4 Stocks With Higher Dividends

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:30:18 GMT

Investing in Dividend Stocks is a long-term strategy. Frequent buying and selling of dividend stocks can significantly increase your expenses and taxes, thus lowering your returns.[More...]

Insider Buys and Sells: Weekly Wrap-up

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:20:54 GMT

For all the analysts and pundits in the financial media, there is still no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the owners and executives of those companies themselves, along with major institutional shareholders.[More...]

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...]

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:18:02 GMT

Asian stock markets rose Friday on US gains, with resource and energy stocks leading.Bernanke says Fed ready to tighten monetary policy when economy improves.Dollar rises for first time in 5 days after Bernanke says Fed ready to 'tighten' policy.Initial Jobless claims in US decrease 33,000 to 10-month low of 521,000.Japan Machine Orders increased 0.5% in August, rebounding from record low.[More...]

Tobacco Stocks: Smokin'

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:52:39 GMT

Tobacco companies jointly filed a lawsuit in Kentucky against the U.S. and the Food and Drug Administration, claiming a law signed by President Obama in June of this year imposes "unprecedented restrictions" on First Amendments Rights.[More...]

Q2 Growth Report - Part 1

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:48:21 GMT

Today's Wall Street Journal had an article that asked the question "Can Rally Run without Revenue?" Is the revenue situation really that bad? Let's take a quick look at some the data compiled through the Alert HQ process. After each quarter's earnings season, I try to pull together what I am now calling the Growth Report. Part 1 compiles the list of stocks that have shown a year-over-year increase in both revenue and earnings AND a sequential quarter-over-quarter increase in both revenue and earnings. Given the severity of the economic downturn, very few companies have been able to to pull off this trick. The following table presents a comparison of the last two quarters: [More...]

Today's Playbook On Health Insurance Stocks, Post- Public Option

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:13:00 GMT

In an astute political move, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius on Sunday said that providing citizens with the option of government-run insurance is not essential to the Obama administration's overhaul of U.S. health care. Evidently, the administration has caved on this very important issue, leaving the door open for private health insurance companies to move forward with creative products and profits for shareholders. Of course the devil will be in the details, but at fist glance Team Obama will expand health using cooperatives similar to the public/private scheme in the domestic utility industry. Here are potential winners for investors to explore. Beware using the insurance index ETFs as your vehicle, as the health care sub-sector is in play now, not all insurance stocks. Aetna (AET) $28.28/$12.3b market cap/ 0.14% American Independence Corp. (AMIC) $4.75/$40.4m market cap/0% [More...]

The World's Biggest Healthcare Boondoggle Isn't In The U.S.

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:26:15 GMT

In June 2006, a Chinese high court reinstated patent protection for Pfizer's erectile dysfunction drug, Viagra. Soon after, the Chinese government committed $500 million to food and drug regulation – more than was spent in the previous seven years combined. Then, in July 2007, Zheng Xiaoyu – China's former head of the State Food and Drug Administration – was executed for taking bribes. These three events signaled China's drug market was finally open for business. And it's the fastest-growing drug market in the world. But here's the catch: It's easy to find drug companies working in China... but not so easy to find ones that will let you profit off the trend. Let me explain... Fueled by a massive aging population, rapid economic development, and urbanization, the pace of China's medical spending over the past five years has been double its[More...]

Bloomberg: Bernanke Bid To Lift Housing Scuttled By Rising Rates

Sat, 30 May 2009 18:58:44 GMT

First, the whole premise that the central bank of a country should be interfering in markets like this is shameful. Or better put, did the central bank ever apply the breaks to "cool things down" on the housing sector when it was screaming higher? Of course not... there were no actions even 1/100th of the magnitude when times were good... but all the king's horses (and men) have been called to the wall on the flip side of a bubble (that they helped create) The two title insurers we own have been obliterated of late - while we are "somewhat" hedged by our short of the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Bond ([More...]

How to Invest In The New Economy

Thu, 14 May 2009 16:08:00 GMT

When Hope and Change Replace Earnings Reports? In case you haven’t heard by now, Obama’s first 100 days have come and gone and despite what you may have been led to believe, you are still here. You’ve persevered through the bank stress tests, you’ve outlasted the dreaded swine-flu, and you’ve overcome all of the failed policies of every President ever to not be named Barack Obama. Now what? *****Question of the Week! ***** (Don’t miss it….Chance to Win a Free FX Course Bundle (valued at $1300) by [More...]

Brokers Leaving Realty Company

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:18:00 GMT

Jul. 22--Brokers at the local office of GVA Advantis, one of the largest commercial real estate companies in the Richmond area, have been bailing out.
Jamie Thomas, the former managing director at GVA Advantis, started yesterday at First Potomac Realty Trust as the regional property manager for the Richmond and Chesapeake offices.
GVA Advantis' top regional producer, Charlie Polk, departed after 21 years to open a local brokerage office for Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle.

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4 Stocks With Higher Dividends

Insider Buys and Sells: Weekly Wrap-up

15 Hot Dividend Increases

Daily Highlights: 10/9/09

Tobacco Stocks: Smokin'

Q2 Growth Report - Part 1

Today's Playbook On Health Insurance Stocks, Post- Public Option

The World's Biggest Healthcare Boondoggle Isn't In The U.S.

Bloomberg: Bernanke Bid To Lift Housing Scuttled By Rising Rates

How to Invest In The New Economy

Brokers Leaving Realty Company

Richmond Stock Index Fell in First Quarter

30,000 to Lose Jobs As Circuit City Folds / Unable to Find a Buyer, Electronics Retailer Starts Liquidation Sale Today

New Day Dawns for Area Business: Face of Richmond Has Changed, As Firms Cut Jobs, Merge or Move Away

Richmond Index Falls in Quarter

Universal Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividends

Universal Corporation Reports Strong First Quarter Earnings

Universal Corporation Announces Conference Call

Universal Corporation Announces 17% Increase in Per Share Results

Universal Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividends and Sets Annual Meeting Date

Universal Corporation Announces 17% Increase in Per Share Results

Universal Corporation Announces Conference Call

Universal Leaf North America U.S., Inc. Awarded ISO 14001 Certification

Universal Corporation Announces 14% Increase in Third Quarter Earnings per Share

Universal Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividends and Adjustment to Conversion Rate

Form 4 UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ For: Oct 16 Filed by: FOSTER CHARLES H JR (10K)

Form 4 STOSCH WALTER A For: Oct 09 (10K)

Form 4 FOSTER CHARLES H JR For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4 FOSTER CHARLES H JR For: Aug 31 (10K)

Form 4 UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/ For: Aug 31 Filed by: FARRELL JOSEPH C (10K)

Form 4 Broome Theodore G For: Aug 24 (10K)

Form 4/A SHEEHAN JEREMIAH J For: Aug 07 (10K)

Form 4 SHEEHAN JEREMIAH J For: May 28 (10K)

Form 4 STALLARD HUBERT R For: Aug 07 (10K)

Form 4 TRANI EUGENE P For: Aug 04 (10K)