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NYSE Margin Debt Close to Pre-Financial Crisis Highs
Submitted by Abby Joseph at Profit Confidential as part of our contributors program . The key stock indices have been rising since the beginning of the year, and there is still room for them to rise even higher as optimism concerning stocks cont...
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These 20 Dividend Champions Have The Highest Profitability On The Market
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Dividend stocks from the services sector with very low forward P/E ratios originally published at “ long-term-investments.blogspot.com “. Recently I made a screen of...
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Stock Market Fake-Out: Where Is the Retrenchment?
Submitted by Abby Joseph at Profit Confidential as part of our contributors program . This is unbelievable. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE/JNJ) jumped about 23% since the beginning of the year, not including its dividend payment. This upside on t...
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20 Dividend Aristocrats With The Highest Margins From The Index
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Dividend Aristocrats with highest operating margins originally published at “ long-term-investments.blogspot.com “. Dividend Aristocrats are some of the best dividen...
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20 Dividend Champions With Highest 10-Year Dividend Growth Rates
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Dividend Champions with fastest 10 year dividend growth originally published at “ long-term-investments.blogspot.com “. Dividend Champions are popular because of the...
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No Time to Relax, More Significant Correction May Be in the Works
Submitted by Abby Joseph as part of our contributors program . By George Leong, B.Comm. for Profit Confidential The stock market came off its worst week this year; but even given the minor correction, I don’t think we can relax enough to ...
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McDonald’s Reports Weak Results As Dollar Meals Hurt Profitability
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) announced its first quarter results which failed to enthuse investors. Total revenues increased 1% to $6.60 billion while operating income was down 1% to $1.95 billion. Net income remained flat at $1.27 bil...
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McDonald’s Earnings Preview: Expect A Tough First Quarter
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is scheduled to announce its earnings on April 16. It will be a tough quarter for the world’s largest fast food chain because of several reasons. Firstly, it faces a difficult comparison since the sal...
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10 Fasted Growing Dogs Of The Dow Jones Index
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . Stock prices go up and yields come down. That’s a major fact we have realized over the recent years. Now, the S&P 500 has a current yield of 2.0 percent (despite divid...
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Developing Markets Offer McDonald’s Big Growth But Slimmer Profits
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) recently announced that it will expand into Eastern Russia by adding 150 new stores in the next three years. Russia is a big growth opportunity since the nation of 140 million only has 357 McDonald’s ...
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Are McDonald’s Rising Sales Coming At The Cost Of Margins?
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) global same-store sales fell 1.5% in February. The results initially might paint a worrisome picture, but a closer look reveals that the situation might not be as bad as it seems. Firstly, last year Februa...
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Why Comparisons For McDonald’s Profit Margins Can Be Misleading
While comparing various restaurants, investors often highlight how McDonald’s juicy operating margins of over 30% are better than those of Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) or Panera Bread or even Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX). What they fail to ...
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10 Top Dogs Of The Dow Jones
Submitted by Dividend Yield as part of our contributors program . When you read my blog over a longer period, you would get some ideas of stocks you have never heard before. That’s because my database includes all stocks of the market an...
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McDonald’s Earnings Helped By Value Meals But Near-Term Outlook Remains Challenging
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) announced its Q4 results which were boosted by value meals and limited-time offerings such as the McRib sandwich. Net revenues grew 2% to $7 billion while the net income rose to $1.40 billion or $1.38 per s...
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McDonald’s Earnings Preview: Value Meals, Food Costs Could Munch On Margins
McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is scheduled to announce its Q4 earnings on January 23, 2013. The stock has had a bumpy 2012, going as high as $101 in the initial part of the year before retreating to $84 in November. The company has stru...
