Philip Morris International
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Three “Related” Safe Dividend Payers
By Reuben Brewer - April 22, 2013 | Tickers: MO, KRFT, PM
Barron's recently posted Citi's updated list of large, financially strong, high yielding, dividend paying companies. The recent list includes three names that all used to be part of the same company: Altria (NYSE: MO), Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM), and Kraft (NASDAQ: KRFT).
The Citi List
Citi creates a list of recommended companies with big yields every month. Part of its screen is the use of credit default more »
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Dividend Picks From a Famous Fund
By Reuben Brewer - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: GE, PM, RDS-B
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund (VWINX) is a balanced fund with a focus on quality income stocks. With the market at elevated levels, a look at the fund's top holdings is a good starting point for investment ideas.
Wellesley Income Fund
The fund's target allocation is 65% bonds/35% stocks, though it was slightly overweight stocks recently. That's partially a reflection of the impressive run that equities have more »
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Dividend Picks From a Famous Fund
By Reuben Brewer - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: GE, PM, RDS-B
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund (VWINX) is a balanced fund with a focus on quality income stocks. With the market at elevated levels, a look at the fund's top holdings is a good starting point for investment ideas.
Wellesley Income Fund
The fund's target allocation is 65% bonds/35% stocks, though it was slightly overweight stocks recently. That's partially a reflection of the impressive run that equities have more »
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Dividend Picks From a Famous Fund
By Reuben Brewer - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: GE, PM, RDS-B
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund (VWINX) is a balanced fund with a focus on quality income stocks. With the market at elevated levels, a look at the fund's top holdings is a good starting point for investment ideas.
Wellesley Income Fund
The fund's target allocation is 65% bonds/35% stocks, though it was slightly overweight stocks recently. That's partially a reflection of the impressive run that equities have more »
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3 Mega Cap Dividend Payers to Consider, and 1 to Avoid
By Reuben Brewer - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, MSFT, PM
There are dividend paying companies all along the size spectrum. Conservative investors, however, would do well to take a look at the biggest of the big companies if they want to minimize risk. To that end, companies like giant-sized Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) are all good options. That said, being big isn't always a guarantee of low risk.
Being big is more »
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Billionaire David Shaw’s High Dividend Picks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: GE, JPM, OXY, PFE, PM
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors in our database, aiding us in our work developing investing strategies. We can also look at individual filings to see top managers’ favorite stocks in a number of categories, including stocks that pay substantial dividend yields, as a way to provide initial ideas that investors can research further if they like the company’s prospects. Here are billionaire David more »
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Dividend Stock Ideas From Todd Veredus' Portfolio
By Aubrey Tabuga - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: BLK, ESV, PM, UNP
If you are on the lookout for solid dividend growth and great fundamentals, consider these dividend stocks I picked from the portfolio of Todd Veredus Asset Management, a fund with over $3 billion in assets under management.
These stocks’ annualized dividend payments have been growing at double-digit rates. Their performances in terms of revenue growth and profitability are all impressive. Most have a payout ratio below 40% based on cash more »
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Tobacco Dividends
By Reuben Brewer - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: MO, BTI, PM
Tobacco companies have long been a stalwart member of sin stock portfolios. There's good reason for this, and it could make these stocks a good pick for your dividend portfolio, too.
Tobacco
Tobacco is an addictive substance that can cause all sorts of health problems. While the industry fought these links for years, it is pretty much an accepted fact today. These ills have long led to a public more »
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The Three Cs of Investing in Indonesia
By Leo Sun - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: KO, PM, SBUX
These days, Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, is increasingly looking like the “New China.” With a GDP that is expected to rise 6.2% in 2013 and 6.5% in 2014, its economy is the fastest growing in Asia. That feverish growth isn’t expected to cool off anytime soon--the World Bank forecasts Indonesia to keep growing at this rapid clip through 2025. Indonesia’s growth more »
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Dividend Stocks Ideas from Todd Veredus Portfolio
By Aubrey Tabuga - April 9, 2013 | Tickers: BLK, ESV, PM, UNP
If you are on the lookout for solid dividend growth performances and great fundamental conditions, consider these dividend stocks I picked from the portfolio of Todd Veredus Asset Management Llc, a fund manager with over $3 billion assets under management. These stocks’ annualized dividend payments have been growing at double-digit rates. Their performances in terms of revenue growth and profitability are all impressive. All have below 40% payout ratio based more »
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The Three Cs of Investing in Indonesia
By Leo Sun - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: KO, PM, SBUX
These days, Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, is increasingly looking like the “New China”. With a GDP that is expected to rise 6.2% in 2013 and 6.5% in 2014, its economy is the fastest growing in Asia. That feverish growth isn’t expected to cool off anytime soon. World Bank forecasts Indonesia to keep growing at this rapid clip through 2025. Indonesia’s growth more »
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Renaissance Technologies’ 3.5% Yield and Higher Picks
By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: LLY, GSK, INTC, LO, PM
Renaissance Technologies is one of the most successful hedge funds in recent history, if not the most successful, with founder Jim Simons’ net worth estimated at over $10 billion. We at Insider Monkey track 13F filings from hedge funds such as Renaissance in our database, which we use to develop investment strategies. We can also see what Renaissance owns in a number of different categories, including stocks with high dividend more »
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Is This Tobacco Company Still Smoking Hot?
By Lior Cohen - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: MO, LO, PM, RAI
Investors who seek high dividend yield tend to pick a tobacco company. Among the leading tobacco companies in the US, Altria Group (NYSE: MO) gets the most attention on account of its high market cap. Putting the market cap aside, how is this tobacco company performing compared to other leading tobacco manufacturers? Is this company still worth owning?
During 2012 shares of Altria have only slightly risen. Other leading tobacco more »
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Why Altria Should Spin-Off SABMiller Stake
By Jordan Wathen - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: MO, PM, SBMRY
Altria (NYSE: MO) may be better known for American cigarettes, but it also holds a hefty beer and wine interest in the form of SABMiller (NASDAQOTH: SBMRY). Altria has a 28.7% interest in the brewing company, which is worth $23.84 billion using SABMiller's current market cap.
Thus, if investors remove the impact of SABMiller in Altria's market cap, the tobacco company as a alone is worth more »
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Is Altria a Good Dividend Stock to Buy?
By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: MO, BTI, LO, PM, RAI
Cigarette stocks are notoriously high-yield, and Altria Group Inc (NYSE: MO) is certainly no exception. It has been paying 44 cents per share for the last three quarters, which annualizes to a dividend yield of 5.2%. The company has also steadily increased dividend payments over time, so it’s somewhat reasonable to expect Altria to raise its dividend even higher in the future. Altria was formed when Philip Morris more »
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Stocks You Should Buy (if Only They Were Cheaper)
By Robert Ciura - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: JNJ, PEP, PM
It’s no secret that the stock market has had a good run lately. Since the horror of the most recent market downturn ended in March 2009, stocks have taken a virtually unabated run to new heights. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently set a new all-time closing high, withstanding headline after headline that at times frayed the market’s collective nerves over the past few years. As a result more »
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5 Bullish Income Plays by This Mega-Billionaire
By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 20, 2013 | Tickers: AVB, GE, JPM, OXY, PM
David Elliot Shaw, more commonly known as D. E. Shaw, founded his hedge fund firm, D. E. Shaw & Co., in 1988. Shaw’s $28 billion firm primarily relies on quantitative methods to benefit from security pricing anomalies, but has lately expanded its use of qualitative methods to pick winning stocks. This quant-based firm’s flagship macro fund, the $9 billion Oculus Fund, returned 18% last year. Another one of its more »
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This Industry Means Big Yields!
By Matthew Frankel - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: MO, LO, PM, RAI
One of my favorite industries for the long term, and this surprises a lot of people, is the tobacco industry. Never mind your personal thoughts on cigarette makers or the tobacco industry in general, and don’t let the apparent “no smoking” trend fool you--tobacco can still mean big gains for its shareholders.
As a former smoker myself, I was surprised to learn about the high yields and expected growth more »
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When Europe Recovers This Stock Will Explode
By Chad Henage - March 15, 2013 | Tickers: MO, LO, PM, RAI
Peter Lynch once said that a great company to invest in would make a product that customers have to keep buying. He went further to say if the product was addicting, that was even better. He mentioned the old Philip Morris as one of these great opportunities. Today, I'm sure Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) would catch his eye. The things Lynch liked the most about the old school more »
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2 Positives, But 3 Big Negatives From This Company
By Chad Henage - March 13, 2013 | Tickers: MO, LO, PM, RAI
There are certain industries that some investors just refuse to consider. Sometimes a company's main business practice goes against their personal beliefs, or they don't want to invest their money in an enterprise that isn't doing some good works. There are even mutual funds devoted to this practice generally called socially responsible funds. The number one industry that these funds and investors avoid is tobacco. If you more »