Author and CNBC analyst Jim Cramer offered his first selections of the season for his annual fantasy stock portfolio team yesterday on Mad Money.
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September 3 - Hedge Funds, News, Stock Analysis
Founded in 1878 by none other than Thomas A. Edison, General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is still going strong.
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October 22 - Earnings Report, News
Of all of the many sound investing principles that legendary teacher and investor Ben Graham put forward, he believed that his concept of “margin of safety” was the most important...
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September 19 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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September 17 - News
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) is known for a lot of products people use every day: the Post-It Note, Scotch Tape, and Scotchgard, just to name a few.
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September 17 - News
Boring, for lack of a better word, is good.
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September 13 - News
Unfortunately, most of us are probably still scratching our heads trying to remember. The latest report from the U.S. Department of Labor wasn't great.
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September 11 - News
So, you want to invest money but don't have hours on end to research stocks? Consider combining two investing strategies that have long created value for investors: buying what...
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September 11 - Dividend Stocks, News
Back in 1999, the media wildly speculated that Y2K -- a computer bug caused by data only being dated with the last two digits of the year -- would cause communication grids to...
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September 11 - News
Brady Corp (NYSE:BRC) will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and the stock has gone on a roller-coaster ride so far in 2013 as investors try to assess the company's ...
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September 11 - News
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise... which began on Sept.
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September 9 - News
The stocks that have richly rewarded their shareholders for several decades have some qualities in common.
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September 4 - News
Investment ideas are all around us, not just in the news or the results from a screener.
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September 3 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is only a couple of days removed from setting fresh all-time highs.
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August 13 - News
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock's current yield but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends.
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August 13 - News
Glass isn't a sexy business, but Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) is making it just that.
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August 12 - News
The financial media aren't usually very good at putting the stock market in long-term context.
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August 10 - News
Historically, 3M Co (NYSE:MMM) has invented some of the globe’s best products.
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August 9 - News
America’s biggest industrials will probably never receive much attention from the financial media.
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August 7 - News
Ever since Warren Buffett made his conversion to owning great businesses, he has stressed that his favorite holding period is forever.
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August 6 - News
Diversification is an important characteristic of every portfolio. With diversity comes stability.
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August 5 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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August 1 - News
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) just released its second-quarter earnings last week and its sales figures were promising, but there are other companies to look at that will benefit...
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July 30 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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July 29 - News
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is introducing a sleeker version of its Nexus 7 tablet as the Internet company escalates its battle with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Amazon.com, Inc.
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July 29 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Apple Inc.
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July 29 - News
Since the depth of the financial crisis, General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) has made a comeback for the ages.
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July 26 - News
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and shareholders have sent the stock on an impressive run so far this year, with sizable gains...
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July 25 - News
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run.
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July 25 - News
Back when First Solar, Inc.
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July 24 - News
With earnings season now in full swing, let's look at which of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's components are set to report earnings this week and what investors will probably...
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July 22 - News
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and as a huge health-care conglomerate with a strong presence in consumer health-care...
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July 16 - News
Over the next few weeks I'll be taking an in-depth look at each one of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI)'s nine dividend aristocrats.
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July 8 - News
In this low interest rate environment you may be giddy at the sight of a company whose dividend translates into yields of 2-3%.
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July 5 - News
While death and taxes are the only guarantees in life, it’s a good bet that crime will always be a fact of life, even if it doesn’t pay.According to the U.S.
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July 3 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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July 1 - News
Forget what you know about 3M Co (NYSE:MMM) : that it's been around for more than a century, posts sales in the tens of billions of dollars, and enjoys a reputation as a consistent...
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June 27 - News
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) was formed on June 13, 1902, when five Minnesota businessmen came together to incorporate the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company in the Lake Superior ...
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June 13 - News
On Friday, American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:AMSC) will release its latest quarterly results.
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June 12 - News
No discussion of industrial stocks with long histories of financial dominance is complete without 3M Co (NYSE:MMM), formerly known as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.
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June 11 - News
Dividends are one of the main ways companies pay back investors, and it's one of the best ways to generate a solid return.
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June 11 - News
The word “dividend” has always ignited above-average interest in the majority of investors searching for long-term stocks that pay out a fixed rate of income.
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June 10 - News
Fools, its $400 billion. Four hundred billion! That number is huge.
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June 10 - News
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) used to be known as a growth stock and a company that was frequently among the most innovative in the world.
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May 30 - News
Display technology is becoming increasingly prevalent as the mobile revolution ramps up and more touchscreen devices come into the market to be inevitably purchased by consumers...
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May 30 - News
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) was in 37 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. MMM has experienced an increase in enthusiasm from smart money of late.
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May 28 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Markel Corporation (NYSE:MKL), Barrett Business Services, Inc.
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May 23 - Hedge Funds
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Markel Corporation (NYSE:MKL), Barrett Business Services, Inc.
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May 17 - Hedge Funds