Billionaire investor Jeffrey Vinik said he is closing his stock-picking hedge fund less than eight months after he started it, the latest sign of challenges facing the hedge-fund...
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October 23 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Equity markets are staging a comeback, and that’s bad news for bearish hedge fund manager Crispin Odey. His flagship Odey European Inc.
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March 8 - Hedge Funds, Insider Trading - Comments
Ever since the Great Recession, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates artificially low.
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February 13 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Every week, I review the list of dividend increases as part of my monitoring process. I usually focus on companies I already own.
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February 7 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
A tragic figure in American literature has an analog in modern finance. Once upon a time, the billionaire investor Edward S. Lampert was hailed as the next Warren E. Buffett.
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August 29 - Hedge Funds - Comments
It's been a pretty ugly day on Wall Street as the Dow Jones is off 440 points, while the S&P 500 is down 2.7%.
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June 24 - Earnings Report, Market Movers, News, Tech - Comments
The third quarter broader market sell-off had a significant impact on the fortunes of most hedge funds and other money managers.
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November 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Low interest rates were the order of the day following the financial crisis of 2008, which made high-yielding utilities an attractive investment option for income-seeking investors...
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September 18 - News - Comments
The threat of rising interest rates has not been kind to the share prices of many of America's biggest utilities.
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September 10 - News - Comments
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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September 6 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Utilities are, generally speaking, stupid. Markets are inundated with shoddy pricing and inefficient infrastructure.
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August 26 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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August 7 - News - Comments
British-American utility PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) reported earnings this week, beating on both top and bottom lines.
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August 7 - News - Comments
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) reported earnings yesterday, beating top-line estimates, but just missing the mark on profit.
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August 2 - News - Comments
Investors pick utility stocks for one main reason; how much dividend they yield.
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July 31 - News - Comments
An 8-pound, 6-ounce package captured the world's attention this week. Prince George Alexander Louis, the newest heir to the British throne, arrived Monday at St.
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July 29 - News - Comments
The rising population has led to an increase in demand for utility supplies. The utilities business is monopolistic in nature and thus requires regulation.
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July 17 - News - Comments
Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) announced yesterday that it's upping its quarterly dividend for the sixth consecutive year.
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June 28 - News - Comments
Until five years ago, Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) was an excellent investment. It was providing stable capital appreciation and dividends to its investors.
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June 27 - News - Comments
Utilities are the classic “widow-and-orphan” stocks.
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June 26 - News - Comments
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) stock has been on a roller-coaster ride over the last year, and investors have been left wondering whether this dividend stock will ever put stable...
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June 25 - News - Comments
Utilities have been busy this week, making moves to maximize profit potential.
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June 24 - News - Comments
Pennsylvania-based electric utility PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) found itself in the path of one of the most devastating storms in history last year, as Hurricane Sandy barreled...
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June 14 - News - Comments
If you have been struggling to generate enough income from your investment portfolio lately, then dividend stocks have been just about the best way to get the cold, hard cash ...
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June 10 - News - Comments
“The recent merger of Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) and Constellation Energy has made us the number one competitive energy provider, with one of the cleanest & lowest-cost power...
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May 30 - News - Comments
Two regulatory decisions in Illinois and Pennsylvania this week paved the way for utilities to power through with new infrastructure upgrades.
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May 28 - News - Comments
Natural gas wannabe exporters scored a huge win last week when the Department of Energy (DoE) gave the green light a second LNG facility for exporting gas to countries that are...
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May 24 - News - Comments
Utilities (and their dividends) have been busy this week, making moves to maximize profit potential.
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May 20 - News - Comments
Earnings announcements aside, utilities (and their dividend stocks) have been on the move in May.
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May 13 - News - Comments
FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) reported earnings last Tuesday, beating on both top and bottom lines.
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May 13 - News - Comments
The last of the first-quarter earnings have hit investors' inboxes, turning shareholders' portfolios topsy-turvy.
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May 13 - News - Comments
Electricity demand is down, and utilities are rapidly readjusting.
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May 10 - News - Comments
If a company that pays a huge dividend slashes it, investors tend to panic.
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May 10 - News - Comments
Atlantic Power Corp (NYSE:AT) shares have sunk 60% in 2013, leaving many investors wondering whether the utility's earnings will ever float back.
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May 9 - News - Comments
PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) reported earnings last week, missing sales but squeaking past earnings expectations.
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May 6 - News - Comments
Several utilities took the opportunity of Earth Day (Monday) to espouse environmental efforts.
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April 28 - News - Comments
Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE:D) reported earnings last Thursday, underwhelming investors for Q1 2013.
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April 28 - News - Comments
It's been another busy week for utilities, with new highs as dividend stocks (and their dividends) soar and shrink.
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April 20 - News - Comments
A company's stock price is a reflection of its current and future value.
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April 18 - News - Comments
In today’s market, cheap stocks are hard to find. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently set an all-time closing high, and the S&P 500 is not far behind.
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March 22 - News - Comments
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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March 11 - News - Comments
When I was a kid growing up, I used to love playing Monopoly. But I never sought to own the utilities, because unlike the other properties you couldn’t build houses or hotels...
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March 1 - News - Comments
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 20 - News - Comments
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC)’s quarterly results were nothing to be happy about, and the dividend cut further added to investors' concerns.
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February 15 - News - Comments
In an economy where companies operate with record amounts of cash on their balance sheet and are slow to return capital to shareholders, it is always encouraging to see a company...
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February 15 - News - Comments
Earnings season is in full swing, with huge numbers of companies having already given their latest numbers to investors, and PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) is about to release its...
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February 13 - News - Comments
