A Richard Cheap

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 same quarter a year earlier. The tally for the first...... (read more)

Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Sony Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA), Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK),...... (read more)

If you're a serious investor in dividend stocks, you know that a high yield alone simply isn't enough. You have to know that a dividend is sustainable, and that the underlying company has decent prospects...... (read more)

Y/Cap Management is a business unit of Yield Capital Partners, which was founded by Richard Haydon in 2009. As might be inferred from the name of its parent, Y/Cap often invests in income stocks, on the...... (read more)

It appears there's always value to be found in the rubble. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) posted first-quarter earnings (excluding oil-spill charges) of $0.67, beating consensus estimates by $0.10, and...... (read more)

Traditionally, dividend payments, if a company chooses to make them, have been doled out on a quarterly basis, with some stingier companies only putting money in your pocket once a year. However, a select...... (read more)

Editor's Note: Related Tickers: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT), Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE:THC), Fifth & Pacific Companies Inc (NYSE:FNP), First Horizon National Corporation (...... (read more)

While much of this recent surge in prices reflects stronger-than-expected seasonal demand for gas, there's one huge reason prices could rise significantly over the longer term -- perhaps even triple over...... (read more)

A restructuring storm continues to blow through China's battered solar sector, with word of a potential major asset sale by Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE:STP) and a debt default by LDK Solar...... (read more)