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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

ADP Sees 203,000 Jobs Lost

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:07:07 GMT

This morning, Automatic Data Processing (ADP), the biggest payroll processing firm, estimated that the economy lost 203,000 private sector jobs in October. That was more than the consensus estimate of 190,000 jobs lost. However, the September job loss numbers were revised to a loss of just 227,000 from the original read of 254,000. Thus the losses are coming from a higher base level, and if the revisions are included, this report was in line with consensus or perhaps a bit better.[More...]

Dividend Stocks: A Disciplined Approach

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:27:07 GMT

Those that have read this space for any period of time are well aware of my enthusiasm for using dividend growth stocks as a vehicle for building long-term wealth and income.[More...]

Pre-Market: Stocks Headed Higher Ahead Of Fed Release

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:15:00 GMT

Stock futures have put up solid gains throughout pre-market trading and modestly extended their move in the wake of the ADP private sector employment report. It showed a slower rate of job losses and lifts some hope for a similar result in Friday's Labor Dept. release.[More...]

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Slides

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:23:20 GMT

US stocks mostly higher on Tuesday as news of corporate dealmaking boosted investors' hopes for a recovery in the economy.[More...]

Closing: Mixed Stock Finish Near Day's Highs

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:00 GMT

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged the other indexes but still finished in the upper end of the day's range, down around 0.2%. The Nasdaq ends up 0.4%. The S&P 500 closes up 0.2%. Stocks salvaged a much better-than-expected session than early indicators implied.[More...]

Street Bracing For Sharp Downside At Open - Buffett Making Bet On Economy With BNSF Rail Purchase

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:16:58 GMT

U.S. stock futures continue to point to a sharply lower open Tuesday. An Australian interest-rate hike is seen as a sign of more tightening to come around the globe, the timing of which will be crucial in keeping the recovery on track. European banking declines weighed on markets there and are likely to pressure their U.S. counterparts. Some shares have improved. Rail deal news was a supportive factor.[More...]

US Stock Futures Retreat On European Banks, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) Eyed

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:43:10 GMT

US stock futures retreated on Tuesday as a wider-than-expected loss at UBS AG renewed concerns about the health of banking sector. However, futures trimmed their losses after Berkshire Hathaway announced that it has agreed to acquire railroad firm..[More...]

Price Targets?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:14:37 GMT

Jeff from Milan (two days in a row for him) asked a question that despite his being good naturally heckled could make for a useful post. He asked a question that I took to be about how to set price targets and time horizons for stocks.[More...]

American Jobs Disappear While The Stock Market Is Surging

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:33:01 GMT

Wall Street and Main Streets gap has never been wider. Yet investors are enjoying a vibrant market while the unemployed are enjoying long lines at their local unemployment office. To them the recession hits home and it hits home hard.[More...]

Productivity gains may be bad news for job seekers

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:52:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - Companies across the economy are finding ways to do more with fewer workers, dimming hopes that hiring will take off anytime soon.
The result is that productivity - output per hour of work - jumped at the fastest pace in six years.
Productivity rose at an annual rate of 9.5 percent in the July-September quarter, the Labor Department said Thursday.

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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

ADP Sees 203,000 Jobs Lost

Dividend Stocks: A Disciplined Approach

Pre-Market: Stocks Headed Higher Ahead Of Fed Release

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Slides

Closing: Mixed Stock Finish Near Day's Highs

Street Bracing For Sharp Downside At Open - Buffett Making Bet On Economy With BNSF Rail Purchase

US Stock Futures Retreat On European Banks, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) Eyed

Price Targets?

American Jobs Disappear While The Stock Market Is Surging

Productivity gains may be bad news for job seekers

Productivity gains may be bad news for job seekers

Spinal Modulation secures $27.4 million in series C financing

New jobless claims drop to 512K, lowest since Jan.

Ahead of the Bell: Jobless claims

ISM's service sector index grows again in October

ISM's service sector index grows again in October

Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis column: Bleak outlook for jobs

Burlington Northern, Ford, UBS are big movers

Business Highlights

DJO Incorporated Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter 2009

Q-Cells Selects Camstar for New Malaysian Mega-Factory and Upgrade of German Production Lines

Flux Power to Provide Life Extending Lithium Technology to High Power Energy Storage Market

AngioDynamics Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2010 Financial Results

2009 BlogWorld New Media Expo to Explore Social Media's Role in the Future of News

Orion Energy Systems Named Finalist for Esteemed Platts Global Energy Awards; Power Technology Company Named Finalist for Energy Efficiency Program of the Year After Winning in the Sustainable Technology Category Last Year

Best Practices to Speed-Up Pharmaceutical Analysis Processes From Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Genentech and Eli Lilly at Pharma IQ's Forum on Laboratory Informatics

CommScope Appoints New Principal Accounting Officer

Pappas Ventures Names Eric Linsley Managing Partner

Sonoco Selected to Join the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index

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