Bsl and floating rate funds: rising dividends, 9-11% yields, 10% discounts

BSL yields 9.53% and pays monthly. Management has raised the monthly dividends three times in the past five months. BSL and some other floating rate f...

January 6, 2023, 9:15 am

Johnson & johnson vs. abbvie: the better dividend aristocrat buy might shock you

2023 is likely to start out weak for stocks, and they could potentially fall 15% to 23% in the coming weeks. Healthcare is one of only two sectors tha...

January 6, 2023, 7:15 am

Chinese tabloid press having fun with the us house speaker deadlock

Cartoon via China's Global Times, the paper noting:

• Historic deadlock drags on in US House

There have been 11 rounds of vote...

January 6, 2023, 4:28 am

Samsung profit tumbles in historic drop

Samsung Electronics Co.'s profit dropped by the most in over a decade, in a sign that the global economic slowdown may be hurting electronics demand e...

January 6, 2023, 1:04 am

Fire departments seeing historic level of calls for service due to rise in elderly medical emergencies

Grafton Fire Chief Bill Rice says his crews responded to more than 2,100 calls for service last year. That’s more than double the amount from just a...

January 5, 2023, 11:59 pm

International wide-moat stocks on sale - the january 2023 heat map

Our 3-step process focuses on wide-moat stocks (as per Morningstar's rating). We are only interested in those targets that are attractively valued in<...

January 5, 2023, 10:48 pm

Whirlpool's 4.7% dividend is tempting but it's still too early

Whirlpool is currently trading at a historically attractive yield and valuation. The company has...

January 5, 2023, 7:04 pm

Billionaire bill ackman is betting big on howard hughes (hhc) stock

Shares of Howard Hughes Corp (NYSE: HHC ) stock are in full focus following several buys by Pershing Square and Bill Ackman. Howard Hughes operates as...

January 5, 2023, 4:41 pm

U.s. wide-moat stocks on sale: the january 2023 heat map

Our 3-step process focuses on wide-moat stocks (as per Morningstar's rating). We are only interested in those targets that are attractively valued in<...

January 5, 2023, 4:40 pm

Tesla stock is showing signs of 'retail exhaustion' as it undergoes a historic sell-off, research indicates

Individual investors buying Tesla stock are "definitely feeling the pinch" of the steep slide in the share price, said Vanda Research....

January 5, 2023, 2:33 pm

Vwo: a bullish breakout is in the offing

After a 16% rally since the bottom on October 25, the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) appears poised for further upside, with the China rally...

January 5, 2023, 11:34 am

District metals applies for mineral license to explore majority of the polymetallic viken deposit in sweden

District Metals Corp revealed that its wholly-owned Swedish subsidiary Bergslagen Metals AB has applied for a 2,302-hectare mineral license to explore...

January 5, 2023, 9:55 am

Uk december final services pmi 49.9 vs 50.0 prelim

• Composite PMI 49.0 vs 49.0 prelim

Little change to the initial figures as the UK services sect...

January 5, 2023, 9:30 am

The usd moves higher after jolts and ism show better employment

The ISM Manufacturing Index saw the employment component will back above the 50 level at 51.4 versus 48.4 last month. Meanwhile the JOLTs data also...

January 4, 2023, 3:38 pm

Be a better bull: ijr and ijh are superior to the s&p 500 and russell 2000

The default options for many investors are the large-cap S&P 500 index and the small-cap Russell 2000. However, their lesser-known cousins, the S&P 60...

January 4, 2023, 1:01 pm

Bofa stock indicator nears 'buy' signal

Bank of America's contrarian sell-side indicator, which aggregates strategists' asset allocation views, fell 33 basis points (bps) in December and is ...

January 4, 2023, 10:40 am

Italy december services pmi 49.9 vs 49.5 expected

• Prior 49.5
• Composite PMI 49.6
• Prior 48.9

Italian business activity stabilised ...

January 4, 2023, 8:45 am

Cohu: challenging first half in 2023 - likely rebound in second half

Cohu, Inc. revenue continues to drop even as the company heads into historically weaker quarters. Gross...

January 3, 2023, 5:49 pm

W. p. carey: only slightly undervalued

W. P. Carey has historically outperformed the market and the VNQ Real Estate ETF by a significant margi...

January 3, 2023, 5:34 pm

Spyv: how microsoft and amazon changed the s&p 500 value index

Microsoft and Amazon are now part of the S&P 500 Value Index according to the newly constructed Style Indexes. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil and Chevron are ...

January 3, 2023, 1:06 pm