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2016
  • March

    Forbes Dividend Investor: March 4 Weekly Review

    MARCH 4, 2016 - The monthly nonfarm payrolls report from the Labor Department showed U.S. employers added 242,000 jobs in February. The number came in higher than expectations for 200,000 jobs.  Stocks rose for the third week in a row with the S&P 500 advancing 2.67% for the week, [...]
  • February

    Forbes Dividend Investor: February 26 Weekly Review

    Stocks in last Friday's Top 25 outperformed the overall market and posted an average weekly gain of 1.91%. Luxury retailers Coach (COH +7.7%) and Nordstrom (JWN +6.8%) were the best performers, followed by Las Vegas Sands (LVS), which continued its rally and gained 4.5% for the week.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 19 Weekly Review

    The rebound in stocks and oil that started last Friday carried into this week after a three-day President's Day weekend. Even with a pullback on Thursday and a flat market on Friday, the S&P 500 Index gained 2.84% on the week, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.62%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 12 Weekly Review

    Top weekly performers in last Friday's Top 25 were Meridian Bioscience (VIVO), up 5.34%, and Las Vegas Sands (LVS), up 5.03%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 5 Weekly Review

    The month of February is off to a lousy start for U.S. stock averages, which suffered big selloffs on Tuesday and Friday and finished the week uniformly lower.

  • Selling Puts On 7 Blue Chip Dividend Stocks

    On Monday evening, I put together a special report highlighting seven attractive opportunities to sell put options on some of the dividend stocks you've seen recommended in Forbes Dividend Investor. In fact, except for IBM, all of these stocks are on the current Top 25 sent to you last Friday.
  • January

    Forbes Dividend Investor: January 29 Weekly Review

    Stocks in last Friday's Top 25 gained an average of 3.53%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 22 Weekly Update

    Midway through the week, it look like U.S. stocks were cruising for their fourth straight week of losses since Christmas, but when oil prices bottomed out early Wednesday afternoon, the equity markets took their cue from crude and launched into rally mode.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 15 Weekly Review

    There has not been this bad of a start of the new year in the 120-year history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, with the blue-chip index of 30 stocks down 8.3% halfway through the month of January.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 8 Weekly Review

    About the only thing good to say about the overall U.S. stock market is that we did better than the averages this lousy week.
2015
  • December

    Forbes Dividend Investor: December 31 Update

    With about one hour left for trading in 2015, I wanted to send out a fresh Top 25 and update on recent performance since our last update on December 18. I hope you have a wonderful New Year's Eve, along with a prosperous, healthy and happy 2016.

  • Motoring Into Cummins

    Cummins has been a habitual dividend hiker, raising the payout by a 32% annualized rate since 2010. Importantly, the annual payout of $3.90 per share is comfortably backed up by $11.07 of cash flow per share in 2015.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 18 Weekly Update

    Last Friday's Top 25 did better than the overall market, down 0.21%, on average for the week. Belying the relatively flat week, there were some big moves in both directions for several recommended stocks.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 11 Weekly Update

    Two stocks earning their way back into the Top 25 are medical practice software outfit Quality Systems (QSII), and movie theater chain Regal Entertainment (RGC).

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 4 Weekly Update

    A sharp plunge on Thursday, followed by a big rally on Friday, left most U.S. stock averages not far from where they finished the day after Thanksgiving.
  • November

    Forbes Dividend Investor: November 30 Weekly Update

    Stocks in last Friday's Top 25 advanced by 0.51% on average for the week. The best weekly performances came from shares of Coach (COH), which gained 4.2%, and Olin Corp. (OLN), which rose 3.7% after a 9.2% gain the previous week.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 20 Weekly Update

    Stocks in last Friday's Top 25 (current edition below) advanced by 2.7% on average for the week. The best performer was Olin Corp. (OLN), which gained 9.2%. Apple (AAPL) rose 6.2%, and Corning (GLW) was up 6% on the week.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 13 Weekly Review

    Stocks sold off sharply on Thursday and Friday, leading major U.S. averages to post their worst week since August's selloff.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 6 Weekly Review

    Stocks in last Friday's Top 25 (current edition below) outperformed the overall market, rising on average by 1.99% for the week. By comparison, the iShares DJ Select Dividend ETF (DVY) fell by 0.56%. Our performance was helped by a heavy weighting in regional banks, which moved higher along with the 10-year yield.
  • October

    Forbes Dividend Investor: October 30 Weekly Review

    The best performers from last week's Top 25 were Tesoro Logistics (TLLP +8.5%), Corning (GLW +5.7%), and DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT +5.3%).

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 23 Weekly Review

    The stocks in last Friday's Top 25 (current edition below) gained 0.89% on average over the past week. Brookline Bancorp (BRKL +8.5%) and Apple (AAPL +7.2%) were the best performers.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 16 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 16, 2015 - Earnings reporting season is in full swing, with several prominent banks like Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Wells Fargo announcing quarterly results this past week, and tech heavyweights like Apple and Alphabet (the company formerly known as Google) report in the next two weeks. Goldman [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 9 Weekly Review

    The stocks in last Friday's Top 25 (current edition below) jumped 4.54% on average for the week just ended. Milwaukee-based Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) was our biggest winner as shares of the snow plow maker gained 10.4% on the week. General Electric (GE) wasn't far behind, gaining 10.2% as billionaire investor Nelson Peltz revealed a large stake.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 2 Weekly Review

    The top performers in the Top 25 were Intel (INTC), up 5.9%, and Regal Entertainment Group (RGC), up 5.4%. Automobile mirror maker Gentex (GNTX) gained 4.2% for the week.
  • September

    Forbes Dividend Investor: September 25 Weekly Review

    The overall market slipped again over the past week, with the S&P 500 Index declining by 1.36% on the week, and the Nasdaq Composite falling 2.92%. Stocks in our Top 25 from last week could not escape the downdraft, falling on average by 2.41% over the past week.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 18 Weekly Review

    Orchids Paper Products (TIS), Coca-Cola (KO), and B&G Foods (BGS) were the top performers for us, each gaining 2.2% on the week.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 11 Weekly Review

    Apple (AAPL) was the best performer, up 4.5% on the week, followed by Diebold (DBD) and Intel (INTC), both of which advanced more than 3.3%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 4 Weekly Review

    Our Top 25 model portfolio from last week did a better job holding up this past week, with stocks down 1.7% on average.
  • August

    Forbes Dividend Investor: August 28 Weekly Review

    With strong performance this week, Apple (AAPL) and Intel (INTC) are back in the Top 25, along with THL Credit (TCRD), a business development company with notable buying by insiders.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 21 Weekly Review

    U.S. stocks had their worst week in four years as plummeting oil prices and a renewed selloff in Chinese stocks stoked fears that global economic growth in coming months will be far worse than expected. The S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both dropped 5.8% for the week.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 14 Weekly Review

    Interest rates plunged initially but rose on Thursday and Friday to close the week higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note hit 2.10% on Wednesday but finished on Friday at 2.20%. Lower rates benefit high-yielding securities like REITs and MLPs.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 7 Weekly Review

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio outperformed the overall market, pulling back by 0.12%, on average, over the past week. The best performer was snow plow maker Douglas Dynamics (PLOW +10.6%).
  • July

    Forbes Dividend Investor: July 31 Weekly Review

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio gained an average 1.02%, on average. Orchids Paper Products (TIS +10.4%) and Star Gas Partners (SGU +9.9%) were the two top performers. Fastenal (FAST) gained 4.5%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 24 Weekly Review

    If you were holding Amazon, Netflix, or Google during the past week, you're probably pretty pleased with your performance, but most other stocks had a lousy week as market breadth continued to deteriorate with the weekly ratio of new highs to new lows on the NYSE plunging to its lowest level since last October's sell off.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 17 Weekly Review

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio gained 0.24%, on average. The best performers were Star Gas Partners, L.P. (SGU +5.24%), IBM (IBM +3.33%), Caterpillar (CAT +2.16%), Franklin Street Properties (FSP +2.07%) and Orchids Paper Products (TIS +2.00%).

  • Meet Me In San Francisco This Friday And Saturday

    Be my guest at The MoneyShow San Francisco If you like in the San Francisco Bay Area, or if you may be visiting the city by the bay, I'd enjoy meeting you in person at the Marriott Marquis. I will be making three presentations on Friday and I will be available [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 10 Weekly Review

    The best performers for the week were Franklin Street Properties (FSP +2.11%) and Las Vegas Sands (LVS +1.90%). Regional banks continued to climb, with Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) and Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania (UVSP) both advanced by 1.80%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 2 Weekly Review

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio felt the drag of the overall market, declining on average by 2.1% for the week. Only two stocks advanced. Erie Indemnity (ERIE) gained 3%, and B&G Foods (BGF) ticked higher by 0.70%.
  • June

    Forbes Dividend Investor: June 26 Weekly Review

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio overcame the negative drift in the overall market, gaining 0.54% on average over the past week. Our best performers were American National Bankshares (AMNB +5.74%), Tesoro Logistics (TLLP +5.39%), and Deere & Co. (DE +4.84%).

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 19 Weekly Review

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio gained, on average, 0.52% over the past week. Like First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG) the prior week, our best performer this week was again a regional bank. CNB Financial (CNB) surged 7.45%. Other weekly winners include Orchids Paper Products (TIS +2.30%), which added to last week's big gains, as well as Mattel (MAT +2.07%) and Douglas Dynamics (PLOW +2.03%).

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 12 Weekly Review

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio gained, on average, 0.23% over the past week. First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG +4.23%) was our best performer, followed by Orchids Paper Products (TIS +3.01%), Caterpillar (CAT +2.09%), and (MAT +1.99%).

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 5 Weekly Review

    With an average weekly decline of -0.30%, stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio fared better than the broader market, and much better than the -1.82% weekly drop in price for the iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY). Our biggest winners were Douglas Dynamics (PLOW +4.2%), Star Gas Partners, L.P. (SGU +4.0%), and Nucor (NUE +3.4%).
  • May

    Forbes Dividend Investor: May 29 Weekly Review

    Our lone China recommendation at the moment, China Construction Bank (CICHY), fared better than average, retreating a comparatively mild 1.54% on the week. CICHY remains the highest ranked stock in the Top 25 list of recommended buys this week, but if you do buy it, be mindful of the volatility.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 22 Weekly Review

    The biggest winners among last week's recommendations were Deere & Co. (DE +4.73%), China Construction Bank (CICHY +4.65%), and Star Gas Partners, L.P. (SGU +3.40%).

  • Orchids Paper Products Offering A Bouquet Of Value And Yield

    This buy recommendation is on a stock that we once owned but had to ditch when it violated a 10% trailing stop loss last year.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 15 Weekly Update

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio gained 0.28% on average over the past week. The biggest winners were Domtar (UFS) and Star Gas Partners (SGU), both advancing 5% for the week. Caterpillar (CAT) gained 1.3%.

  • Why We Are Climbing Back Into Caterpillar

    The current momentum pushing CAT higher is encouraging, but even after the recent ebullience, the stock makes a compelling value case.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 8 Weekly Update

    The best performers last week in our Top 25 model portfolio were Tesoro Logistics, L.P. (TLLP +4.15%) and People's United Financial (PBCT +2.27%), a regional bank that benefits from a steepening yield curve.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 1 Weekly Update

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio pulled back, on average, 1.05% over the past week. Our best performer was fertilizer maker, CVR Partners (UAN +12.6%). Deere & Co. (DE +3.39%) and Fastenal (FAST +2.91%) also showed nice gains.
  • April

    Forbes Dividend Investor: April 24 Weekly Update

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio gained 0.83% over the past week. Our best performer was Brookline Bancorp (BRKL +8.71%). The Massachusetts regional bank reported better than expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday and hiked its quarterly dividend from $0.085 to $0.09.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 17 Weekly Update

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio performed better than the overall market last week, pulling back by 0.34%, on average. Our leading performers were Hi-Crush Partners, L.P. (HCLP +5.42%), China Construction Bank (CICHY +4.90%), Bank of China (BACHY +4.30%) and Bank of Montreal (BMO +4.24%).

  • College Town Landlord A Textbook Case Of Good Value, Fat Yield

    Memphis, Tenn.-based EdR (EDR), formerly known as Education Realty Trust, was founded in 1964 and is one of the largest owners, developers and managers of collegiate housing. It owns or manages 73 communities with more than 40,000 beds serving 53 universities in 23 states.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 10 Weekly Update

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio last week moved higher by 1.96%, on average, led by big gains again in our Chinese banks, Bank of China (BACHY +10.12%) and China Construction Bank (CICHY +8.79%).

  • Destination Maternity Looking Fertile For Dividend Investors

    Valuations look lean and suggest a bargain. At 0.38 times expected 2015 sales, DEST trades at a 24% discount to its five-year average price-to-sales ratio of 0.50. It also trades at an enterprise value 5.64 times expected 2015 EBITDA, a multiple 5.2% lower than the five-year average EV/EBITDA ratio.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 5 Weekly Review

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio fared better than the overall market last week, gaining 0.76%. Our leading performers were Western Union (WU +2.6%), Brookline Bancorp (BRKL +5.39%), China Construction Bank (CICHY +4.26%) and Starwood Property Trust (+3.38%).
  • March

    Buying A Defensive Dividend Payer From Spokane

    At current prices, one utility that looks attractive with a dividend yield north of 3.8% is Spokane, Wash.-based Avista (AVA).

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: March 27 Weekly Update

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio last Friday held up better than the overall market, posting an average decline of 0.9% for the week. CVR Partners (UAN +2.8%) and Western Union (WU +2.6%) were the best performers.

  • Tapping Into Consistent Income From Cell Tower Giant Crown Castle

    Because of the appealing pass-through nature of REITs, which allows companies to avoid taxation at the corporate level if at least 90% of net income is paid out to shareholders, a number of companies that aren't traditional landlords are electing to convert to REIT status. Today's recommendation is a good example.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: March 20 Weekly Update

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio last Friday posted an average gain of 2.0% for the week. Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI) was the biggest winner, up 11.44% for the week, followed by Hi-Crush Partners (HCLP), up 8.14%.

  • Dialing Into Dividends And Cheapness As AT&T Gets Bumped From The Dow By Apple

    Looking at the price-sales ratio, AT&T at 1.29 times trailing revenue is one-third cheaper than Verizon. AT&T's enterprise value to EBITDA ratio of 7.96 is nearly 6% lower than Verizon's. In addition, AT&T's dividend yield of 5.7% is substantially higher than 4.5% on Verizon shares.

  • Following Packaging Company Insiders Into A Bargain Stock With A Fat Yield

    Insider buying is usually a good sign for a stock. Especially convincing is when a company's chief financial officer digs into his own pocket to buy shares of his employer. When the CEO is also buying, you're really in good company.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: March 13 Weekly Update

    Regional banks led the gains with FirstMerit (FMER) and Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania (UVSP) advancing 3.95% and 3.61%, respectively.

  • Bridge Bancorp A Rapidly Growing Regional Worth Buying

    At 2.8 times this year's expected sales, BDGE currently trades at a 15% discount to its five-year average price-sales ratio of 3.3. Also on book value, the current multiple of 1.68 represents a 9% discount to the five-year average.

  • Banking Big Dividends From Northwest Bancshares

    In an expanding economy like we have now with short-term rates sharply lower than long-term rates, banks do better than when the spread between rates is narrower.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: March 6 Weekly Review

    This bull market turns six years old on March 9. Only three bull markets have run for longer, or produced larger gains. Obey your trailing 10% stop losses since doing so will have you holding cash as stocks get even cheaper.

  • Strong Value Signal From Sinclair Broadcast Group

    Sinclair is sporting discounts to historical averages on multiple measures of valuation. If you don't own it, now is a good time to buy it, and if you do own it, consider adding to your position.

  • National Instruments Making Sweet Music With Rising Dividends

    Cash from operations has grown sharply over the past two years, totaling $1.52 per share over the past 12 months. That makes it easy to pay and raise the $0.76 in annual dividends, good for a 2.4% yield. The quarterly dividend was just hiked to $0.19 per share from $0.15 last year.
  • February

    Forbes Dividend Investor: February 27 Weekly Update

    Gainers this week were again led by R.R. Donnelley & Sons (+5.5%), Coach (+4.8%), and Quad/Graphics (+3.7%), along with Star Gas Partners (+3%) and Douglas Dynamics (+2.7%).

  • Going For Big Blue As IBM Wagers More On The Cloud

    There is no guarantee that IBM will quickly turn around its revenue problem, but history suggests that this blue-chip with a long history will figure it out eventually, and with this yield, we're paid well while we wait for the turnaround to take hold.

  • Value And Yield Aplenty In Bank Of Montreal

    With discounts to historical valuations, and a dividend that pays you to wait for capital appreciation, now is a good time to get into BMO.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 20 Weekly Update

    Gainers this week were led by R.R. Donnelley & Sons (+5.12%), Coach (+4.24%), Quad/Graphics (+3.91%) and Deere & Co. (+2.65%).

  • Still Running With Deere As Buffett Climbs Aboard

    It's always nice when your ides about the value of a particular stock gets the seal of approval from an investor with no less of a reputation than Warren Buffett.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 13 Weekly Update

    Stocks in our Top 25 model portfolio gained an average of 1.81% over the past week, led by gains in Las Vegas Sands (+9.14%), Star Gas Partners (+8.23%), and Western Union (+7.28%).

  • Plug In To Emerson Electric For Dividends That Always Motor Higher

    St. Louis-based Emerson Electric (EMR) dates back to 1890 when Civil War veteran and former Union Army officer John Wesley Emerson bankrolled two Scottish brothers who had a talent for making electric motors. The company was the first to sell electric fans and soon spread into making a wide range of motorized appliances.

  • Getting Into GE For Yield And Value Looks Like A Bright Idea

    As far as corporate pedigree and longevity go, you can't get much better than General Electric. Dating back to 1892 as a merger of Edison General Electric Company of Schenectady, N.Y., and Thomson-Houston Electric Company of Lynn, Mass., General Electric is the only surviving member of the 12 original companies listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: February 6 Weekly Update

    FEBRUARY 6, 2015 - It was a banner week for stocks, even though the initial ebullience over a strong January jobs report faded into losses before the close on Friday. For the week, the S&P 500 Index was up 3.03%. The Russell 2000 Small Cap Index fared even better, gaining [...]

  • Wading Back Into Ensco After Epic Fall

    Ensco (ESV) Price: $28.27 Market Cap: $6.61 Billion Dividend Yield: 10.5% Annual Dividend: $3.00 EPS (2015 est.): $4.82 P/E (2015 est.): 5.87 Price/Sales: 1.25 Price/Book Value: 0.56   FEBRUARY 4, 2015 - Why do I recommend using a 10% trailing stop loss on all positions? It's simple. When a stock drops by 10%, it's probably not done with its decline. [...]

  • Collect Rising Rent Checks From Camden Property Trust

    Based on historical valuations, Camden looks cheaply priced. It's price to sales ratio would need to grow 9% to get back to its five-year average. Its enterprise value dividend by expected 2015 EBITDA of 14.7 is 22% lower than the five-year average of this ratio. For these discounted valuations, along with the rising dividend payouts, Camden is worth buying at current prices.
  • January

    Forbes Dividend Investor: January 30 Weekly Update

    One of the two new stocks in the Top 25 this week is BP (BP), which sports substantial valuation discounts to historical averages and encouraging chart patterns, as well as a 6.2% dividend yield. The other one is Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), which had been removed after falling from $25 to below $20. The snow plow maker's shares have stabilized and the company's valuation also shows big discounts to historical averages.

  • Follow Insiders Into Urstadt Biddle

    Insider buying can be a nice confirming signal that your perception of value in a stock may be an accurate one. Lately, a rash of buying by top insiders in commercial REIT Urstadt Biddle Properties (UBA) backs up an analysis that suggests the stock is cheap.

  • Warm Up To A Fat Yield From Star Gas Partners

    In terms of valuation, Star Gas trades for a 14% discount to its average price-sales ratio over the past five years. In addition, its enterprise value to EBITDA ratio of 4.3 is 16% below the five-year average multiple. These valuation discounts suggest a reasonable stock price for SGU above $7.30.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 23 Weekly Update

    European Central Bank President Mario Draghi came through with quantitative easing for the euro zone, announcing a massive bond-buying program on Thursday. Stocks reacted favorably but not euphorically. For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.92% and the S&P; 500 advanced 1.30%.

  • Franklin Street A REIT Still Worth Buying

    We're enjoying a 16% total return over the past four months, but with continued interest by company officers in acquiring the shares and the persistence of discounts to historical valuations, here is a REIT worth buying again.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 16 Weekly Update

    It was a week of whipsaw action with surprises from Switzerland on the currency front and bad earnings reports from banks. After falling for five straight days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 1.1% on Friday but still finished the week lower by 1.27%. The S&P; 500 fell 1.24%. Of bullish note, the small caps outperformed as the Russell 200 Small Cap Index fell just 0.78% for the week. Don't give up on REITs and utilities.

  • World Point Terminals A Nice Port In The Storm

    World Point Terminals (WPT) Price: $19.95 Market Cap: $664 Million Dividend Yield: 6.02% Annual Dividend: $1.20 EPS (2015 est.): $1.16 P/E (2015 est.): 17.2 Price/Sales: 7.30 Price/Book Value: 3.87   JANUARY 14, 2014 - What a wild couple of days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 280 points Tuesday morning before slipping steadily through the close and then tanking [...]

  • Read The Scoreboard, Great Value And Yield In Daktronics

    Daktronics (DAKT) Price: $11.81 Market Cap: $514.5 Million Dividend Yield: 3.37% Annual Dividend: $0.40 EPS (2015 est.): $0.72 P/E (ttm): 16.1 Price/Sales: 0.88 Price/Book Value: 2.40   JANUARY 12, 2014 - If you're a value investor, you probably watch from a distance some stocks that go on monster runs. When a company gets swept up in positive price momentum, even if the underlying growth [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 9 Weekly Update

    JANUARY 9, 2014 - Just nine days into the new year and it's been a rough one for stocks. In the first full trading week of 2015, the S&P 500 Index was down 0.65% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.54%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.48% and the Russell 2000 [...]

  • Sticking With Spectra As MLPs Get Swept Up In Energy Sector Selloff

    Some pipeline operators focused squarely on those markets may be at risk, but others with more diversified sources of revenue--like exposure to natural gas--should fare much better.

  • Government Rent Checks Yield Tidy 7.3%

    With the 10-year note back down to a 2% yield on Monday, here is another REIT worth buying at current prices, based on its attractive valuation and fat, well-covered dividend.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: January 2 Weekly Update

    JANUARY 2, 2014 - Weighed down by weaker than expected data on construction and manufacturing, U.S. stocks slipped from midday highs and finished broadly lower on Friday. The S&P 500 Index tagged a new high on Monday but was down 1.46% for the week. It's called a "buying climax" when [...]
2014
  • December

    Forbes Dividend Investor: December 26 Weekly Update

    DECEMBER 26, 2014 - Stocks have a well-deserved reputation for rallying the week after Christmas and got off to a good start on Friday. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index hit new highs. So did the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index, taking out past peaks in [...]

  • Getting Paid To Bet On Las Vegas Sands

    Here's why LVS is a buy again, from both technical and fundamental perspectives.

  • Dividend Growth Makes Endurance A Stock For The Long Run

    Here's another insurance stock with a decent dividend yield that's worth buying.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 19 Weekly Update

    DECEMBER 19, 2014 - It was a boisterous week for the bulls, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index both sprang 5% higher from midweek lows. Small caps outperformed with the Russell 2000 up 3.8% for the week and the Dow up 3%. Energy stocks have been the [...]

  • Tapping Into Occidental For Yield And Value

    Energy stocks as a group have been routed in the past several weeks, but on Tuesday we got the beginnings of a bounce in the sector as crude oil arrested its decline and trickled a bit higher from six-year lows. The harder they fell, the faster they rose. Judging these sold-off stocks on the basis of value, they look cheap but they've looked cheap all the way down.

  • Banking On Pennsylvania And Pocketing A 3.6% Yield

    This regional bank has a spotless record of paying and raising quarterly dividends since March 1999. At the present rate of $0.165 per quarter, the stock is good for a yield of 3.63% at today's prices.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 12 Weekly Update

    DECEMBER 12, 2014 - U.S. consumer confidence is nailing new highs for the year as oil is plumbing new lows below $60 per barrel. Although cheaper oil leads to cheaper gas and more discretionary dollars in the pockets of consumers, stocks are dropping on Friday with the energy sector. Performance Update Buying [...]

  • Powering Up Swiss Dividends With ABB

    ABB Ltd. (ABB) Price: $21.20 Market Cap: $48.3 Billion Dividend Yield: 3.68% Annual Dividend: $0.78 EPS (2015 est.): $1.47 P/E (2015 est.): 14.4 Price/Sales: 1.19 Price/Book Value: 2.81   DECEMBER 10, 2014 - Many companies headquartered in Europe have been punished by investors for their domicile. In other words, many fine businesses that had the misfortune of being based in [...]

  • Dialing Up CenturyLink's Rich Dividend, Discounted Valuations

    Here is a case of a stock that has always offered high yields, but my recent memory had been heavily influenced by the company slashing its dividend in early 2013. Since then, however, the fundamentals have improved and the additional breathing room from cutting the dividend two years ago offers the potential for increases down the road.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: December 5 Weekly Update

    DECEMBER 5, 2014 -  The monthly employment report showed 321,000 net new jobs added in November, blowing away the consensus forecast for 230,000. Unemployment remained at 5.8%. Surprising strength in payrolls adds to the panoply of recent economic readings showing an accelerating U.S. economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and [...]

  • Rolling Up 5% Yield In Dollar Store Toilet Paper

    Founded in 1976 and based in Pryor, Okla., Orchids Paper Products makes paper towels, bathroom tissue and paper napkins and sells to dollar stores, discount retailers, grocery stores, wholesalers and cooperatives, and convenience stores.

  • Mattel Looks Like A Barbie Bond With 5% Yield

    The classic situation that value investors seek out is a temporarily out of favor company with the financial wherewithal to wait out the period of disfavor, ideally while also continuing to crank out enough cash to cover comfortably a generous dividend that yields significantly higher than the overall market. All of those criteria are covered by toymaker Mattel.
  • November

    Donegal Group Dependability And Dividends Make Insurance Stock A Buy

    Donegal trades for just 0.51 times trailing 12 months of sales, more than a 28% discount to its five-year average price-to-sales ratio of 0.71. Ar that multiple and with $30.82 per share in revenue you get a stock trading just below $22 per share.

  • People's United Worth A Deposit With 4.5% Yield, Cheap Valuations

    Dividends have been steadily paid each quarter and regularly boosted since 1990. The most recent dividend hike was earlier this year. At the current annual rate of $0.66, shares of PBCT yield just below 4.5%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 21 Weekly Update

    NOVEMBER 21, 2014 - It was the fifth straight week of gains for U.S. large cap stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both nailed new highs, propelled by a fresh rate cut by the People's Bank of China, which also helped the entire spectrum of [...]

  • Grappling For Value With Houston Wire & Cable

    Houston Wire & Cable (HWCC) Price: $12.80 Market Cap: $224 Million Dividend Yield: 3.7% Annual Dividend: $0.48 EPS (2014 est.): $0.84 P/E (2014 est.): 15.2 Price/Sales: 0.57 Price/Book Value: 2.02   November 19, 2014 - Sometimes you find a stock that looks cheap, you buy it and it performs very well for you only to give back a big chunk [...]

  • Riding First Niagara After It Goes Over The Rapids

    What happens when a stock takes a dive after a big earnings disappointment followed by aggressive buying by multiple company insiders? In the case of First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG), you got a decent little bounce off of the lows. There could be more to come for the stock’s recovery, based on measures of valuation relative to historical averages.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 14 Weekly Update

    NOVEMBER 14, 2014 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both gained nearly 0.40% for the week and nailed new highs on Thursday. Dividend-paying stocks as a group lost ground this week, with the iShares Select Dividend ETF (DVY) falling 1.04% for the week. Share prices continued [...]

  • Dividend Growth And Cheap Valuation Make Crane A Buy

    For the current year, analysts expect Crane to grow revenue 13.1% to $2.93 billion. Earnings should grow 6.7% to $4.46 per share. That's a modest 13.7 price-earnings ratio for a company growing sales at a 13% clip.

  • Tuning In To Canadian Dividends And Value With Rogers Communcations

    Rogers has a history of paying dividends dating back to 2000 and it has hiked the payout every year. At a current quarterly clip of $0.4575 in Canadian currency, that works out to about $0.40 in U.S. dollars and an annualized payout of $1.60 good for a yield of 4.6%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: November 7 Weekly Update

    NOVEMBER 7, 2014 - Despite a monthly payrolls report showing 214,000 jobs created in October--about 20,000 fewer than expected, stocks fought off early weakness to close near their highs for the day on Friday. The S&P 500 Index notched its third straight weekly gain since the October tumble, advancing 0.69% [...]

  • Banking On Buckeye State's FirstMerit For Yield And Value

    I originally recommended FirstMerit on March 6, 2013 at a dividend-adjusted price of $14.53. Today it trades at $18.25 and warrants further buying at current prices.

  • Big-Time Value In Small-Town Department Stores

    When a stock underperforms the overall market, you have to be wary, but cheap valuations relative to history, a safe and regularly rising dividend, and some significant buying of company stock by the CEO make this operator of small-town department stores an attractive investment at current prices.
  • October

    Forbes Dividend Investor: October 31 Weekly Update

    OCTOBER 31, 2014 - The Bank of Japan unleashed a surprise stimulus package Friday morning, sending stocks around the world sharply higher on Friday.  On Wednesday, markets held firm after the Federal Reserve confirmed the expected, that it would discontinue its bond-buying program this month. The recovery in stocks has been [...]

  • Brookline Shines As Bargain-Priced Regional Bank With Nice Yield

    Valuation relative to history makes a compelling case for Brookline. Over the past five years, the stock has traded for an average price-sales ratio of 3.31, nearly 35% higher than its current multiple of 3.31 times revenue.

  • Running With Deere

    Deere has recovered back above $84, and at these prices the stock is trading at valuation discounts that make now a good time to get into the stock if you don't already own it, or to keep it if you already have it.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 24 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 24, 2014 - The rebound from the lows in mid-October has been ferocious, carrying the S&P 500 4.12% higher for the week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 2.59% to close at 16805. The big rally was in the Nasdaq, up 5.29% for the week, pushed higher by [...]

  • Kellogg Good For Breakfast And Dividends

    Here is a reliable dividend-payer that's been in business for more than a century and offers a discounted valuation compared to historical averages.

  • Apartment REIT Boasts Fat Yield, Rapid Growth

    Revenue is shooting higher thanks to IRT's buying spree. Analysts expect revenue to grow 152% to $50.3 million in 2014. For the first six months of 2014, IRT reported core funds from operations of $5.9 million, more than double the $2.6 million in core FFO for the six months that ended June 30, 2013.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 17 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 17, 2014 - If you like the thrill of a roller coaster, you enjoyed the action in stocks this week. Steep drops were followed by rapid ascent as investors wrestled with European economic weakness and weak numbers out of China and the U.S., as well as more cases of [...]

  • CoreSite Serving Up Nice Yields On The Data Farm

    CoreSite Realty (COR) Price: $34.87 Market Cap: $738.5 Million Dividend Yield: 4.01% Annual Dividend: $1.40 EPS (2014 est.): $2.14 P/E (2014 est.): 16.3 Price/Sales:  2.99 Price/Book Value: 3.55   October 15, 2014 - Thursday saw extreme moves in stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index were down more than 2% at one point as the yield on [...]

  • Plowing Into Douglas Dynamics For Value And Yield

    Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) Price: $18.54 Market Cap: $413.1 Million Dividend Yield: 4.69% Annual Dividend: $0.87 EPS (2014 est.): $1.25 P/E (2014 est.): 14.8 Price/Sales: 1.64 Price/Book Value: 2.53   October 13, 2014 - October has proven to be a bearish month in stocks so far, with all major averages tumbling last week. In this kind of environment, it's wise [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 10 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 10, 2014 - Stocks fell hard for the week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 2.7% and the S&P 500 Index falling 3.1%. The Nasdaq tumbled 4.5% and the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index was hammered 4.6% lower. It was the sixth week in a row of losses [...]

  • Laclede Group Delivers Natural Gas With A Nice Yield

    St. Louis-based Laclede Group (LG) provides natural gas services to approximately 1.5 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers across Missouri and Alabama.

  • Getting Paid 5.5% To Take A Ride On Six Flags

    Six Flags Entertainment (SIX) Price: $34.32 Market Cap: $3.27 Billion Dividend Yield: 5.48% Annual Dividend: $1.88 EPS (2014 est.): $1.44 P/E (2014 est.): 23.8 Price/Sales: 2.99 Price/Book Value: 10.9   October 6, 2014 - Back in the first month of Forbes Dividend Investor in July 2012, I recommended theme park operator Cedar Fair, L.P. (FUN) at a split and dividend-adjusted [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: October 3 Weekly Review

    OCTOBER 3, 2014 - Friday had the feel of a stayed execution in the stock market when equities got an early and substantial lift this morning from a better than expected monthly jobs report that showed payrolls rising by 248,000 in September, blowing past forecasts for 215,000. Bond yields jumped [...]

  • Domtar Offers Fat Dividends From Printer Paper And Adult Diapers

    Domtar produces products from paper pulp. Revenue has been on the rise since the second quarter of 2013 and totaled $5.51 billion over the past 12 months. Analysts expect 5.5% sales growth for 2014 and 30% earnings growth to $3.07 per share.
  • September

    Getting Into AGL Resources For Yield And Value

    AGL has paid dividends every quarter since November 1988 and they consistently hike the payout. The next quarterly installment of $0.49 comes in two months, offering a compelling yield of 3.82%

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 26 Weekly Review

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 - Following a tumble of more than 1.3% in both the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday, stock recovered a bit on Friday but still betrayed plenty of volatility during a historically unfavorable season for the market.  The S&P 500 was down [...]

  • Oneok Has A Streak Like Jeter's, Hitting For Yield And Gains

    From a split and dividend adjusted closing price of $2.83 on its first day of trading on September 1994, Oneok Partners has delivered a total return of 1,811%. Not bad at all, and a big chunk of that return comes from the partnership's yield, which remains fat at 5.6%.

  • Franklin Street Smells Like A Cheap REIT With Fat Yield

    Franklin Street’s fall in the past month has been just about on par with the rest of the REIT universe, but it has some very attractive factors in its favor, including discounted valuations to historical averages, respectable growth and widespread insider buying.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 19 Weekly Review

    Equal investments in each of our 302 dividend stock picks since July 12, 2012 produced a total return of 26% with an average yield of 5.7%.

  • Tank Farm MLP Pumping Out Fat Distributions

    Master limited partnerships are yield-gushing favorites of income investors and we have more than two dozen among past recommendations. Here is another one, this one in the business of crude oil and refined product storage.

  • Filling Up On Dividends With Garden State Gas Company

    New Jersey Resources looks cheap on nearly every metric used to assess value. Its 12.2 forward price-earnings ratio is 40% lower than its five-year average P/E. Its price-to-sales ratio of 0.55 times trailing revenue is 15% lower than the 0.65 five-year average. As a multiple of operating cash flow per share, NJR trades at a 63% discount to its five-year average.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 12 Weekly Review

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 - The S&P 500 dropped 1.1% for the week, snapping what had been its best stretch of the year with five straight weeks of gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average followed suit, dropping 0.87% for the week, and the Nasdaq was lower by 0.33%. Small caps continued [...]

  • Guess Has Question Marks But Secure Dividend Makes Stock An Easy Fit

    Although declining revenue can justify somewhat lower price-to-sales multiples, Guess shares currently trade at a 37% discount to their five-year average price-sales ratio of 1.23. As a multiple of cash flow, Guess also looks cheap, trading at 7.54 times operating cash flow per share, a 20% discount to the 9.35 five-year average. Guess' price-to-book value ratio is 39% lower than its average since 2010.

  • Say Aloha To Dividends And Value From Matson

    Analysts expect Matson's revenue to grow 4% this year to $1.7 billion, with earnings basically flat at $1.33 per share. At 20.8 times expected 2014 EPS, Matson does not trade at a P/E ratio that looks especially cheap, but that multiple is 28% lower than the 28.8 five-year average. As a multiple of sales, Matson trades at 0.72 times annual revenue, a 17% discount to the five-year average price-to-sales ratio.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: September 5 Weekly Review

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 - Despite the monthly employment report from the Labor Department showing far fewer jobs created than were expected, stocks were higher on Friday. Some traders dismissed the data as a statistical anomaly and others felt that it would delay the Federal Reserve from raising rates. Staying Ahead Of [...]

  • Timeshare Outfit Priced Cheaply With Rising Dividend

    Interval Leisure Group (IILG) Price: $21.50 Market Cap: $1.23 Billion Dividend Yield: 2.04% Annual Dividend: $0.44 EPS (ttm): $1.37 P/E (ttm): 15.7 Price/Sales: 2.31 Price/Book Value: 3.38 September 3, 2014 - Longtime subscribers know that I like a stock to have a lengthy history of paying dividends because of the stability and commitment to returning cash to shareholders that comes with such [...]
  • August

    Forbes Dividend Investor: August 29 Weekly Review

    AUGUST 29, 2014  -  Stocks capped off their fourth straight winning week and runs of 5% or more off of lows on August 7 for each of the major averages.  The S&P 500 finished this Friday at 2003, a record high closing price. The Nasdaq and Russell 2000 Small Cap [...]

  • Walking Into Cliffs Natural Resources With An Iron Stomach

    Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) Price: $16.02 Market Cap: $2.45 Billion Dividend Yield: 3.74% Annual Dividend: $0.60 EPS (ttm): $1.67 P/E (ttm): 57.2 Price/Sales: 0.52 Price/Book Value: 0.46 August 27, 2014 - Today’s recommendation, Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF), is a stock that long-time subscribers may remember from the early days of this newsletter. Truthfully, I wouldn't mind if everybody had forgotten about [...]

  • Good Time To Get Into Fastenal

    Fastenal (FAST) Price: $45.77 Market Cap: $13.6 Billion Dividend Yield: 2.18% Annual Dividend: $1.00 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.67 P/E (2014 Est. ): 27.4 Price/Sales: 3.89 Price/Book Value: 7.27 August 25, 2014 - Winona, Minnesota-based Fastenal (FAST) is a global wholesaler and retailer of industrial and construction supplies. The company produces mostly fastener products including bolts, nuts, and screws. It also sells [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 22 Weekly Review

    This letter features a weekly ranking of the top 25 stocks suitable for fresh buying based upon our seven criteria.

  • Dividends Small But Growing At Ebix

    Ebix (EBIX) Price: $14.15 Market Cap: $542.4 Million Dividend Yield: 2.15% Annual Dividend: $0.30 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.49 P/E (2014 Est. ): 9.5 Price/Sales: 2.67 Price/Book Value: 1.24 August 20, 2014 - Insurance stocks have been good to us and you'll find eight of them among past recommendations: Mercury General (MCY), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Donegal Group (DGICA), EMC Insurance Group [...]

  • Firing Up A Fat Yield With Suburban Propane

    Suburban Propane (SPH) Price: $44.11 Market Cap: $2.7 Billion Dividend Yield: 7.93% Annual Dividend: $3.50 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.85 P/E (2014 Est. ): 23.8 Price/Sales: 1.38 Price/Book Value: 2.36   August 18, 2014 - Among past recommendations, we have a handful in the natural gas distribution business that include Star Gas Partners, L.P. (SGU), WGL Holdings (WGL), Delta Gas (DGAS) and Amerigas [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 15, 2014 Weekly Review

    AUGUST 15, 2014 - Even as horrible economic data came pouring out of Europe and ominous signs of a confrontation loomed between Kiev and Moscow, U.S. stocks continued to muscle higher.  The Nasdaq led the averages, rallying 2.15% for the week. The S&P 500 Index powered higher by 1.22%. Small [...]

  • Asset Manager Trades Cheaply, Kicks Out Consistent Dividends

    Analysts expect strong estimates for WDR for the upcoming year and the company has not failed to exceed past quarterly expectations either. Although the financial sector hasn't been doing well as a whole, in just the last 30 days, six analysts have raised their forecasts for WDR sales and profits.

  • Tiny Wireless Equipment Stock Sports Steady Growth In Profits, Dividend

    PCTEL (PCTI) Price: $7.60 Market Cap: $141.6 Million Dividend Yield: 2.1% Annual Dividend (LTM): $0.16 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.54 P/E (2014 Est. ): 14.1 Price/Sales: 1.3 Price/Book Value: 1.3   August 11, 2014 - Dividend investing is traditionally about buying into a business that has been around forever and paid dividends for just about as long. Occasionally, however, you do come across [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: August 8, 2014

    AUGUST 8, 2014 - Coming off the drubbing they took during the last week of July, stocks are off to a rocky but respectable start in August. Despite numerous concerns that include the prospect of the Fed removing monetary stimulus sooner than expected, geopolitical flare-ups in Ukraine, Israel and Iraq, [...]

  • Plum Creek: A Peachy Looking REIT With A Plump Yield

    Plum Creek has paid regular quarterly dividends for the past 25 years and they have generally risen. At the present rate of $1.76 per year, the REIT is good for a yield of 4.3%.

  • Fat Dividends Flowing From Bolt Technology

    Bolt Technology is another stock you should keep on your radar. Here's why.
  • July

    Forbes Dividend Investor: July 31 Weekly Review

    This week the S&P 500 Index started off steady but took a plunge this morning. It finished the day with a 2% tumble. Here's 25 stocks that are still good to invest in despite today's pessimism.

  • Storing Up Fat Dividends With Tupperware

    Tupperware Brands looks like an attractive buy. Here's why.

  • Quality Systems Looks Cheap With Healthy 4.6% Yield

    Today’s stock is another one that I’m revisiting from my past picks. I recommended Quality Systems back in early October 2012 and advised to sell the stock in April 2013. During this period our total return was 7.8%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 25 Weekly Review

    JULY 25, 2014 - The S&P 500 Index finished the week virtually flat, up 0.1%, but selling pressure emerged on Friday when and took the large cap index lower by 0.48%. The Dow did even worse because of a heavy selloff in shares of Visa (V). Small caps in the [...]

  • Generic Drink Maker Quenches Thirst For Yield And Cheapness

    Right now Cott shares trade at significant discounts to historical valuations. The price to sales multiple of 0.3 is 25% lower than the five-year average of 0.4. At $21.70 for sales per share, we are looking at stock worth $8.68 at that five-year average multiple.

  • Landauer Radiating Value With A Fat Yield

    Today's recommendation is another past pick which I jettisoned for reasons of valuation, but now it looks downright cheap relative to history and its dividend yields north of 5%.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 18 Weekly Review

    Friday was an extreme turnaround for stocks as the drubbing on Thursday gave way to a forceful rebound.

  • Going Offshore For Value With Gulf Island Fabrication

    Houston-based Gulf Island Fabrication builds and sells offshore drilling and production platforms, hull and deck sections of floating production platforms, and specialized structures used in offshore oil and gas production.

  • Taking Another Ride On QUAD

    Quad/Graphics (QUAD) Price: $22.25 Market Cap: $1.09 Billion Dividend Yield: 5.4% Annual Dividend: $1.20 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.40 P/E (2014 Est. ): 15.9 Price/Sales: 0.22 Price/Book Value: 0.86   JULY 14, 2014 - With every stock I recommend, I advise using a 10% trailing stop loss order. This means you would sell the stock if it were to drop 10% [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 11 Weekly Review

    JULY 11, 2014 - Fear returned to the markets this week as most stock indexes suffered weekly declines. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was lower by 0.73%. The real carnage was in small caps with the Russell 2000 Index tumbling 4% on the week. Performance [...]

  • Tapping Into The Power Of Brazil

    Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELP) Price: $15.10 Market Cap: $4.5 Billion Dividend Yield: 6.3% Annual Dividend: $0.95 EPS (2014 Est.): $2.10 P/E (2014 Est. ): 7.2 Price/Sales: 0.94 Price/Book Value: 0.72   JULY 9, 2014 - Although Brazilians are still mourning over their country’s resounding 7-1 defeat at the feet of Germany during the semi-finals [...]

  • Yield And Value Aplenty In This Massachusetts Regional Bank

    The regional banks industry has held up well. Here is another stock to buy for the trend.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: July 3 Weekly Review

    These 25 stocks rank the highest along the seven criteria by which they were originally selected and factors such as dividend growth and cash flow.

  • Qualcomm Is Cheap And Kicking Out The Cash

    Valuation makes a compelling case for buying this communications company at current prices.
  • June

    Steep Discounts From This Oil Giant

    It has been a good year for the oil and gas industry. Consider this stock to add to your portfolio.

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 27 Weekly Review

    These 25 stocks rank the highest along the seven criteria by which they were originally selected and factors such as dividend growth and cash flow.

  • Buy Barry Sternlicht With An 8% Yield

    Starwood Property Trust (STWD) Dividend Yield: 8.05% Price: $23.84 Annual Dividend: $1.92 EPS (2014 Est.): $2.16 P/E (2014 Est. ): 11.0 Price/Sales: 5.76 Price/Book Value: 1.46 Market Cap: $4.7 Billion With Fed Chair Janet Yellen emphasizing last week that the Fed is in no hurry to hike interest rates, real estate related ventures may are looking more attractive. Today's pick is be a real estate investment trust (REIT), [...]

  • Perfect Stock For China Bulls And Dividend Lovers

    Here is why you should love this Beijing based online gaming stock.

  • Investment Management Company Boasts Long Dividend History

    T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) Dividend Yield: 2.14% Price: $82.27 Annual Dividend: $1.76 EPS (2014 Est.): $4.56 P/E (2014 Est.): 18.0 Prices/Sales: 6.07 Price/Book Value: 4.29 Market Cap: $21.6B Asset management firms do better during bull markets since their incomes rises and fall with the amount of assets under management. Three past picks riding the wave, and producing spectacular [...]

  • Huge Discounts on PetroChina

    PetroChina Ltd. (PTR) Dividend Yield: 4.16% Price: $123.39 Dividend (TTM): $5.14 EPS (2014 Est.): $11.70 P/E (2014 Est.): 10.5 Prices/Sales: 0.61 Price/Book Value: 1.20 Market Cap: $226B Even though China may be struggling to maintain its target of 7.5% annual GDP growth, its comparative slowdown still puts it at a growth rate nearly quadruple the 2% forecasted this year [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 13 Weekly Review

    These 25 stocks rank the highest along the seven criteria by which they were originally selected and factors such as dividend growth and cash flow.

  • Sufficient Dividends From Mining Company

    BHP Billiton (BHP) Dividend Yield: 3.53% Price: $66.90 Annual Dividend: $2.36 EPS (2014 Est.): $5.55 P/E (2014 Est.): 12.2 Prices/Sales: 2.63 Price/Book Value: 2.34 Market Cap: $179B Shares of mining companies that produce iron ore are trading lower this morning, although that provides us an opportunity to buy a discounted stock even cheaper with a bit higher yield. Morgan Stanley [...]

  • Steady Sales In Book Manufacturing Business

    Courier Corp (CRRC) Dividend Yield: 6.51% Price: $12.90 Annual Dividend: $0.84 EPS (2014 Est.): $0.62 P/E (2014 Est.): 20.8 Prices/Sales: 0.52 Price/Book Value: 1.05 Market Cap: $149M Back in December 2012, I recommended Courier Corp. (CRRC) at $11.59 per share because it offered an extraordinarily high dividend yield and traded at substantial discounts to historical multiples of sales, earnings and book [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: June 6 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: For the third week in a row, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both closed at new all-time highs. Helping to boost stocks was Friday morning’s nonfarm payrolls report from the Department of Labor showing 217,000 jobs added in May, making it four months in a row [...]

  • Insurance Industry Stocks Stays Strong

    Infinity Property and Casualty (IPCC) Dividend Yield: 2.26% Price: $63.77 Annual Dividend: $1.44 EPS (2014 Est.): $3.69 P/E (2014 Est.): 17.4 Price/Sales: 0.5 Price/Book Value: 1.1 Market Cap: $739M We have dipped into the insurance business for several past recommendations, including Maiden Holdings (MHLD), Mercury General (MCY), United Fire (UFCS), EMC Insurance Group (EMCI), Donegal Group (DGICA) and Erie [...]

  • Hidden Value Buried South of the Panama Canal

    Ecopetrol (EC) Dividend Yield: 7.2% Price: $36.70 Annual Dividend: $2.65 EPS (2014 Est.): $3.37 P/E (2014 Est.): 10.8 Price/Sales: 1.98 Price/Book Value: 2.36 Market Cap: $75.5B We've enjoyed tremendous success with numerous past recommendations of foreign integrated oil companies, including BP (BP), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), Total (SA) and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). There's also Russia's Lukoil (LUKOY), which has [...]
  • May

    Forbes Dividend Investor: May 30 Weekly Review

    Sell in May and go away? Not this year. Wrapping up their fourth straight month of gains, the  Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index both finished the final trading day of May at fresh all-time highs. The S&P 500 tacked on 2.3% for the month, helped by [...]

  • Office Supplies Company Shows Huge Discounts

    Ennis (EBF) Dividend Yield: 4.59% Price: $15.25 Annual Dividend: $0.70 EPS (2014 Est.): $1.49 P/E (2014 Est.): 10.2 P/S: 0.73 P/BV: 1.10 Market Cap: $399.6M Some of our biggest success stories among past recommendations have come in companies and industries that seem like dinosaurs. We have triple-digit gains in Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI) and Gannett (GCI), two players in [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 23 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor: This stock market has shown that it can rebound like Wilt Chamberlain, the NBA lifetime leader with 23,924 boards over his 14-year career. After four weeks of looking choppy and sloppy, large caps in the S&P 500 Index gained 1.2% for the week and closed above 1900 for the first time. [...]

  • Massive Amounts Of Insider Action At Houston-Based Company

    Kinder Morgan (KMI) Dividend Yield: 5.02% Price: $33.44 Annual Dividend: $1.68 EPS (2014 est.): $1.36 P/E (2014 est.): 24.5 Price/Sales: 2.29 Price/Book Value: 2.68 Market Cap: $34.4B Pipeline plays have been attractive sources of yield and total return. Many of these outfits are structured as master limited partnerships, paying no taxes at the corporate level in exchange for flowing [...]

  • WGL Holdings Stands Strong Compared To Competitors

    WGL Holdings (WGL) Dividend Yield: 4.43% Price: $39.76 Annual Dividend: $1.76 EPS (2014 est.): $2.33 P/E (2014 est.): 17.1 Price/Sales: 0.75 Price/Book Value: 1.57 Market Cap: $2.06B The drop in the yield on the 10-year Treasury note over the past week from 2.65% to 2.50% gave a big boost to utility stocks, which benefit from lower interest rates. Monday's [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 16 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor, With alternating spurts of despondency and glee, stocks finished a week with lots of action but little net movement from one week ago. Large caps in the S&P 500 finished strong on Friday to turn midweek carnage into a basically breakeven -0.03% weekly change, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average [...]

  • Natural Gas Company Shows Steady Performance

    Delta Natural Gas (DGAS) Dividend Yield: 3.93% Price: $19.34 Annual Dividend: $0.76 EPS (2014 est.): $1.19 P/E (2014 est.): 16.2 Price/Sales: 1.39 Price/Book Value: 1.75 Market Cap: $134M Stock market averages are tumbling again on Thursday after dipping on Wednesday. Momentum and growth stocks are getting hit the hardest. Today's recommendation, although a very small stock, is a far [...]

  • This MLP Expects Huge Distribution Jumps

    Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) Distribution Yield: 4.3% Price: $56.57 Annual Distribution: $2.52 Earnings/Unit (2014 est.): $2.46 P/E (2014 est.): 22.9 Price/Sales: 0.46 Price/Book Value: 2.34 Market Cap: $20.4B MLPs have performed admirably for us, and today we have another one to add. Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) is a master limited partnership engaged in transporting, storing, terminalling and [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 9 Weekly Review

    Dear Fellow Investor, The bull market is breathing more rare air, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing Friday at a fresh all-time high of 16,583. For the week, the Dow gained 0.43% but the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index was down another 1.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.25%. For the past [...]

  • Western Union Still Looks Cheap

    Western Union Dividend Yield: 3.09% Price: $16.17 Annual Dividend: $0.50 EPS (2014 est.): $1.46 P/E (2014 est.): 11 Price/Sales: 1.60 Price/Book Value: 8.15 Market Cap: $8.7 billion If love is lovelier the second time around, then prepare for some big gains ahead with today's pick. Indeed, we had a very lovely run during our one-year fling with Western Union from [...]

  • Dividend Hike From Regional Bank

    First Financial Corp. (THFF) Dividend Yield: 3.02% Price: $31.74 Annual Dividend: $0.96 EPS (2014 est.): $2.41 P/E (2014 est.): 13.1 Price/Sales: 2.83 Price/Book Value: 1.06 Market Cap: $424.6 million Banks make more money when the spread widens between the interest rates at which they can borrow and those at which they lend. Banks borrow at the rate they pay [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: May 2 Weekly Review

      Our 270 past picks have produced a total return of 25.4% with an average yield of 5.7%. Buying the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) at each of the same times returned 22.5%. Below is the list of the Top 25 stocks. Other recommendations may also be suitable for fresh buying, but [...]
  • April

    Berkshire Hills Bancorp: Small Firm But Mighty Dividends

    Berkshire Hills (BHLB) Dividend Yield: 3.07% Price: $23.43 Annual Dividend: $0.72 EPS (2014 est.): $1.70 P/E (2014 est.): 13.8 Price/Sales: 2.58 Price/Book Value: 0.87 Market Cap: $589 million Shares of smaller banks had a good run last year and the momentum carried into 2014. For the past six weeks, it's been a different story. The SPDR S&P Regional Banking [...]

  • Teck Resources Makes A Comeback

    Teck Resources Dividend Yield: 3.86% Price: $22.00 Annual Dividend: $0.85 Operating Cash Flow/Share (ttm): $4.21 Forward P/E (2015 est.): 13.8 Price/Sales: 1.48 Price/Book Value: 0.74 Market Cap: $12.5 billion Dealing with weak stocks can get you into trouble, as losers tend to keep on losing. At some point in a security's downtrend, however, there is going to be a [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 25 Weekly Review

    Below is the list of the Top 25 stocks. Other recommendations may also be suitable for fresh buying, but these 25 rank highest along the criteria by which they were originally chosen. The three columns on the far right show percentage discounts to five-year average multiples of price to sales [...]

  • Promising Valuations From Trustmark

    Trustmark (TRMK) Dividend Yield: 3.89% Price: $23.65 Annual Dividend: $0.92 EPS (2014 est.): $1.70 P/E (2014 est.): 13.9 Price/Sales: 2.6 Price/Book Value: 1.2 Market Cap: $1.64 billion It's been a while since we jumped into a regional banking stock. In 2013, we enjoyed big success with more than a dozen smaller financial institutions that pay reliable and sizable dividends. [...]

  • Vanguard Natural Resources Gushing With Yield

    Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR) Dividend Yield: 8.5% Price: $30.54 Annual Dividend: $2.52 Earnings Per Unit (2014 est.): $1.45 P/E (2014 est.): 13.1 Price/Sales: 2.83 Price/Book Value: 1.06 Market Cap: $424.6 million Earlier this month on April 2, I recommended Linn, an upstream oil and gas master limited partnership that pays monthly cash distributions. Today we have a similarly attractive [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 18 Weekly Review

    Stocks snapped back from brutal declines one week ago as deeply oversold conditions and some surprisingly good earnings reports from companies Goldman Sachs, Coca-Cola  and Intel helped recoup nearly all of the prior week's losses. The put-call ratio, which we noted was at elevated levels, began to turn lower and [...]

  • GulfMark Offshore Shows Double-Digit Percentage Increases

    GulfMark Offshore (GLF) Dividend Yield: 2.27% Price: $44.14 Annual Dividend: $1.00 EPS (2014 est.): $4.07 P/E (2014 est.): 10.8 Price/Sales: 2.54 Price/Book Value: 111 Market Cap: $1.17 billion Energy services stocks have had a decent run in the past two months, with the Market Vectors Oil Services (OIH) ETF up 14% since February 3. That outpaces the 7.5% move [...]

  • Coca-Cola: 52-Year History Of Bountiful Dividends

    Coca-Cola (KO) Dividend Yield: 3.15% Price: $38.70 Annual Dividend: $1.22 EPS (2014 est.): $2.09 P/E (2014 est.): 18.5 Price/Sales: 3.63 Price/Book Value: 5.13 Market Cap: $170.6 billion After a sharp selloff last week, defensive stocks are looking more appealing. Among companies that sell food and drink, one that looks refreshing and delicious at current valuations is one of the [...]

  • Forbes Dividend Investor: April 11 Weekly Review

    The selloff that gained strength at the end of last week resumed in earnest on Thursday and Friday, sending the S&P 500 down by 3% over the two-day period and knocking the Nasdaq lower by 4.3%. Biotechnology stocks  again got hammered again. The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (IBB) is down 20% [...]

  • Canadian Innergex Renewable Energy Shows Surges In Revenue

    Innergex Renewable Energy (INGXF) Dividend Yield: 5.68% Price: $9.50 Dividends (ttm): $0.54 EPS (ttm): $0.40 P/E (2014 est.):23.7 Price/Sales: 4.54 Price/Book Value: 1.98 Market Cap: $916 million Utilities worldwide have staged an impressive rally over the past several months. Shares of previously recommended Emera (EMRAF), an electric producer in Canada's maritime provinces, are up 16% since late January. Several smaller [...]

  • AmeriGas Partners: Lean Valuations, Fat Yields

    AmeriGas Partners Dividend Yield: 7.67% Price: $43.76 Annualized Distribution: $3.36 Earnings Per Unit (2014 est.): $2.77 P/E (2014 est.): 15.8 Price/Sales: 1.3 Price/Book Value: 2.8 Market Cap: $4.06 billion One year ago on April 8, 2013, I recommended buying Star Gas Partners, L.P. (SGU) at a dividend-adjusted price of $4.24. Through the close on Monday, Star Gas had delivered [...]