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Top Performing Dividend Payers in Consumer Goods with the Most Upside Potential (BC, F, MOV)
Monday, February 18, 2013 - 11:10am | 775It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to overrun their mean price targets, which is a signal of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Some of the top performing dividend payers in the consumer goods sector over the past six months, such as farm products provider Alico (...
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Fresh Del Monte, BlackRock and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 6:41am | 1005Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Five Stocks for the Day After the End of the World
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 4:20pm | 792So the latest batch of Chicken Littles is certain that doomsday is May 21, 2011. Of course this is just the latest in a long line of end-of-the-world predictions. Someone is bound to be correct eventually, I suppose. But will this be the day? We will see soon. In the meanwhile, here are five...
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MetLife (MET) Profits Plummet 70% After $5 Billion In Investment Losses
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 7:12pm | 201MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced late Tuesday that the company's profits plummeted 70% due to investment losses of over $5 billion dollars. MetLife's 4th quarter net income was $289 million, or 35 cents per share, down 70% from a year earlier when the company earned $954 million, or $1.20 per...