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  • Building a Watch List From Household Items

    By William Bias - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, PG, UL, UN

    The Motley Fool Watch List (account sign-up required) can serve as a useful tool in compiling investment ideas and keeping track of relevant news pertaining to your personalized list. One of the ways you can find investment ideas is looking around at your household items and making note of who makes them to see if the companies are publicly traded. The three companies listed below own a portfolio of brand more »

  • Unilever Takes the Spotlight in Emerging Markets

    By Sarfaraz Khan - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: CL, PG, UL

    In the recent round of earnings, the leading fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms reported modest to flat growth. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) did not report any growth in its biggest business unit. The subsequent fall in its share prices could provide an entry point for safe investors. While the company, under pressure from shareholders, is focusing on trimming down costs by cutting $10 billion through 2016, its rival Unilever more »

  • General Mills: A Buy For The Long Haul

    By siraj sarwar - May 5, 2013 | Tickers: GIS, NSRGY, UL

    General Mills (NYSE: GIS) has been a great buy for many years. General Mills has been continuously paying dividends over the last 114 years, something that very few companies have done. They also haven't made a single dividend cut in the entire 114 years, which is a phenomenal track record. Recently, the company announced a 15% increase in its quarterly dividends. This increase takes its quarterly dividend to $0 more »

  • This Stock's Recent Drop Is an Opportunity

    By Anh HOANG - May 2, 2013 | Tickers: CL, PG, UL

    Recently, consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) reported an increase in profit in its third-quarter results, but it came with a disappointing fourth-quarter forecast. Thus, its share price experienced a significant drop, declining from $82.50 per share to around $77 per share.

    However, even with that drop, P&G has had a nice rally of more than 13.5% since the beginning of the year. Should investors accumulate more »

  • The British Are Coming, With Dividends!

    By Ash Anderson - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: BT, DEO, UL

    Did you know that there are foreign companies out there that sit upon the American stock exchanges in some form just waiting for you to buy them? If not, you’re going to be looking into a whole new world of investing.

    As you could probably tell by the title, we’re about to take a look at some British dividend payers. These companies are listed on the NYSE using more »

  • Why Building Self-Esteem is Building Profits

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 22, 2013 | Tickers: NKE, PG, UL

    Your lashes are too thin, your skin isn't clear, your hair too frizzy, various parts of your anatomy stink, and worst of all, you're too damn fat. Madison Avenue has been insulting women and girls for decades to get them to buy their potions and nostrums.

    Boost self-esteem and profits

    Unilever (NYSE: UL) has had a decade long Real Beauty ad campaign using real women, not models, but more »

  • Is it Time to Rotate Out of Cyclicals and Into Staples?

    By RyanGlosier - April 19, 2013 | Tickers: GIS, LO, UL

    After a torrid start to 2013, the U.S. stock market has hit a rocky patch in recent weeks. The S&P 500 topped out just below the 1,600 level on April 11 before concerns about global growth rates triggered a rise in volatility and sent the S&P skidding back below the 1,550 level. At this point, it would seem premature for investors to bail out of more »

  • Why Building Self-Esteem is Building Profits

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: NKE, PG, UL

    Your lashes are too thin, your skin isn't clear, your hair too frizzy, various parts of your anatomy stink, and worst of all, you're too damn fat. Madison Avenue has been insulting women and girls for decades to get them to buy their potions and nostrums.

    Boost self-esteem and profits

    Unilever (NYSE: UL) has had a decade long Real Beauty ad campaign using real women, not models, but more »

  • Don't Forget These International Consumer Staples Giants

    By Robert Ciura - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: DANOY.PK, NSRGY, UL

    Most investors of the consumer staples sector in the United States understand the merits of their stocks: dependable growth and reliable dividends. In addition, most domestic consumer products stocks have been on a tear lately. Valuations have steadily risen over the past year for many of the market’s well-known consumer goods companies, and as a result, investors have been doubly rewarded in the form of both dividends and solid more »

  • The Consumer Goods Giant That Donald Yacktman Is Bullish About

    By Anh HOANG - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: CL, PG, UL

    In a previous article, I had talked about News Corp, the top position of famous investment manager Donald Yacktman. He not only loves the entertainment business, but he also loves the consumer business. His second and third biggest positions were global giant consumer companies.

    They were Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and PepsiCo. P&G was the second biggest holding, with more than 27.7 million shares, accounting for 11.3 more »

  • The Consumer Goods Giant that Donald Yacktman is Bullish About

    By Anh HOANG - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: PG, UL, UN

    In the previous article, I have talked about News Corp, the top position of a famous investment manager Donald Yacktman. He does not only loves the entertainment business but he also loves the consumer business. His second and third biggest positions were global giant consumer companies. They were Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and PepsiCo. P&G was the second biggest holding, with more than 27.7 million shares, accounting for more »

  • Add International Exposure to Your Portfolio With These Fabulous Companies

    By Greg Williamson - April 1, 2013 | Tickers: BHP, ABV, UL

    Many investors fear international stock ownership because they believe that there are extreme risks associated with companies located outside the United States. I believe that these investors are missing the boat, because some of the best publicly traded companies in the world are located internationally. By selecting the best international opportunities, you can add an additional level of diversity to your portfolio and achieve attractive returns.

    Advice for adding international more »

  • Disposable Diaper Battle

    By Amy Kort - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: CL, COST, KMB, PG, UL, WMT

    Did you know 129.6 million babies were born in 2011? Now you do. And an estimated 27.4 billion disposable diapers are used each year in the U.S.

    Let’s face it. Pampers and Huggies are the two big names when it comes to disposable diapers. And I should know - I have a 14-month-old daughter.

    Pampers is a brand marketed by Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) while Huggies belongs more »

  • Disposable diaper battle

    By Amy Kort - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: CL, COST, KMB, PG, UL, WMT

    Did you know 129.6 million babies were born in 2011? Now you do. And an estimated 27.4 billion disposable diapers are used each year in the U.S.

    Let’s face it. Pampers and Huggies are the two big names when it comes to disposable diapers. And I should know; I have a 14 month old daughter.

    Pampers is a marketed by Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) while Huggies more »

  • Spring Cleaning Your Portfolio

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - March 19, 2013 | Tickers: CHD, PG, CLX, UL

    Fling up the sash and let the fresh air in, it's time to clean up that portfolio. While spring cleaning isn't the tradition it used to be, the consumer staples stocks associated with cleanliness are good defensives to freshen your portfolio before any "sellabration" in May.

    Chief among these home cleaning stocks are Clorox (NYSE: CLX), Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), and Unilever (NYSE: ULmore »)

  • Dissecting This FMCG Giant

    By Waqar Saif - March 15, 2013 | Tickers: CL, PG, UL

    The recent devaluation of the Venezuelan currency, plus, an average fourth quarter aren’t good signs for Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL). With strong competition from peers such as Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Unilever (NYSE: UL), the big question remains the same—what’s in store for the company in 2013?

    Devaluation of Venezuelan currency

    Venezuela accounts for more than 5% of Colgate-Palmolive’s total revenue. Due to ongoing economic and more »

  • Procter & Gamble Under Serious Pressure

    By Ashit Gulati - March 15, 2013 | Tickers: LRLCY.PK, PG, UL

    Traditionally, P&G (NYSE: PG) has been a leading player, and the company to beat in the beauty and hair products category. The company primarily offers a large variety of shampoos, creams and fragrances. It consists of an impressive portfolio of brands and some of the most popular ones under P&G are Olay and Pantene. These brands are front runners in their respective categories, and pull in large volumes more »

  • 'The Internet of Everything': How It Will Affect You and How to Invest

    By Joseph Harry - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: CSCO, GE, GOOG, UL

    So Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) has this new study that puts what they are calling "the internet of everything" at a value of around $14 trillion over the next 10 years. The Internet of everything, or IOE, is "the networking of people, processes, data and objects." Considering 99% of all physical objects are not connected to the Internet, there is huge growth connecting them-- Cisco expects 50 billion objects being more »

  • The Joy of SEC

    By Nick Slepko - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: CYNO, UL

    Massachusetts-based BioChemics has developed a number of new drug delivery systems which allow treatments to be administered through the skin and which have the potential to revolutionize their big pharma partners or lay waste to big pharma's long term profits.  The company’s Founder, Chairman, President, and CEO John Masiz clears the air on some recent actions that the SEC has taken against the company.

    Nick Slepko: So, why more »

  • Where Is Procter & Gamble Going?

    By Josef Ray Dagatan - February 20, 2013 | Tickers: JNJ, PG, UL

    Editor's Note: The original version contained a few inaccuracies. This version has been modified.

    The results of the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 for Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) can indeed be a source of joie de vivre, the zest for life often extolled in the advertisements and marketing campaigns of personal care products and even in the cleaning agents of P&G. In the quarter ended Dec. 31 more »

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