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With write-offs, dividend increases, and a 6.96% bump in Thursday trading after February 15 earnings release, what's next for Agnico-Eagle Mines (NYSE: AEM)? Agnico-Eagle President and CEO Sean Boyd spoke with Benzinga about project initiatives, the company's net free cash flow, and forward-...

We’ve all heard it before: the sure-thing, risk-free, never-fail deal. But does it exist? For several months now, I have been researching a way to make it happen for real. In all, I studied 373 stocks paying dividends between 4% and 6%. My goal: To decide whether it is possible to earn double-...

By Robert A. Green, CPA and founder of Green & Company Inc. (GreenTraderTax.com and GreenTraderFunds.com) Mitt Romney's tax returns have reignited discussion over the lower long-term capital gains tax rates. The Buffett Rule In his State of the Union speech, President Obama called for a new...

  Midcap Consumer Stocks Below Book Value by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is an actual sheet of stocks from the consumer goods sector with a market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion, a positive dividend yield as well as a price to book ratio of less than...

There is a raging debate regarding the best way to live off your portfolio.  Young adults are told, by those older and wiser, to save and invest for retirement.  There is never a shortage of ideas and suggestions on how to build a nest egg.  For those lucky enough to have accumulated a nest egg...

by Richard Band, editor Profitable Investing At this tricky stage of the market cycle, I advise you to channel the bulk of your fresh cash into stocks with impeccable records. We want stocks that are not only maintaining their dividends, but boosting their payouts year after year. Three I'm...

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For all the talk about the recession, one segment of the economy is booming. The corporate world is flush with cash, and the proof is in the dividend pudding. Take a look at the news wire the last few days. It seems like everybody and their grandmother is handing out new dividends, increasing...

Despite being one of Eastern Europe's most indebted nations, Hungary is considered a safer borrower than Spain. The cost of credit default swaps (CDS) on Spanish bonds has risen to around 261.9bp. Meanwhile, insuring against a Hungarian default has fallen to 255bp. This is just one example of the...

Microsoft (MSFT) Corporation announced that the company is increasing its dividend. The software giant has been sitting on a huge cash hoard for years. The company is increasing its dividend 23%. It's about time. An investment in Microsoft has been dead money for years now. This move signals that...