2016 was not a good year for initial public offerings. Only 105 companies made a debut on the U.S. stock exchanges, which represents a decline of 40% from 2015. In addition, it was a failure that hasn’t happened since the 2009 financial crisis. A question arises: what happened and why did IPOs vanish? Some experts […]
Steady income is what most investors are after. However, due to low yields in the recent years, it has been tricky to create significant returns. Some securities have a fixed income, like bonds and CDs. However, income investors are looking for more opportunities. Thankfully, there are many dividend-paying stocks they can choose from. Which companies[…..]
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The Walt Disney Company (DIS) is an entertainment company operating in 5 segments. The company operates media networks such as ABC and ESPN, Parks and Resorts such as Disneyland and Walt Disney World, a Studio Entertainment segment with blockbuster hits such as the movie Frozen, a Consumer Products division and an Interactive Media division for video[…..]
It’s no secret that the stock market has been on an upward terror over the past few years. And as prices continue to climb, many stocks are becoming less and less appealing to value minded investors as they become fair and overvalued. As current stock valuations continue to climb, I am hearing more and more[…..]
Visa Inc (V) is the world’s largest retail electronic payments network. Visa provides payment processing services to retailers as well as credit, debit and prepaid payment products. Visa also has one of the world’s largest global ATM networks which offers cash access in local currencies in more than 200 countries. It seems more and more[…..]
Reynolds American (RAI) is the second largest manufacturer of cigarettes in the United States. They sell popular cigarette brands such as Camel, Winston, Doral, Pall Mall, Kool and more. There has been recent rumors about talks between Reynolds American and Lorillard (LO) (3rd largest cigarette producer in the U.S.) about a possible merger in which[…..]
As I looked over the companies increasing dividends in January 2014, there were 4 companies that caught my attention. I haven’t reviewed these companies before but I have heard of them and wanted to do a quick review to see if I may potentially want to add them to my watch list for further review[…..]
If you read around some different investing message boards (see the Dividend Growth Forum) you will come across varying opinions on whether investors should be investing in stocks of tobacco companies. While sometimes these opinions may be based on sound financial analysis (such as a concern decreasing sales for tobacco companies due to decreasing tobacco product[…..]
There are lots and lots of solid dividend growth companies with long histories of annually increasing dividend payments. Some companies have been paying out growing dividend rates for 50 plus years. These companies like Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson are staples amongst many dividend growth portfolios. But even these legends had to start at the[…..]