Barron’s picks 10 stocks as good dividend bets
Nov 23, 2009 Make Money Online
Barron’s highlighted ten companies that it sees as good bets for investments with big dividends that look safe for the long term, including Banco Santander (SAN.MC) at the top of its list and Verizon Communications (VZ.N).
Barron’s Nov 23 edition cited Banco Santander’s relative financial strength in a troubled industry as well as its geographic diversity and a 10-year return rate of 9.2 percent, annualized through Oct 30 2009.
It said its No. 2 pick Chevron (CVX.N) offers a dollar hedge, exposure to oil and gas and a 8.8 percent 10-year return on the same basis as the first company on the list.
The paper’s No. 3 is chip market leader Intel Corp (INTC.O), which recently raised its dividend. Barron’s said “there is probably more of that to come” but noted that its 10-year return rate was a negative 5.6 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
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FedEx outlook hike a good sign for industrials
Sep 12, 2009 Make Money Online
By Scott Malone – Analysis
FedEx Corp’s (FDX.N) lifting of its profit forecast, on the strength of international shipments, could be a bullish sign for major U.S. industrial companies that generate much of their sales overseas.
The package-delivery giant said on Friday its profit for the just-ended quarter would top the midpoint of its prior forecast by about 50 percent, thanks in part to better-than-expected foreign deliveries.
The company kept its economic guard up, with Chief Financial Officer Alan Graf noting it remained “difficult to predict the timing and pace of any economic recovery.
But investors said the news, which sent FedEx shares up more than 7 percent, boded well for manufacturing heavyweights such as General Electric Co (GE.N), United Technologies Corp (UTX.N) and Emerson Electric Co (EMR.N) which generate substantial amounts of revenue outside the United States.
“We’re seeing a material pickup in exports of manufactured goods, whether it’s bearings for pumps and motors or industrial machinery, literally across the board,” said Peter Sorrentino, senior vice president at Huntington Asset Advisors in Cincinnati, which holds shares of GE, United Tech and Emerson.
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