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Dividend Fund Begins Trading
The WisdomTree Middle East Dividend Fund (GULF),
an exchange-traded fund (EFT) that includes dividend-paying stocks
from eight Middle Eastern countries (Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait,
Morocco, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates), closed at $25.30
on July 23, 2008, its second day of trading. More...
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Financial
Exchange-Traded Funds Offer Good Dividend Yields
Financial exchange funds (ETFs) offer diversification, low fees and
reliable income distributions. They hold financial stocks including
money center banks, regional banks, real estate investment trusts
(REITs), insurance, mortgage finance, stock exchanges, investment
banking and brokerage services. More... |
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SunTrust Banks Maintains Quarterly Dividend
SunTrust Banks (STI),
a financial services company with operations in the Southeast U.S.,
today said that it "does not have any current plans to modify
the dividend." Its 77 cent quarterly dividend represents an 8.90
percent dividend yield. More... |
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Price Bubbles Always Burst: Has Fertilizer
Maker Mosiac Peaked?
Mosaic (MOS),
a leading producer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients,
climbed from a $15 close on January 3, 2008 to $161.08 on June 17,
2008, a 973.87 percent increase. More... |
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streetTRACKS KBW Regional
Bank ETF Reaches for 50-Day Moving Average
streetTRACKS KBW Regional Bank ETF ( KRE),
an exchange-traded fund that holds approximately 50 regional bank
stocks, on July 18, 2008 closed at $28.70 about one dollar below
its 50-day moving average. KRE has jumped 25.88 percent from its
July 15 close at $22.20. More... |
Why Investors Lose Money With
Stocks
During my (RAH) thirty years of
investing, I’ve had my share of losing as well as winning investments.
Fortunately, the net result of hundreds of trades and longer-term
investments has been profitable. But I know of lots of investors with
unprofitable investing records. More... |
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PNC Maintains Its Dividend
PNC Financial Services Group (PNC),
a diversified financial services company, has maintained its quarterly
dividend during the current the bank meltdown. PNC will pay a 66 cent
regular dividend in July after it increased its quarterly dividend
from 63 to 66 cents in April 2008. More... |
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Timber REIT Rayonier Pays
Steadily Increasing Dividends
Rayonier (RYN),
a forest products real estate investment trust (REIT) with three core
businesses, has a history of raising its regular quarterly dividend.
Its regular quarterly dividend has increased from 8 cents in March
1994 to 50 cents in June 2008. More... |
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Wells Fargo Raises Dividend
Wells Fargo (WFC),
a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance,
loans and investment services, on July 16 said it's raising its quarterly
dividend to 34 cents from 31 cents, a 10 percent hike. More... |
Why Listen
to Jim Cramer?
Bad advice about stocks and investing is commonplace, but Jim Cramer
of Mad Money seems to give out some of the worst. More... |
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Expect More Downside for Stocks
Stocks have been headed south for months and more price downside is
likely. The current skid has key support at 1,200 for the S&P
500. If that level fails to hold, stocks could easily fall to around
1,060. More... |
Find Timely REIT Info at Real
Estate Portfolio
Hundreds of REITS are available to investors and you can find
articles about all kinds of them at Real Estate Portfolio. The site
includes dozens of free articles about REITs and real estate investments
in the U.S. and around the world. More...
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Watch for
Rackspace IPO
Rackspace, a San Antonio, Texas-based managed hosting specialist
known for its "Fanatical Support", will trade on the New
York stock exchange as RAX when it goes public with a Dutch auction.
More... |
Resource World Magazine
Includes Timely Info About Natural Resource Companies and Stocks
If you follow natural resource stocks, Resource World Magazine
is a must read. The print and electronic editions feature articles
about base metals, precious metals, mining stocks of all kinds, the
oil and gas industry, alternative energy and much more. More... |
Electric
Utilities With Nuclear Power Plants Pay Steady Dividends
Well-managed electric utilities are excellent candidates for a dividend
reinvestment portfolio. Typically, electric utilities generate lots
of excess cash and pay it out as dividends to shareholders. And
utilities with nuclear power plants are no exception. More... |
S&P
Global Timber & Forestry ETF Includes Dividend-Paying Forest
and Paper Products Stocks
S&P Global Timber & Forestry ( WOOD),
an exchange-traded fund (ETF), includes 25 of the largest publicly-traded
forestry, paper products and paper packaging companies. Top holdings
include: Plum Creek Timber ( PCL),
Rayonier ( RYN),
Sino-Forest ( TRE.TO),
Weyerhaeuser ( WY),
OJI Paper ( 3861.T)
and West Fraser Timber ( WFT.TO).
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Consider Bank of New
York Mellon for a Dividend-Oriented Portfolio
Bank of New York Mellon ( BK),
an asset management and securities services company, is paying a
$0.96 annual dividend for a 2.50 percent dividend yield. And BK
has a long history of increasing its dividend, making the stock
a candidate for a long-term dividend-oriented portfolio. More... |
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Put
Domtar on Your Stock Watch List
As the stock market continues to the downside, it creates some great
bargains. One such company is Domtar ( UFS),
a large paper and pulp company with operations in the U.S. and Canada.
More... |
iShares
Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index Fund Pays Strong Dividends
iShares Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index Fund ( IDV),
an exchange-traded fund (ETF), holds dividend-paying stocks from
Europe, the Pacific region, Asia and Canada. More... |
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Price Bubbles Always
Burst: Chinese Stocks Down Over 50 Percent
It wasn't long ago that investors from around the world were piling
into Chinese stocks just like they did in the late 1990s with U.S.
technology stocks. But like all other price bubbles before it, the
Chinese stock market peaked and then collapsed. More... |
Dividend-Paying
Japanese Drug Stocks
The Japanese pharmaceutical market is the second largest market
behind the United States. Many of the drug companies in Japan pay
dividends, some with excellent dividend yields. Here are 13 such
stocks. More... |
Dividend-Paying Gold Stocks
Investors don't buy gold stocks to bring in dividends, but
a few gold producers pay dividends with yields around one percent.
Here are six such stocks. More... |
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American
International Group Increases Dividend Despite Financial Woes
American International Group ( AIG),
a large insurance and financial services company, raised its dividend
even as its earnings tumbled and its stock declined from $71.46
(June 1, 2007 close) to $29.74 (June 25, 2008 close), a 58.38 percent
decline. More... |
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Metabolix
Is a Player In the Biobased Plastics Revolution
Metabolix ( MBLX),
a biotechnology company specializing in biobased plastics, biobased
chemicals and bioenergy, has developed Mirel, a polymer produced
from biomass. More... |
Five
Large Canadian Banks Pay Rich Dividends
Large Canadian banks are a source for reliable dividends, making
them appropriate choices for a long-term dividend reinvestment portfolio.
More... |
All About
Dividends
buyupside.com loves dividend-paying
stocks, particularly for the long-term investor. See the full listing
of our articles about dividends and dividend reinvesting. More... |
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Dividend
Stocks for the Long Run: Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive ( CL),
a leading consumer products company (oral care, personal care, home
care and pet nutrition), is a great stock to own for a long-term
dividend-reinvestment portfolio. The company has a multi-year record
of increasing its dividend. More... |
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How Low Can Pfizer Go?
Pfizer (PFE),
a multi-billion dollar revenue pharmaceutical company, is down 56.19%
since it peaked at $39.67 on July 12, 2000. As of the June 23 close
at $17.38, PFE is at price levels last seen in October 1997, almost
eleven years ago. More... |
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Cullen/Frost Bankers Increases
Its Dividend
Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR),
a Texas-based regional bank, has a multi-year record of increasing
its dividend. The current quarterly dividend of 42 cents represents
a 3.20% dividend yield. More... |
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Is General
Electric Headed to $20?
General Electric ( GE),
is on the price downside and could move much lower. For its current
price cycle that began in 2003, GE peaked at $40.93 on October 2,
2007. Its June 20 close at $27.38 represents a 33 percent decline
from that peak. More... |
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U.S. Bancorp
Pays Steady Dividends
U.S. Bancorp ( USB),
the sixth largest commercial bank in the United States, has increased
its annual dividend in each of the past 36 years. Its current quarterly
dividend of 42.5 cents represents a 5.70% dividend yield. More... |
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