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Four Dividend Stocks to Put Money in Your Pocket

{ Posted on Jan 12 2012 by Don Miller }
Anxiety over the European debt crisis and distrust in the markets drove volatility in global stock markets to dizzying heights in 2011. The intense level of chaos, and record low bond yields, sent investors scrambling for stocks ...Read More »

Small Shale Oil Companies Make Prime Take Over Targets

{ Posted on Jan 12 2012 by David Zeiler }
Cash-rich oil majors are set to go on an epic buying spree. In the process, they are going to create a huge investment opportunity. Small oil companies have become attractive takeover targets because they have something that oil majors ...Read More »

All I Need to Know About Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) I Learned 30 Years Ago

{ Posted on Jan 09 2012 by Jack Barnes }
All I need to know about Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), I learned at my first job at a broker dealer. To this day, the firm I worked at is one of the largest assets under management (AUM) shops ...Read More »

Oil Companies Big Winners as U.S. Becomes Net Exporter of Fuel

{ Posted on Jan 04 2012 by David Zeiler }
The United States has become a net exporter of fuel for the first time in more than 60 years. That simple fact could drive oil-company profits for at least the next decade. It's also another sign of dramatic shifts ...Read More »

No Debt and High Yield Make Automatic Data Processing Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP) a "Buy"

{ Posted on Dec 12 2011 by Jack Barnes }
Most people aren't incredibly familiar with Automatic Data Processing Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP), but it's a company every investor should know. You see, ADP, which provides payroll and human resources services to businesses, has two important traits that investors ...Read More »

Cheap Natural Gas Has Made This 85-Year-Old Technology Profitable

{ Posted on Dec 06 2011 by David Zeiler }
Although natural gas has become plentiful and cheap in the United States, using it in ways that would make it a practical alternative to petroleum, such as vehicle fuel, has proven challenging. It's not that it can't be done. ...Read More »

Commodities Trading 2012: The Top 3 Commodities Plays for The Biggest Profits in 2012

{ Posted on Dec 05 2011 by Guest Editorial }
A commodity is something that has universal definition and demand. Everyone knows what food is, and everybody wants it. Nearly everyone in the world knows what gold is, and nearly all of them want it. The same is true ...Read More »

An Early Look at Things to Come

{ Posted on Nov 30 2011 by Dr. Kent Moors }
I made it back late Saturday night from my meetings in Germany. While I was there, the German Central Bank (the Bundesbank) was unable to sell its full complement of bonds... for the first time ever. That resulted ...Read More »

Unfair Chinese Business Practices Threaten Profits of U.S. Businesses

{ Posted on Oct 25 2011 by David Zeiler }
U.S. companies have become increasingly worried that unfair Chinese business practices are hurting their ability to compete and will start eating into the juicy profits they've been extracting from the Asian giant. Problems with how China ...Read More »

7 Dividend-Paying Water Company Stocks Bound to Make a Splash

{ Posted on Oct 24 2011 by David Zeiler }
When it comes to commodities, attention typically focuses on gold and oil. But there's only one commodity that humans truly cannot live without - water. Water covers nearly three-fourths of the Earth's surface, but ...Read More »