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  • 5 Dividend All Stars Going Ex-Dividend in May

    By Karin Hernandez - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: CMS, NU, PAA, SJR, WEC

    I’ve been analyzing and writing about dividend companies for nearly a year, looking to build what I believe is the Perfect Dividend Portfolio. I developed a complete ratings system, through which I assign scores to a company based on seven separate criteria I have chosen to represent superior dividend-paying potential, as well as possible gains in share price. I've written nearly a hundred articles, and I've examined more »

  • Four Dividend All-Stars Going Ex-Dividend in February

    By Karin Hernandez - February 5, 2013 | Tickers: CMS, HCN, MMP, SXL

    I’ve been analyzing and writing about dividend companies for over six months, looking to build what I believe is the best Dividend Portfolio. I developed a complete ratings system, through which I assign scores to a company based on seven separate criteria I have chosen to represent superior dividend-paying potential, as well as possible gains in share price.

    So far I have selected seven companies for my Portfolio. I more »

  • Beating The Street: 20 Years Later

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: CMS, F, GM, GBCI, PIR

    Every so often I like to reread my battered copy of "Beating The Street" by investing guru Peter Lynch. I was stunned to find that of the 21 companies he recommended in Barron's in 1992 only four were still independent publicly traded companies. Almost all of the banks he recommended had been bought out by larger banks like Sovereign Bancorp's purchase by Banco Santander. Copper company Phelps Dodge more »

  • These Heavily Indebted Utilities Offer Risk and Growth

    By Joshua Bondy - November 2, 2012 | Tickers: CMS, ITC, AES, UNS

    The debt to equity ratio is an important metric that every investor needs to watch. Debt allows for the financing of growth, but at the same time it can place a serious drag on earnings. These utilities all have debt to equity ratios over 1.6, but different regulatory environments will make or break these stocks. ITC Holdings (NYSE: ITC) is a special opportunity in the power transmission market which more »

  • A Small Sampling of Good Corporate Deeds

    By Brian Hill - August 28, 2012 | Tickers: CMS, FE, NSRGY, RFP

    Just as when a company misplaces its moral compass it deserves to be chastised in the media, companies that go out of their way to help consumers, the community or the environment deserve recognition for their efforts and high praise. In my view, over the long run these good corporate eggs far outnumber the rotten ones. It's just we don't always hear about them. So let's visit more »