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In trading on Monday, shares of American Capital Agency Corp (NASD: AGNC) crossed below their last reported book value -- defined as common shareholder equity per share -- of $28.93, changing hands as low as $28.90 per s...

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and dir...

In trading on Monday, shares of PG&E Corp.'s 5.5% 1st Preferred Non-Redeemable (AMEX: PCG.PRB) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.375), with shares changing hands as low as ...

The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason a director of a company would choose to tak...

It was a mostly mixed day of trading on Wall Street with stocks trading lower in the afternoon as investors appeared to remain on the sidelines amid worries over the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program coming t...

A study of analyst recommendations at the major brokerages shows that Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is the #20 broker analyst pick among those stocks screened by The Online Investor for strong stock buyback act...

In trading on Monday, shares of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s 5.875% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (NASD: GTPPP) were yielding above the 6% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.9375), with shares...

In trading on Monday, shares of STAG Industrial Inc.'s 9.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: STAG.PRA) were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.25), with shar...

In trading on Monday, shares of Bank of America Corp.'s Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (NYSE: BAC.PRE) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.9889), with...

In trading on Monday, shares of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc's 7.5% Series D Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock (NYSE: UBP.PRD) were yielding above the 7% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.875), with...

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and dir...

Stifel Nicolaus downgraded shares of Range Resources (RRC) from buy to hold citing valuation.

Goldman Sachs (GS) upgraded shares of Abbott Labratories (ABT) from neutral to buy citing growth of margin expansion. Additionally Goldman upgraded Accenture (ACN) shares to buy placing a $90 target price. On Friday, Acc...

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to mak...

The WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund ETF (DTN) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Monday, with over 168,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 65,000. Shares of DTN were trad...

This morning Umpqua Holdings (UMPQ) announced its quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share, an increase of about 50% over its prior dividend in March of 10 cents. Ray Davis, President and CEO of Umpqua Holdings Corporati...

On Friday, Halliburton Company (HAL) announced that it will be maintaining its quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents per share. Based on the current stock price, investors can expect a yield of about 1.1% going forward. Share...

Wall Street is expecting higher profit for Lowe's (LOW) when the company reports its first quarter results on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 51 cents a share, a rise from 43 cent...

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is expected to report poor second quarter earnings on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 with analysts expecting a 17.3% drop in earnings from a year ago. The consensus estimate is 82 cents per share, down fro...

Analysts are looking for decreased profit for Staples (SPLS) when the company reports its results for the first quarter on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Staples reported profit of 30 cents a year ago, but the consensus estima...

Wall Street is expecting higher profit for L Brands (LTD) when the company reports its first quarter results on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 46 cents a share, a rise from 41 ce...

Wall Street is high on PetSmart (PETM), expecting it to report earnings that are up 12.9% from a year ago when it reports its first quarter earnings on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The consensus estimate is 96 cents per shar...