ConAgra Foods Is a Dividend Play

Consider ConAgra Foods (CAG), a large branded foods company (Healthy Choice, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Hebrew National, Hunt’s, Orville Redenbacher’s and more), as a component in a long-term dividend reinvestment portfolio. More...

Price Bubbles Always Burst: Mining Giant BHP Billiton Is In a Price Bubble

BHP Billiton (BHP), the huge metals mining conglomerate, has risen 790 percent in just over five years as it continues to make new highs. Many people believe that the stock has many more years on its secular upside, but the price chart shows the occurrence of two very steep upsides More...

Phizer Pays a Six Percent Dividend Yield

Phizer (PFE), a large pharmaceutical company, has fallen in price pushing up its dividend yield to 6.30 percent. However, the annual dividend of $1.28 exceeds the trailing earnings of $1.10. More...

General Motors Pays a Hefty Dividend

Have you seen the dividend yield for General Motors (GM)? Because the stock is down 52 percent since October 12, 2007, its yield stands at 4.80 percent. More...

Waste Management Is a Dividend Play

Waste Management (WMI), a waste (collection, transfer and disposal) and environmental services (recycling and renewable energy) company has increased its quarterly dividend from $0.188 in February, 2004 to $0.27 in March, 2008. More...

Clorox Continues to Increase Its Dividend

The Clorox Company (CLX), a maker of laundry and cleaning products, just increased its quarterly dividend 6 cents per share, or 15 percent, to 46 cents per share, for a 3.20 percent dividend yield. More...

buyupside.com BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) Portfolio

The buyupside.com BRIC portfolio includes four funds that invest in Brazil, Russia, India and China, the BRIC countries. These country funds have been on the upside in recent years, but they are volatile and may not be appropriate for conservative investors. More...

Brazilian Stocks - New Stocks Added

Brazil, a relative stable emerging country, offers investors many opportunities to profit from its cyclical economy. You can follow the broad Brazilian stock market with the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange's benchmark Bovespa index (^BVSP). More...

Read Free Excerpts from Buy On The Upside

Now you can read for free the entire last chapter and excerpts from the other six chapters of Buy On theThe Upside, a book from buyupside.com about investing in stocks. More...

Price Bubbles Always Burst: Speculative Oil Bubble Will Eventually Burst

Crude oil is above $120 per barrel and some analysts think it could top out between $150 and $200 (green-dashed line on chart). No one knows for certain how high and for how long oil prices will climb, but one thing is for certain. More...

Consider General Electric for a Dividend-Reinvestment Portfolio

General Electric (GE), a huge conglomerate with revenues over $170 billion, pays a $1.24 annual dividend for a 3.80 percent dividend yield. And the company has a long record of increasing its dividends. More...

Buy Union Pacific on Price Dips

Union Pacific (UNP), a North American railroad, is trading at all-time highs. Its price chart shows the cyclical nature of its price pattern. More...

Read Free Excerpts from Eat Your Spinach

Now you can read for free the entire first chapter and excerpts from the other seven chapters of Eat Your Spinach, a book from buyupside.com about saving and investing money. More...

Avoid MBIA, a Stock in Collapse

MBIA (MBI), a high-profile bond insurer, keeps reporting bad news and its stock continues to fall. MBI is a classic illustration of why investors should avoid the price downside. More...

Own Taiwanese Stocks With iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund

You can own Taiwanese stocks with the iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (EWT), an exchange-traded fund that holds stocks from Taiwan. More...

Own Chinese Stocks With Six Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)

The following exchange-traded funds enable you to own diversified portfolios of Chinese stocks. These ETFs are quite volatile so study their price charts before buying any of them. More...

Own Chinese Stocks With Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap Index Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

You can own Chinese stocks with the Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap Index ETF (HAO), an exchange-traded fund that holds small-cap stocks from mainland China including Hong Kong. Its holdings include: More...

Making Mistakes Is Part of the Investing Experience

We all have made investing decisions that cost us money. I've (RAH) made some real beauties that cost me dearly. I once bought a corporate junk bond with a 13 percent yield thinking that my $2,300 investment would mature at $20,000 in 12 years; but the bond became worthless when it defaulted. More...

Which Is Best - Dividend Yield or Dividend Growth?

Investors looking for income often choose dividend-paying stocks using dividend yield (annual dollar dividend divided by current price) and dividend growth (annual percent increase in dividend) as two key measures. Obviously, the higher the yield the higher the dividend income. And increasing dividends mean more income in the future. More...

Coping in a Shaky Market - Jump Out the Window or Hang Tough?

The stock market is giving fits to many investors. Portfolio values are shrinking and the prospect of a sustained market upside anytime soon seems unlikely. Meanwhile, food, energy and medical costs continue to climb, putting pressure on many household budgets. The hope that stocks would provide a financial cushion for Americans, particularly retirees, seems to be fading. More...