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15 Hot Dividend Increases

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:10:11 GMT

Dividends from a quality, well-diversified portfolio are much more predictable than capital gains and best of all, they are passive.[More...]

7 Bullish Utilities Stocks

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:30:35 GMT

Utilities sector seems to be a boring sector. This is evident from average weighted alpha (an indicator of stock price changes) for the sector which ranges from 29.31 for the gas utilities to 60.01 for the telephone utilities compared to the weighted alpha range of 354.23 to -75.35 for all industry sectors.[More...]

Credit Market Overview: Sept 2, 2009

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:10:21 GMT

Remember those halcyon days when “less bad” was, to quote that champion of a healthy breakfast Tony the Tiger, G-R-E-E-A-T! Now we have home prices rising two months in a row, durable goods orders rising close to 5% and a national ISM Manufacturing Index that not only moved into positive territory but beat expectations by 2.4 index points and the markets are unimpressed to put it mildly.[More...]

MLPs Dominate Distribution Increases

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:17:00 GMT

Checking the pulse of dividend increases is an exercise whose goal is to uncover potential dividend growth plays that I might have otherwise missed out on. Another reason for that is to refute the idea that dividend investing is dead. It is also interesting to look for trends in the data, while browsing through the[More...]

S&P 500 Stocks

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT

The S&P 500 comprises of 500 large cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The largees public companies that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are included in the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 index was lunched in 1957 and is a value weighted index which is based on the 500 American stocks with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index After the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and it is considered a barometer for the American economy. The S&P 500 index is included in the Index of Leading Indicators. There are the number of trading vehicle that are designed to follow the S&P 500 index. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in this index. The SPY (Exchange Traded Fund) is one of the most actively trading stock over the world. The Rydex,[More...]

South of the Border, Down Mexico Way

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:13:00 GMT

Occasionally I see one of George Friedman's reports from Stratfor in San Antonio, Texas. George has made the point several times that the always large Russian Embassy staff in Mexico City is reactivating or beefing up covert activities within Mexico. This not so much to harm Mexico as a priority but to create background difficulties for the U.S. which they see us doing to them in the former Baltic and Slavic soviet states. The cozier Russian relations with Venezuela and Cuba, which may actually have toned down a bit now again due to the crude oil collapse, are also for the same reason, and both Mexican and Venezuelan/Cuban plans are likely tied together in ways I won't go into at this time. As you all may know, there is a steady and fairly heavy exodus of middle and upper class Mexicans into south Texas and elsewhere in the US due to the Kidnapping[More...]

The Gas Prices Rollercoaster: Why Energy & Infrastructure Are Inextricably Combined

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:51:00 GMT

The Gas Prices Rollercoaster: Why Energy & Infrastructure Are Inextricably Combined by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist, Investment U Friday, January 16, 2008: Issue #917 President-elect Obama takes office in less than a week’s time. While many will be watching closely to see how he handles the ongoing financial crisis, I’ll be equally interested to see how he handles a far more ominous one: our ongoing energy and infrastructure crisis. Regular readers know I believe energy and infrastructure are inextricably combined. We need cheap energy to fuel sustained economic growth. And we need infrastructure in place to move and dispense the energy from its source to its destination. Today I’m going to give you a perfect example of how the two are intertwined, and how one can play off the other to create a positive benefit for all. In[More...]

Earnings Preview For Nov 3 - 7 - Earnings Preview

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:58:00 GMT

Companies that could issue positive surprises include Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), SucessFactors (SFSF) and Sunoco (SUN). Penn Virginia Corporation (PVA) could potentially disappoint investors. The Week's Events November has historically been one of the best months for the major markets, according to the[More...]

99 Cents Only Stores - Momentum - Zacks Rank Buy

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:13:00 GMT

99 Cents Only Stores (NDN) share price has been holding its ground in higher territory since originally being featured as a Zacks momentum stock on Sep 25. This Zacks #1 Rank Stock has been an attractive destination for investors who are seeking a more defensive segment of the market. With economic weakness sending shock waves through the economy, 99 Cents Stores looks well positioned to cash in on consumers trying to pinch pennies and cut costs. Analyst are clearly bullish on the company's future. The next-year estimate is pegged at 34 cents per share, a 103% earnings growth projection. This stock has shifted lower over the last week with the overall market, but still remains in elevated territory on a short-term basis. Take a look at the chart below. [More...]

Top Performing Stocks for the Week Ended Oct 17 - Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:46:00 GMT

The five best performing stocks on the Zacks #1 Rank List last week were: AMR Corporation (AMR), Allegiant Travel Company (ALGT), El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (EPB), Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGH) and Layne Christensen Company (LAYN). Despite being hurt by higher fuel costs, shares of AMR Corporation ([More...]

3 injured, home destroyed in Texas gas line blast

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:48:00 GMT

BUSHLAND, Texas - A natural gas pipeline exploded in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, shaking homes, melting window blinds and shooting flames hundreds of feet into the air, authorities said.
Three people were injured in the blast, which occurred at 1 a.m. near Amarillo, and they were taken to an area hospital with burns, said Potter County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Roger Short.
"My home is about 20 miles something away and I could see the flames from my home," Short said.

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Credit Market Overview: Sept 2, 2009

MLPs Dominate Distribution Increases

S&P 500 Stocks

South of the Border, Down Mexico Way

The Gas Prices Rollercoaster: Why Energy & Infrastructure Are Inextricably Combined

Earnings Preview For Nov 3 - 7 - Earnings Preview

99 Cents Only Stores - Momentum - Zacks Rank Buy

Top Performing Stocks for the Week Ended Oct 17 - Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers

3 injured, home destroyed in Texas gas line blast

3 injured, home destroyed in Texas gas line blast

An Energy Game-Changer?: Louisiana Shale Could Change Fate of U.S. Energy Supply

An Energy Game-Changer?: Louisiana Shale Could Change Fate of U.S. Energy Supply

Speaker Ignites LNG Debate

El Paso Wind Farm Out of Air?

Pipeline Hearings Scheduled

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Ports Column

CLNG: Regulatory, Market Questions Dog US LNG Industry

EaglePicher Plans Batteries to Store Wind-Farm Energy

Low Natural Gas Prices Diminish El Paso Corporation's Exploration and Production Earnings, an Industrial Info News Alert

El Paso Corporation Reports Strong Third Quarter Financial and Operational Results

El Paso Pipeline Partners Provides Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Webcast Details

The M&Amp;A Advisor Announces Recipients of the Fourth Annual U.S. Middle-Market Financing Awards

Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Announces Its Net Asset Value and Asset Coverage Ratio at August 31, 2009

El Paso Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend

El Paso Corporation Updates Earnings Release Schedule for Third Quarter 2009

El Paso Pipeline Partners Updates Earnings Release Schedule for Third Quarter 2009

El Paso Corporation Executives to Present at UBS Energy Conference

El Paso Corporation Reports Strong Second Quarter Financial and Operational Results

Form 3 EL PASO CORP/DE For: Oct 14 Filed by: Whitehead Dane E (10K)

Form 4 VAGT ROBERT F For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4 EL PASO CORP/DE For: Sep 30 Filed by: SHAPIRO STEVEN J (10K)

Form 4 EL PASO CORP/DE For: Sep 30 Filed by: MCCLEAN FERRELL P (10K)

Form 4 DUNLAP JAMES L For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4 CLEARY JAMES J For: Aug 16 (10K)

Form 4 YARDLEY JAMES C For: Aug 16 (10K)

Form 4 WHITMIRE JOHN L For: Jun 30 (10K)

Form 4 VAGT ROBERT F For: Jun 30 (10K)

Form 4 TALBERT J MICHAEL For: Jun 30 (10K)