The overall tone at the start of the earnings season is looking downbeat. The S&P 500 index is on pace for its fourth day of declines over concern the global economic slowdown was hurting profits and causing companies to lower their outlooks. The index is testing the technical support level of 1,440. If the overall …
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Altria Group, Inc. (MO) announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase Altria’s regular quarterly dividend by 7.3% to $0.44per common share versus the previous rate of $0.41 per common share. The quarterly dividend is payable on October 10, 2012 to shareholders of record as of September 14, 2012. The ex-dividend date is September 12, 2012. The new annualized dividend rate …
As the markets continue to show uncertainty and a lack of capitulation, investors are looking for a place to hunker down. The best place at this time is in low beta stocks with dividend yields (defensive stocks) to support the share price. I had identified 5 stocks that are up in price the last 4 …
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For income investors wanting to go it alone, they should consider creating a portfolio of high dividend stocks with low beta. This type of portfolio will provide a risk to reward profile during times of uncertainty in the markets. By adding the component of a bullish outlook to the low beta stocks indicates these stocks …
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Roundy’s Supermarkets (RNDY) is a strong regional food retailer with a local market merchandising strategy that provides high quality food products at competitive prices. The company was founded in 1872 in Milwaukee and operates 159 retail grocery stores and 97 pharmacies under the Pick ‘n Save, Rainbow, Copps, Metro Market, and Mariano’s Fresh Market retail …
My model for performing the intrinsic and future values are shown in the table below using three stocks that are trading at a premium or discount to their fair value. By using the average PE ratio and projected EPS growth, you can use the future time value formula to get an estimate of earnings X …
High Yield Stocks with Growing Dividends that are Overpriced Read More »
After two weeks of uncertainty and high volatility equities look as if they have found a short-term bottom. For covered call traders, there are so many ideas available but the market still is not as stable as we would like it to be. All of the improvement after Tuesday’s reversal could be unwound if there is …
