Author Archive - serkan-unal

E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (DD), Praxair, Inc. (PX): Five Value Line’s Dividend Picks to Play It Safe in the Materials Sector

Editor’s Note: Related tickers: Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX), Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD), Sonoco Products Company (NYSE:SON), Bemis......(read more)

May 24 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

American Realty Capital Properties Inc (ARCP), American States Water Co (AWR): 5 Small-Cap Momentum Plays for Dividend Investors

Editor’s Note: Related tickers: American Realty Capital Properties Inc (NASDAQ:ARCP), American States Water Co (NYSE:AWR), UNS Energy Corp (NYSE......(read more)

May 24 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

CoreSite Realty Corp (COR), Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW), Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC): 5 Small-Cap Growth-Oriented Dividend Stocks

Editor’s Note: Related tickers: CoreSite Realty Corp (NYSE:COR), Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPW), Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ......(read more)

May 24 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

Invesco Ltd. (IVZ), Lazard Ltd (LAZ), Sturm, Ruger & Company (RGR) & 5 Stocks Boosting Dividends by 20% or More

According to S&P Dow Jones Indices data, some 935 companies boosted their dividend payouts in the first four months of 2013, 32% more than in the......(read more)

May 23 - News - Comments

McDonald’s Corporation (MCD), Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (RIO), Syngenta AG (ADR) (SYT), BP plc (ADR) (BP): Billionaire Ken Fisher Boosts His Stake in These 4 Dividend Stocks

Billionaire Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management has filed its quarterly 13F disclosure with the SEC, presenting its portfolio of equity holdings as......(read more)

May 15 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI), The Boeing Company (BA) & 5 Dividend Stocks with Recent Insider Buying

Generally, insiders buy stock in their own company when they feel confident about the company’s market prospects and outlook. Sometimes insiders buy......(read more)

May 15 - Insider Trading - Comments

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL), Quest Diagnostics Inc (DGX) & 5 Dividend Stocks Boasting High Free Cash Flow Yields

Free cash flow (FCF)—or owner earnings, as referred to by the legendary investor Warren Buffett—represents the cash available to shareholders after......(read more)

May 15 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), Novartis AG (ADR) (NVS), Pfizer Inc. (PFE): Six Big Pharma Stocks With Lower Credit Risk Than U.S. Treasuries: Part II

The healthcare sector has been known for paying dependable dividends and producing strong total returns over time. Among the major pharmaceutical companies......(read more)

May 6 - News - Comments

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NBMY), Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): Six Big Pharma Stocks With Lower Credit Risk Than U.S. Treasuries: Part I

One of the Easiest Ways to Build a Retirement Nest Egg I've Ever Seen

The healthcare sector has been known for paying dependable dividends and producing strong total returns over time. Among the major pharmaceutical companies......(read more)

May 6 - News - Comments

AbbVie Inc (ABBV), PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) & More: 5 Stocks with 40 or More Years of Dividend Increases

Market-beating strategies are inherently hard to find. Based on the evidence from several major developed markets, dividend growth was the single largest......(read more)

April 26 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK), General Electric Company (GE) & 6 Dow Stocks That Double Up On The T-Bond’s Yield: Part II

In Part I of this series, we discussed three of the six Dow stocks that currently pay yields at least twice as high as that of a 10-Year U.S. Treasury......(read more)

April 26 - News - Comments

AT&T Inc. (T), Intel Corporation (INTC), Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) & 6 Dow Stocks That Double Up On The T-Bond’s Yield: Part I

The Fed’s commitment since 2008 to keep interest rates low through quantitative easing, which more than tripled its balance sheet to date, has depressed......(read more)

April 26 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) And 4 Long-Term Plays on the Natural Gas Rebound

The U.S. shale oil and natural gas revolution has created natural gas oversupply, which in turn drove natural gas prices to decade lows in early 2012.......(read more)

April 20 - News - Comments

Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) And 4 Low-Volatility/High-Yield REITs

Generally speaking, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have paid attractive yields, similar to the recent returns of this strategy. REITs are legally......(read more)

April 20 - News - Comments

California Water Service Group (CWT) & 5 Small-Cap Stocks Raising Dividends for 45 or More Consecutive Years

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT)

Small-cap investing entails higher risks than investing in large-cap blue chip companies, but there are many ways that your peers are beating the market......(read more)

April 20 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

Mattel, Inc. (MAT), General Electric Company (GE) And 5 Stocks for Heavy-Yield Chasers

Defensive plays paying respectable dividends have been leaders in the market’s rally so far this year. Chasing competitive yields in the current yield......(read more)

April 20 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

General Dynamics Corporation (GD), Intel Corporation (INTC) And 5 Wide-Moat Value Dividend Stocks

United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX)

Warren Buffett has been one of the most prominent investors in companies with wide moats. He often referred to his investment targets as companies that......(read more)

April 20 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

McDonald’s Corporation (MCD), Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) & 7 “Safe” Dividend Stocks for Long-Term Income

U.S. Treasury securities have long been considered risk-free investment instruments. However, the Standard and Poor’s downgrade of the U.S. sovereign......(read more)

April 12 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) & 5 Cheap Stocks With High-Growth and High-Yield

Historical evidence suggests that over a long period of time, value stocks beat growth stocks, and on the whole, dividend-growth stocks beat the overall......(read more)

April 5 - News - Comments

General Dynamics Corporation (GD), Garmin Ltd. (GRMN): Institutional Investors Are Buying, But Should You?

There are some studies that suggest institutional investors’ stock ownership flows, in aggregate, are positively correlated with returns, whereby “......(read more)

April 1 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Campbell Soup Company (CPB), Ryder System, Inc. (R): 5 Market-Beating Dividend Picks from This Top Performing Income Fund

The KEELEY Mid Cap Dividend Value Fund is one of this year’s best performing equity income mutual funds. With a total return of 13.45% so far this year......(read more)

March 25 - Dividend Stocks - Comments

Billionaire Michael Price’s 5 High-Value, High-Dividend Plays Include Intel Corporation (INTC)

Michael Price, who has a net worth of some $1.3 billion, manages his wealth through MFP Investors, an activist hedge fund that focuses on value investments......(read more)

March 25 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Picks and Pans Paying Dividends: McDonald’s Corporation (MCD), Prudential Financial Inc (PRU), Chevron Corporation (CVX)

Ken Griffin, a billionaire with $4.1 billion in net worth, runs Citadel Investment Group, a financial firm he founded in 1990. The firm is a multi-strategy......(read more)

March 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments

Billionaire David Tepper’s Picks and Pans Paying Dividends: Metlife Inc (MET), ENSCO PLC (ESV), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)

Billionaire hedge-fund manager David Tepper runs Appaloosa Management, the $15-billion multi-strategy hedge fund. CNBC reports that Tepper is currently......(read more)

March 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments

5 Bullish Picks by Billionaire D. E. Shaw’s Hedge Fund: General Electric Company (GE), Philip Morris International Inc. (PM), Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)

David Elliot Shaw (D. E. Shaw) founded his hedge fund firm, D. E. Shaw & Co., in 1988. His $28-billion firm primarily relies on quantitative methods......(read more)

March 18 - Hedge Funds - Comments