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  • Do These 3 Popular Dividend Investments Make the Grade?

    By Brian Nichols - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: APD, TXN, WAG

    The Wall Street Journal columnist Kelley Wright wrote a column over the weekend that looked at the issue of dividend investing. The message was that many investors have the idea of dividend investing all wrong, as a good investment is not necessarily a high yield. There are a number of factors at play, and Wright provided both a guide and top stocks. I am assessing three of these selections.

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  • Do These 3 Popular Dividend Investments Make the Grade?

    By Brian Nichols - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: APD, TXN, WAG

    The Wall Street Journal columnist Kelley Wright wrote a column over the weekend that looked at the issue of dividend investing. The message was that many investors have the idea of dividend investing all wrong, as a good investment is not necessarily a high yield. There are a number of factors at play, and Wright provided both a guide and top stocks. I am assessing three of these selections.

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  • An Assessment of Three Popular Dividend Investments

    By Brian Nichols - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: APD, TXN, WAG

    The Wall Street Journal columnist Kelley Wright wrote a column over the weekend which looked at the issue of dividend investing. The message was that many investors have the idea of dividend investing all wrong, as a good investment is not necessarily a high yield. There are a number of factors at play, and Wright provided both a guide and top stocks, and I am assessing three of these selections more »

  • Three Companies that Could Profit Big from Virgin Oil

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: APD, KMP, OXY

    One Texas oilman is betting big on being the first to get residual oil out of virgin oil fields. Eliot Roosevelt Jr., grandson of of FDR, is planning to partner up with Kinder Morgan Energy (NYSE: KMP) and Southern Company. While carbon dioxide recovery, a tertiary process of injecting CO2 into wells and making the oil slippery enough to to recovered by a second well, has been around for 40 more »

  • Three Companies that Could Profit Big from Virgin Oil

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: APD, KMP, OXY

    One Texas oilman is betting big on being the first to get residual oil out of virgin oil fields. Eliot Roosevelt Jr., grandson of of FDR, is planning to partner up with Kinder Morgan Energy (NYSE: KMP) and Southern Company. While carbon dioxide recovery, a tertiary process of injecting CO2 into wells and making the oil slippery enough to to recovered by a second well, has been around for 40 more »

  • Is DuPont a Good Stock to Buy?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: APD, DD, EMN, FMC, DOW

    DuPont (NYSE: DD) has fallen 8% in the last year against a rising market. The $46 billion market cap company produces chemicals, agricultural products, and industrial materials. In 2012 DuPont’s revenue increased only 3% compared to the previous year, with higher sales in the U.S. and Canada- the largest geographic segment, responsible for about 40% of revenue, offsetting smaller declines in EMEA and Asia-Pacific. In terms of the more »

  • Searching for Great Stocks in Basic Materials

    By Robert Ciura - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: APD, AA, MT

    Basic-materials companies with operations engaged in commodities, such as chemicals, steel, and aluminum, provide the resources needed to build and maintain our society. Since these materials go into everything from homes to automobiles, the underlying stocks are tied to the health of the global economy -- for better or for worse. 

    It can probably go without saying that the past few years have been extremely volatile for stocks in the basic-materials more »

  • 3 Modestly Priced Materials Stocks for your Watch List

    By Robert Ciura - February 9, 2013 | Tickers: APD, MT, FCX

    In today’s zero interest rate environment, investors continue to search for yield.  Investors starved for income could do well by digging deeper into the basic materials sector.  This list includes companies that are trading for reasonable valuations.  In addition to promising growth, these three stocks provide investors a solid income stream as well.

    Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD) is an $18 billion provider of atmospheric, process, and specialty gases more »

  • The Envelope Please!

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - January 24, 2013 | Tickers: APD, ITW, INTC, MCD, USB

    The Oscars are upon us and I'm getting ready for my favorite party and the best drinking game ever, downing a slug every time Oscar winners thank their mother. So Deutsche Bank's equity strategy team and analyst David Bianco have kindly come up with a list of talented nominees for their list of favorite stocks for 2013. Their criteria was large cap, over $10 billion, 2013 EPS growth more »

  • Big Chemical Companies: Safe Havens or Lumbering Monsters?

    By Chris Hodge - January 8, 2013 | Tickers: APD, DD, SQM, DOW

    I've got a bit of ambivalence about big companies in general. On the one hand, they tend to be fairly stable because size grants a bit of leeway. There's a certain social proof that keeps people working harder to maintain a company that they believe can't possibly fail. But at the same time, it's really easy to get caught up in dogma and expect that things more »

  • Steadfast Capital Management Just Bought This Stock

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 13, 2012 | Tickers: APD, MEOH, PDH, POL, ROC 130817C00060000

    According to a filing with the SEC, Steadfast Capital Management has acquired a total of 7.2 million shares of PetroLogistics LP (NYSE: PDH), representing just over 5% of the total shares outstanding. PetroLogistics is a $1.6 billion market cap company that processes propane into propylene (a raw material critical to the petrochemical industry). The company went public in May, with the stock falling 30% in what has been more »

  • Company Insiders Bought These Stocks Recently

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - November 9, 2012 | Tickers: APD, JBHT, MJN, PM, ZNGA

    One of the core principles of finance is that of diversification: a market participant shouldn’t be too exposed to any one particular company. In the case of insiders, who are drawing an income from a publicly traded company, this is even more true- it is irrational to buy shares, making that insider even more dependent on the company’s prospects, unless there is a good deal of confidence in more »

  • A Board Member Bought Air Products & Chemicals

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 27, 2012 | Tickers: APD, ARG, EMN, FMC, PX

    Lawrence Smith, who serves on the Board of Directors at Air Products & Chemicals ), bought 5,000 shares of the company on October 23 at an average price of $77.36. This roughly doubled Smith’s direct holdings of the stock. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Air Products & Chemicals’ product offerings include gases such as oxygen, helium, and specialty gases, as well as a variety of performance chemicals. Its market capitalization is about $16 more »

  • Value Hedge Fund Greenhaven Associates’ Top Stock Picks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 26, 2012 | Tickers: MMM, APD, BHI, FDX, LOW

    Greenhaven Associates, a large hedge fund, is managed by value investor Edgar Wachenheim. The fund recently filed its 13F, which reports on many of the long equity positions that a hedge fund or other notable investor owned at the end of the most recent quarter (in this case, the quarter ending September 30). We track these filings and so are able to compare the positions that the fund reported to more »

  • Air Products Shares Falling

    By Steve Van - October 19, 2012 | Tickers: APD

    What: Shares of Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD) have fallen by as much as 5.6% through midday after the company reported fourth quarter results before the open.

    So what:  Revenue for the quarter increased to $2.61 billion, or almost 4% above the $2.51 billion reported in the previous year.  However, non-GAAP earnings per share declined to $1.42 (before $0.78 per share non-recurring restructuring expenses) from more »

  • Is DuPont a Good Stock to Buy?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 17, 2012 | Tickers: APD, DD, EMN, FMC, DOW

    Diversified company DuPont (NYSE: DD) is best known for its performance chemicals and other materials that are used for industrial purposes, but it also provides seeds and a variety of biological chemicals to agriculture and food customers. DuPont’s sales were up 7% in the second quarter compared to a year earlier. Higher sales in agriculture, biosciences, and nutrition made up for small declines in many other segments. This was more »

  • Why is This Insider Buying Valhi?

    By Soroush Pour - August 7, 2012 | Tickers: APD, DD, EMN, VHI

    Insider trading sentiment is an underrated, underreported form of investment analysis that allows the average Joe to peek under the hood of a publicly traded company’s management, though it only allows for a dichotomous conclusion to be drawn: bull or bear.  In most cases, insider buying activity is the most consistent indicator, as there are many reasons for corporate executives to sell shares, but only one reason to buy more »

  • 5 Green Plays for Dividend Lovers

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - July 20, 2012 | Tickers: APD, GE, IDA, KDN, PCH

    Many nations have embarked on the mission to clean the world and to achieve economic growth that is environmentally sustainable. Businesses have increased the use of green energy and have started to promote environmentally friendly policies. The recent surge in oil prices has increased the number of alternative energy production initiatives, which are increasingly receiving support from a number of governments around the world. The quest to clean the world more »

  • Air Products & Chemicals Dividend – Slowing Or Growing?

    By Chad Henage - June 22, 2012 | Tickers: APD, ARG, DOW

    Companies that use chemicals and naturally occurring gasses for their products are not exactly a dime a dozen. There are several large players that dominate the field. One of the big players in this segment is Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD). Besides the company's obvious competitive advantage of operating in a relatively obscure industry, Air Products also has the distinction of increasing its dividend for over 25 years in a row. Competition in the chemicals industry is tough and just because a company has increased its dividend for years doesn't mean that streak can't come to an end. Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) is a painful reminder of just how fast things can change. Dow paid a dividend, without a cut for 97 years, until it broke that streak. Let's see if Air Products is destined to be another Dow, or if the company can continue its streak.

  • Helium Shortage Inflating Profits of Industrial Gases Companies

    By Steve Van - June 8, 2012 | Tickers: APD, ARG, PX

    There has recently been a surge of coverage in local media outlets about a nationwide shortage of helium. The coverage has focused on the impact that higher prices have on consumers of helium, such as florists, welding companies, and university science departments.

    On the other side of the story are the providers of helium that seek to balance the rising cost and delays in supplies of helium with the potential more »

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