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  • The Case for Dividend-Tracking ETFs by Don Dion
    While low interest rates and volatile market conditions have pushed many investors into high-yield corporate debt ETFs like SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond (JNK) or inflation-fear funds like SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), there is still a strong case to be made for a core investment in companies... More »
    October 30, 2009 • DVY, JNK, GLD
  • Options Radar: Top Option Trades from September 30th by Joe Kunkle
     Below are a few of the most interesting trades that took place in the options market on Wednesday September 20th, 2009.  I not only provide what the action was that traded, but also the most likely reasoning behind the approach and what it means for shares.For further analysis, and... More »
    September 30, 2009 • HOG, DWA, BBY
  • Dividends get no respect today! by Chuck Carnevale
    Napoleon Hill in his classic book Think & Grow Rich said: “In every adversity lies the seed of a greater or equivalent benefit.” The recession and the accompanying bear market devastated portfolio values.  Although we are currently in the midst of a powerful... More »
    September 18, 2009 • ADP, CLX, FPL
  • Evaluating a Company's Future Prospects: Part III by Brian Gaudet
    This article is part III of a series on evaluating a company's future prospects.Having found a company with a track record indicative of a strong competitive advantage, we need to convince ourselves that the competitive advantage is sustainable well into the future.  To do so, we must look... More »
    September 12, 2009 • KO, PG, WMT
  • Finance Banter Freebies for Friday, August 21st - Bob Byrne by Finance Banter
    If you have ever wondered why most traders take their vacations in August, just look at today’s intra-day chart of the SPY. Traders have been getting about an hour of movement in the morning, 4.5 or 5 hours of absolute junk, and then 30 to 60 minutes of movement that is usually a bit... More »
    August 21, 2009 • SPY, KMB, AIG
  • Chasing Yield by Jim Wright
     “More money has been lost reaching for yield than at the point of a gun” I first came across this quote years ago in a piece written by Ray DeVoe.  Ray was a wonderful writer whose financial newsletter was one of my favorites. I think about his quote whenever I hear... More »
    July 19, 2009 • ABT, GD, JNJ
  • This Week's Earnings Watch by The Aft Deck
      Earnings season will be in full swing this week will likely command investors' full attention.    On Monday morning, look for reports from Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), followed that afternoon by Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) and Texas Instruments... More »
    July 19, 2009 • F, BMY, MMM
  • S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats provide good investment opportunities by Avi Morris
    Standard & Poor's Dividend Aristocrats are the elite dividend payers in the S&P 500.  To be included, each company is required to have a minimum track record of 25 consecutive years of higher dividends.  But this group has been shaken after the market meltdown.  Seven... More »
    July 15, 2009 • BAC, PFE, GE
  • S&P Dividend Aristocrats getting through the credit crisis by Avi Morris
    Picking stocks during the credit crisis has been unusually challenging for yield sensitive investors, especially with numerous companies cutting dividends.  The importance of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, companies in the S&P 500 with a minimum of 25 consecutive years of... More »
    May 18, 2009 • PFE, GE, MAS
  • The Flu Effect by Carol Flake Chapman
     The sudden appearance of a new strain of influenza has become a dramatic lesson in stock market dynamics. If we apply chaos theory to the market, a cough in Mexico can cause an economic storm in Asia.Markets in Asia and Europe dropped sharply on speculation that the outbreak of swine flu... More »
    April 27, 2009 • RHHBY.PK, GSK, GILD

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