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High-Yield Dividend Stocks: A Safer Approach

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:13:46 GMT

When people learn that I am an income investor, the reaction is often a desire to discuss high-yield investments. The uninitiated commonly confuse income investing with high-yield investing. The two are not the same.[More...]

Biggest Declines Among S&P

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:05:02 GMT

The following is a list of the S&P 500 firms where the analysts have been cutting their expectations for the current fiscal year the most over the last month. Most likely these firms reported disappointing earnings or gave negative guidance on their conference calls. Historically, you have not wanted to be invested in companies where the analysts who follow them most closely see the earnings prospects diminishing. Also, estimates in motion tend to remain in motion. The first bit of bad news is rarely the last (the cockroach theory). This means that the current expectations, even though down from last month, are probably still to high for these firms. To weed out anomalies, only those firms that are currently expected to earn more than $0.50 in 2009 are included and only those firms where there are a minimum of three estimates in the system. If you have these stocks in your portfolio, you might want to reconsider[More...]

Dividend Aristocrats Keep Raising Their Dividends

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:46:00 GMT

Overall investors have mainly been focusing on dividend cuts in 2009. I believe that most stocks that pay out dividends are cyclical in nature. Thus, they do not have the specific competitive advantages, which provide for a long and sustainable annual dividend increases over time. The starting list for any dividend growth investor, who is looking for companies, which have a proven track record of consistently raising their dividends for 25 years, is the[More...]

Dividends: Recession's Latest Casualty

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:44:06 GMT

An increasingly large number of US companies are cutting dividends in order to preserve cash amid what is being seen as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.[More...]

Seven Notable Dividend Increases In The News

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:49:00 GMT

The markets remained nervous last week as several companies such as State Street, Macy’s and Motorola cut or eliminated their dividend payments. Of those three, seasoned dividend investors should only be concerned with State Street’s dividend cut. During economic downturns it is normal for cyclical industries to cut or eliminate their dividends. Companies with strong competitive advantages, as well as solid consumer brands should keep and even increase their dividends. The companies whose dividend cuts are concerning are the ones which have raised them for more than 10 or 25 years, which represent the so called [More...]

Earnings Review: 3rd November 2008

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:41:00 GMT

Late on Monday, MasterCard (NYSE: MA) reported a net loss of $194 million, or $1.49 a share for the third quarter, compared with $314 million, or $2.32 a share, in the same quarter, a year ago.[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...]

Stock Analysis: Pitney Bowes Inc.

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:38:00 GMT

Linked here is a PDF copy of my detailed analysis of Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) (alt.1, alt.2). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:Company Description: Pitney Bowes Inc. is the world's largest maker of mailing systems, also provides production and document management equipment and facilities management[More...]

When Market is not Going Your way

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:31:40 GMT

My latest column is up at RealMoney.[More...]

Pitney Bowes Looks Like a First Class Bargain

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:23:45 GMT

My latest column is up at RealMoney.[More...]

Perna Forecasts 'Lazy V' Rebound

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:49:00 GMT

Oct. 31--The economy will rebound next year, but don't expect it to be accompanied by a rush of hiring, economist Nick Perna told an audience of 140 on Thursday at the World Affair Forum's annual Global Economic Trends Lecture at Pitney Bowes in Stamford.
The gross domestic product was up by 3.5 percent for the third quarter and the Dow Jones Industrial Average -- until Friday -- was up more than 50 percent from its low of 6,547 on March 10, but troubling signs continue to plague the U.S. economy, he said.
"I feel that the recession is over.

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High-Yield Dividend Stocks: A Safer Approach

Biggest Declines Among S&P

Dividend Aristocrats Keep Raising Their Dividends

Dividends: Recession's Latest Casualty

Seven Notable Dividend Increases In The News

Earnings Review: 3rd November 2008

Earnings Preview For Nov 3 - 7 - Earnings Preview

Stock Analysis: Pitney Bowes Inc.

When Market is not Going Your way

Pitney Bowes Looks Like a First Class Bargain

Perna Forecasts 'Lazy V' Rebound

PrintSoft Systems Dejar

Pitney Bowes Q2 Income Down

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Nationalise Banks Rather Than Set Up Nama, Says Expert

Pitney Bowes Unveils Shared Client Services Program

FEATURE: Flagging Down the Customer

Pitney Bowes to Unveil New Mailstream Solutions

Council OKs Agreement on Pottery Property

Pitney Bowes to Offer RISO’s HC5500 Printer

Pitney Bowes Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

GT Solar Announces CEO Transition As Tom Gutierrez Succeeds Tom Zarrella; Releases Preliminary Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010

Announcement of Extension of Early Tender Date for Variable Term Voting Preferred Stock, Series A Through D and Termination of Cash Tender Offer for Variable Term Voting Preferred Stock, Series E, Issued By Pitney Bowes International Holdings, Inc.

MULTI-MEDIA UPDATE: Oracle Announces Integration of Oracle(R) CRM On Demand With Partner InQuira's Web Self-Service Applications Available On Demand

Diversified Information Technologies Acquires Active Data Services, Inc.

Boston Red Sox Round Out Final Speaker Lineup for Aberdeen's 4th Annual Chief Service Officer Summit

The Global Sourcing Forum + Expo Highlights Sourcing Tracks for G20 Companies

Singapore Post Chooses FlyDoc Technology From Esker to Launch New Mail on Demand Service

Oracle Announces Integration of Oracle(R) CRM On Demand With Partner InQuira's Web Self-Service Applications Available On Demand

Executives From IBM, A.T. Kearney, Pfizer, Google, Best Buy, Citigroup to Present at the Global Sourcing Forum + Expo

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