A Dividend Investor's Dilemma: Take Profits Or Let It Ride?
Parsimony Investment Research - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 7:34PM CST
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The Extraordinary Story of America’s Most Successful Industry
Morgan Housel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 13, 10:10AM CST
Source: S&P Capital IQ Take a look at this chart. It shows the performance of the most successful company in the world. One dollar invested in this company in 1968 was worth $6,638 yesterday (including dividends). That's an annual return of...
PM: 82.87 (-0.82), MO: 54.76 (-0.78), AAPL: 127.08 (+0.62)
3 High-Yielding Dividend Stocks That Are Actually Safe
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 13, 7:01AM CST
High-yield dividend stocks can be great for income investors, but many of them can be too good to be true. Many high dividends are a sign that a company is in trouble, or won't be able to sustain the payout in the future. And others are a sign that...
PM: 82.87 (-0.82), HCP: 42.87 (+0.20), FII: 35.09 (+0.20), KRFT: 64.42 (-1.75), NPK: 63.63 (+0.17), MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Why Income Investors Should Be All Over Philip Morris International
Bob Ciura - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:37PM CST
PM: 82.87 (-0.82), MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Philip Morris Continues To Offer Significant Price Appreciation And Future Growth
Equity Watch - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 6:33PM CST
PM: 82.87 (-0.82), LO: 67.30 (-0.80), MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Philip Morris Stock Analysis
Dividend Diplomats - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:56PM CST
Looks like I have a little capital from my recent ARCP sale to deploy, so I wanted to take this opportunity to research a potential investment for the excess capital. For me, it was a no-brainer figuring out which stock I was going to analyze....
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Stock Market News for February 12, 2015 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 12, 9:10AM CST
Benchmarks ended Wednesday’s choppy session almost unchanged as uncertainty regarding bailout negotiations between Greece and its creditors dented investor sentiment
DPS: 76.95 (-1.35), RAI: 71.86 (-1.23), MDLZ: 36.78 (-0.20), MPC: 103.48 (+2.08), GMCR: 118.53 (+0.56), HAL: 44.19 (+1.42), EOG: 96.92 (+2.12), MO: 54.76 (-0.78), PEP: 99.13 (-1.14), BHI: 64.31 (+1.93)
Altria Group: Firing On All Cylinders
Albert Alfonso - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:40AM CST
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4 Things to Drive Consumer Staples Stocks - Industry Outlook
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 12, 12:00AM CST
4 Things to Drive Consumer Staples Stocks - Industry Outlook
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SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of Altria Group After 1.84% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Feb 11, 3:47PM CST
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $53.79 to a high of $54.84. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.8%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $53.84 on volume of 7.8 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Watch for Altria Group to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 1.84% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Feb 11, 3:47PM CST
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $53.79 to a high of $54.84. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.8%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $53.84 on volume of 7.8 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Lorillard Inc. Earnings Jump as Cost-Cutting Boosts Cigarette Profits
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Feb 11, 12:23PM CST
Source: Lorillard. For months now, Lorillard investors have prepared themselves for the company's seemingly imminent merger with Reynolds American . Yet, even with shareholders having approved the merger, Lorillard is still an independent...
RAI: 71.86 (-1.23), LO: 67.30 (-0.80), MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Lorillard's Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates on Cigarette Pricing - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 11, 10:38AM CST
Cigarette maker Lorillard Inc. (LO) beats Zacks Consensus Estimate on both earnings and revenues in the fourth quarter 2014.
RAI: 71.86 (-1.23), SVU: 10.21 (+0.04), LO: 67.30 (-0.80), MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
When "Sin" Pays: The Rise of E-Cigarettes
Sean O'Reilly and Vincent Shen, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Feb 11, 10:01AM CST
The e-cigarette industry is in its infancy, but growing quickly; can investors get in on the ground floor? Vincent Shen joins this consumer goods edition of Industry Focus to fill in the Fools on this latest variant on tobacco products. The big...
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Berkshire Hathaway Leads Best Value Long-Term Bond Trades
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 11:40AM CST
Reynolds America (RAI) Q4 Earnings in Line, Revenues Miss - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 10, 9:52AM CST
Reynolds American Inc.'s (RAI) adjusted earnings of 87 cents per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 came in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
RAI: 71.86 (-1.23), LAZ: 50.90 (+0.18), LO: 67.30 (-0.80), MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Reynolds American Earnings Tread Water as Investors Wait for Lorillard
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 10, 8:18AM CST
Source: Reynolds American. It's always tough to evaluate a company that's in the middle of trying to complete a major merger, and investors in Reynolds American have had to deal with that uncertainty for quite a while now. Even as the company...
RAI: 71.86 (-1.23), LO: 67.30 (-0.80), MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Better Tobacco Dividend: Altria or Philip Morris International?
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 09, 10:45AM CST
Altria Group and Philip Morris International were once part of the same company. Altria Group held Philip Morris International as a subsidiary until 2008, when it was spun off. The rationale was that separating the international business would...
PM: 82.87 (-0.82), MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
Altria's Future Growth Will Mean Investors Are Rewarded
Equity Watch - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 6:17AM CST
MO: 54.76 (-0.78)
7 Companies We'd Buy and Hold for the Next 20 Years
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Fri Feb 06, 2:11PM CST
At The Motley Fool, we take a long-term view on investing. With that in mind, we asked seven of our analysts for their favorite stocks to hold for the next 20 years and beyond. Here's what they had to say. One company I'm interested in buying and...
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