com »...
Are These High-Yield Stocks About To Cut Their Dividend? – streetauthority.com In the past six years, profits have been steadily dropping at dieting firm Nutrisystem (Nasdaq: NTRI). Per-share profits of $3 back in 2007 are in the distant past, and the company is now earning a tenth as much. Still, Nutrisystem stands by its annual dividend, which is on track to be 70 cents a share for the fifth straight year… Continue Reading On streetauthority.com » Marketfield's Michael Shaoul Favors General Electric (Audio) – bloomberg.com April 22 (Bloomberg) — Michael Shaoul, chairman and chief executive officer at Marketfield Asset Management...
Although college is an absolute necessity for the majority of careers these days, financial aid and tuition costs don’t exactly make things easy. It’s hard enough to send one kid to college, let alone several. But there doesn’t seem to be much help on the horizon. The federal government continues to cut educational funding, thanks to a rising federal deficit and a number of other concerns that have been given priority. That means there are fewer grants and scholarships than in previous years, while private and public institutions continue to raise tuition prices in order to make up the funding...
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NWBI) Declares $0.12 Special Dividend; 1% Yield – streetinsider.com Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/Northwest+Bancshares%2C+Inc.+%28NWBI%29+Declares+%240.12+Special+Dividend%3B+1%25+Yield/8267591.html for the full story. Continue Reading On streetinsider.com » Success Outliers: Dividend Growth Stocks – dividends4life.com In his bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell explained the idea that success in many fields comes from factors that may be unusual in the population at large, but that are quite common among the outliers themselves. Dividend growth stocks are usually considered to be boring, “defensive” investments… Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Ex-Div Reminder for Core Laboratories – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel Looking at the universe of stocks...
Memphis Invest Shares 3 Small Business Groups Helping Entrepreneurs – blog.memphisinvest.com/blog#sthash.4aMW99W1.dpbs Starting a small business — or growing the one you already own — can be a daunting task. The small business owner must wear many different hats, and he or she must do so with resources that are often in short supply. Memphis Invest has been blessed to come through the last few years of massive growth as an extremely strong company and we wanted to write an article showing other Memphis business owners a few organizations where they can get help and guidance… Continue Reading On blog.memphisinvest.com/blog#sthash.4aMW99W1.dpbs »...
Re: Ferri's 60-20-20 Bond Portfolio – bogleheads.org Rick failed to mention that DFA employs:1. Screens to avoid call risk (optional for the less sophisticated)2. Block trading (apparently no one else does this)3. Patient trading (apparently no one else does this either)These three factors clearly explain the superior performance as I have showed many times in the past… Continue Reading On bogleheads.org » Japan's Exports Flounder As the Nikkei Falls – fool.com The world’s third-leading economy saw a record trade deficit in the last fiscal year Continue Reading On fool.com »
Apple’s Dividend – dividends4life.com The speculation about what Apple (AAPL) will do with the $137 billion cash hoard on its balance sheet is mounting ahead of the company’s earnings later this month. One analyst thinks Apple could up the ante by as much as $20 billion over the next three years. UBS analyst Steven Milunovich believes that Apple could raise its cash return to shareholders to at least $65 billion over the next three Continue Reading On dividends4life.com » Weekend Reading Links – April 21, 2013 – thediv-net.com For your weekend reading pleasure, the articles listed below contain some of...
The Other Side of Record Margins: Good News for Job Seekers – fool.com Liz Ann Sonders on the economy. Continue Reading On fool.com » Another question: planning to buy – bogleheads.org Now add one more investor, Eve. She currently rents a house, but is planning to buy one worth $250,000. She needs $50,000 in cash as a down payment, but how should she invest the rest of her money?If Eve plans to pay cash for the house, then she will turn into Alice, and she needs to have the whole price available in cash when she closes… Continue Reading On...
Splunk Larger Than S&P 500 Component Bemis Co. – forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Inc (NASD: SPLK) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Bemis Co Inc (NYSE: BMS), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » Continue Reading On forbes.com/sites/dividendchannel » Are Dividend Stocks the Market’s Riskiest Investment? – dividends4life.com The conversation about a “dividend bubble” began in earnest at the beginning of last year....
GE's Guidance Wasn't Great, But Expectations Seem Low – investopedia GE looks underpriced on its long-term growth potential. Continue Reading On investopedia » Cramer's Lightning Round – Too Little For Allot, And Too Late (4/18/13) – seekingalpha.com By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round segment of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Program, Thursday April 18.Bullish Calls: Campbell’s (CPB), Hershey (HSY): “CPB has been good. They have it together. It is inexpensive versus other packaged goods, even though it has been a rocket ship… Continue Reading On seekingalpha.com » NYU's Aswath Damodaran Says Apple Acts Like the CIA...
There’s no denying that foreclosures can be attractive to the individual looking for investment opportunities that are backed by tangible assets. Even though the market isn’t exactly ripe for flipping just yet (and may not be for several years to come), those with money to invest in property could purchase foreclosures for the purpose of using them as long-term investments (as in a primary residence) or even adding passive income until the time of a sale (as with rental properties). So long as you stay on top of mortgage payments, insurance, and maintenance, do a few upgrades, and wait for...
By Neda Jafarzadeh, a financial analyst with NerdWallet Investing. NerdWallet Investing helps consumers make better financial decisions, like finding the...
Weekend Readings – intelligentspeculator.net I’m very excited about having a first “warm” weekend! It’s about time right? I know that for some of you, it’s never an issue.. but believe me, I’m thrilled. Even better, today, the NFL schedule was released for next year, I’m trying to find games that I could potentially attend… hoping to see at least one this year:) Are any of you planning to go see a game? If so, which one? General Readings -Obama’s chained CPI explained @ DarwinsMoney -Most $100 bills live outside the US @ NPR Dividend/Passive Income Readings -Portfolio update Q1 @...
Why Stocks Are Falling Hard Again – dailyfinance.com Filed under: Investing This week has felt like a rollercoaster for investors. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted by more than 260 points. It recovered about 150 of those on Tuesday, only to give almost 140 back right back yesterday. And today the market’s down yet again. As of 2:45 p… Continue Reading On dailyfinance.com » Mediocre Performance Clouding BB&T's Long-Term Value – investopedia I remain quite positive on BB&T shares, though I am more bullish than most sell-side analysts. Continue Reading On investopedia » Raymond James's Marchon Discusses BAC...
The right time to sell dividend stocks – dividendgrowthinvestor.com With the market hitting fresh 17 month highs, investors have to look hard in order to find attractively valued opportunities. Plenty of stocks such as Aflac (AFL), Emerson Electric (EMR), 3M (MMM) and Realty Income (O) ,which in early 2009 rewarded enterprising dividend investors with their highest yields in a decade, are now yielding much less… Continue Reading On dividendgrowthinvestor.com » Dividend Increase: KMI – dgmachine.blogspot.com/ Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) is increasing its quarterly dividend by 2.7%, from $0.37 to $0.38 per share (press release). This is the second increase from...
Cramer's Lightning Round- Kicking Myself Over Toll Brothers (4/16/13) – seekingalpha.com By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round segment of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money Program, Tuesday April 16. Bullish Calls: Toll Brothers (TOL): “We are kicking ourselves. The charitable trust should have been in there buying at $30. That’s okay. It is still a Buy.” ImmunoGen (IMGN): “It doesn’t have a good royalty arrangement on one of its drugs, but it has other drugs… Continue Reading On seekingalpha.com » Why InnerWorkings Shares Tumbled – fool.com Is this meaningful? Or just another movement? Continue Reading On fool.com...
Telus Corp (T) is getting ready for its 2 for 1 split. Are you ready? – myfirst50000.com Tomorrow, it will happen. For the first time in its history, Telus is going to split! I am quite exciting by this. I had experiment not split but roll over, like 8 to 1 in the case of DNI Metals (DNI) and also BNT. In both cases, following the roll over, the stock had gained in value. Will Telus split stocks will gain in fabulous value? That’s what we are going to watch out for tomorrow and in the days to come… Continue...
Anyone who is about to purchase a new home or anyone who did it in the past knows how big an investment it is. In fact, official figures easily confirm that buying a new place to live is a truly significant financial venture: the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s February 2013 quarterly report on household debt and credit states that mortgages represent 71% of the aggregate debt balance of American households. This striking fact speaks to the importance of carefully weighing the pros and the cons of a given property before actually purchasing it. Most future homeowners are well...
