Follow ADP With the buyupside.com Price Direction Indicator

buyupside.com tracks ADP (ADP), a global provider of business software and services, using the Price Direction Indicator. PDI, developed by Richard A. Howard, combines cumulative percent winners and cumulative returns of all buy and sell combinations for a given period to form a technical measure that helps you spot price tops and bottoms. More...

ADP Raises Annual Dividend For 35th Consecutive Year

ADP (ADP), a global provider of business software and services, raised its quarterly dividend from $0.33 per share to $0.34 per share, a 3.03 percent increase. More...

Price to Dividend Ratio Says Stocks Are Expensive

The stock market price struggle is on. Will prices continue to advance from their March 2009 lows or will they retreat? Of the many metrics to use to value stocks, the ratio of current price of the S&P 500 divided by the dollar amount of S&P dividends is very useful to spot when stocks are expensive or not. More...

See 12 Great Stock Market Charts by Doug Short

I (RAH) love charts and here are 12 beauties from dshort.com - financial life cycle planning, a very informative site developed and maintained by Doug Short. Each chart includes a gold mine of information about current and past stock market moves and returns. More...

Axel Merk's Sustainable Wealth: Achieve Financial Security in a Volatile World of Debt and Consumption Is a Great Read

Axel Merk's book helps investors: predict economic booms and busts before they happen, adapt to changing economic and market conditions and plan for a financially secure retirement unencumbered with debt. More...

Finance's Euphoria: The Epilogue -- What Record High Dollar Volume of Trading Says About Confidence

When Wall Street’s total value of assets rose to a “mind-boggling 36.6 percent of GDP” in late 2006, The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast published a chart of U.S. financial assets literally rising off the page. The picture of the mania was clear. Now, new research shows that dollar trading volume has -- gulp -- surpassed the euphoric extremes of 2007. Examine these two eye-popping charts and read the analysis behind them now -- they're yours for free during FreeWeek. More...

Emerson Raises Annual Dividend For 53rd Consecutive Year

Emerson (EMR), a diversified (eight businesses) global manufacturing and technology company, raised its quarterly dividend from $0.33 per share to $0.335 per share, a 1.52 percent increase. More...

Increase Your Returns With Dividend-Paying Stocks

Stocks that pay dividends are gold mines for long-term investors. Collecting dividends year after year is an easy and automatic way to increase your investment returns. More...

High Yield Stock: Buckeye Partners, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution

Since November 1999, BPL has increased its quarterly distribution 68.18 percent, an annualized rate of 5.34 percent. More...

Beckman Coulter Raises Quarterly Dividend Over Five Percent

Beckman Coulter (BEC), a biomedical testing (instruments, tests and supplies) company, raised its quarterly dividend from $0.17 per share to $0.18 per share, a 5.88 percent increase. More...

Stock Market Follows Multiyear Cycles - Updated

I (RAH) use the chart of the S&P 500 inflation-adjusted (real) prices as my to guide to predict the future direction of stock prices. The chart in this article shows three major cycles bounded by the lower boundary and upper boundary of a 100-plus year secular upside price channel. More...

Vectren Corporation Ups Quarterly Dividend - 50 Consecutive Years of Dividend Increases

VVC has raised its annual dividend 50 consecutive year, making it a Dividend Achiever and U.S. Dividend Champion.
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VF Corporation Ups Quarterly Dividend - 37 Consecutive Years of Dividend Increases

VF Corporation (VFC), a branded apparel (Wrangler, Lee, Riders, Rustler, The North Face, MLB, NFL, Harley-Davidson, Nautica and more) company, raised its quarterly dividend from $0.59 per share to $0.60 per share, a 1.69 percent increase. More...

Black Monday: Ancient History Or Imminent Future?

What does the U.S. stock market now have in common with the famous crash of 1929? This news excerpt and chart from some of Bob Prechter’s latest analysis reveals startling comparisons. More...

Diversified (Electric and Natural Gas) Utility Stocks Pay Steady Dividends

The following table includes 10 diversified (electric and natural gas operations) utilities with solid dividends. These stocks are appropriate for a dividend reinvestment portfolio. More...

Electric Utility Stocks Pay Steady Dividends - Updated

Well-managed electric utilities are excellent candidates for a dividend reinvestment portfolio. Typically, electric utilities generate lots of excess cash and pay it out as dividends to shareholders. More...

High Yield Stock: Inergy Holdings, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Exceeds Six Percent

NRGP has increased its distribution for 17 consecutive quarters. Its quarterly distribution has increased 193.10 percent since February 2006. More...

High Yield Stock: Inergy, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Exceeds Eight Percent

NRGY has increased its distribution for 32 consecutive quarters. Its quarterly distribution has increased 237.50 since November 2001. More...

Stock Returns Depend on How Long You Hold Your Stocks

To counter the effect of cyclical stock market returns, buy and hold stocks for a long time. More...

Patient Buy-and-Hold Stock Market Investors Will Make Money

Positive stock market returns become guaranteed for long-term investors. More...