Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.24), with the stock changing hands as low as $11.95 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example[...] read »
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) were yielding above the 3% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.32), with the stock changing hands as low as $43.25 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased shares[...] read »
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (NYSE: ITW) were yielding above the 3% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.44), with the stock changing hands as low as $46.08 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased[...] read »
Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) were yielding above the 2% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.84), with the stock changing hands as low as $91.15 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased shares[...] read »
It doesn't matter that the big emerging markets like Brazil and China are in better fiscal shape than all of Europe. It doesn't matter that long term growth trends favor Asia, or that high volume names like oil and gas company Petrobras (PBR) is trading at 2008 multiples and sitting on some of the biggest oil finds on the planet. The European sovereign debt crisis has the emerging markets in a Cobra Clutch. The bell has rung. It's a count out. This match is over for 2011. read »
Cisco is set to report its first quarter earnings of fiscal 2012 after the close. Here we highlight a few key trends to watch for in the upcoming earnings release. read »
The Kindle Fire could be the iPad’s first serious contender in the tablet market, a recent survey published by RBC Capital Market suggests. Pre-launch demand for Amazon's tablet exceeds pre-launch buying intentions for Apple’s iPad back in February 2010, the survey showed, indicating that if the Kindle Fire keeps the “buzz” going with favorable user reviews and reactions, it could become a heavy hitter in the exponentially growing tablet market. read »
Google Apps, Google’s very own arsenal of application software, can make it big on a large-scale. The search giant has recently signed a deal to provide its e-mail and cloud-based software to General Motors’ 100,000 employees. read »
Hotel and travel bookings website Priceline.com has experienced a choppy year. The company has achieved the enviable position of the number-two travel booking site in the world after Expedia, focusing primarily on hotel bookings which contribute to 90% of the stock price according to our analysis and is starting to expand aggressively abroad. read »