Con-Way Larger Than S&P 500 Component Apollo Group + MORE

Just what us value investors were all waiting for! The S&P 500 is down some 3.9% over just the last couple days after Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve Chairman, hosted a news conference discussing the possibility of cutting back on some of the stimulus to the economy via quantitative easing…

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) manufactures and sells protein meal, vegetable oil, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other value-added food and feed ingredients. This dividend champion has paid dividends since 1927, and has increased them for 37 years in a row.

The company’s last dividend increase was in February 2013 when the Board of Directors approved an 8…

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) manufactures and sells protein meal, vegetable oil, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other value-added food and feed ingredients. This dividend champion has paid dividends since 1927, and has increased them for 37 years in a row.

The company’s last dividend increase was in February 2013 when the Board of Directors approved an 8…

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In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Con-Way Inc (NYSE: CNW) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Apollo Group, Inc. (NASD: APOL), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating »

Medtronic (MDT) is increasing its quarterly dividend by 7.7%, from $0.26 to $0.28 per share, putting the company on track for its 36th consecutive year of dividend growth (news release). Given that I own 55 shares of MDT, my quarterly dividend increases from $14.30 to $15.40 and my yield on cost becomes 3…

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I’m not a huge NBA fan but I’ve gotta say that it was an amazing final and what a comeback by the Heat, did any of you end up watching it? Congrats to Lebron and the others on another remarkable season!!
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