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Dividend ITY

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Like my holdings of MO is long term consumer staples. dividend play. May be I just buy one of the Vanguards ETFs ? At 0.1-0.2% annual fee they are going to do better job than me. Talking about ETF - i do not have a single mutual fund. The last one LETRX i replaced with RSX half an year ago. Continue reading »

Being Bad Is So Much Fun Updated . . . ITY

40%

<> For the socially irresponsible among us (myself included), a smoke is one of the few guilty pleasures we're still allowed, though under very controlled circumstances these days. However, that's not so much the case in the rest of the world. Imperial Tobacco Group, the fourth largest tobacco distributor in the world, has a global distribution network of lower cost brands of cigarettes, tobaccos and cigars. And since they are not primarily exposed to the changing tastes and habits of the North American markets, they continue to see good growth. In the first quarter of this year they... Continue reading »

Being Bad Can Be So Much Fun ITY

40%

For the socially irresponsible among us (myself included), a smoke is one of the few guilty pleasures we're still allowed, though under very controlled circumstances these days. However, that's not so much the case in the rest of the world. Imperial Tobacco Group, the fourth largest tobacco distributor in the world, has a global distribution network of lower cost brands of cigarettes, tobaccos and cigars. And since they are not primarily exposed to the changing tastes and habits of the North American markets, they continue to see good growth. In the first quarter of this year they sa... Continue reading »

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Analyst initiations: UCNN, ATRO and STI

Filed under: Analyst initiations MOST NOTEWORTHY: UCN Inc, Astronics and SunTrust Banks were today's noteworthy initiations: <> Merriman expects UCN Inc (NASDAQ: UCNN) to further expand its contact center product set and believes it is likely to be sold to a larger provider expanding within the hosted contact solution market over the longer term. The firm started shares with a Buy rating. <>Jesup & Lamont initiated Astronics (NASDAQ: ATRO) with a Neutral rating. The firm wants to see a change in the backlog visibility and more clarity on the ramp-up schedules of some new programs. For now... Continue reading »

Newspaper wrap-up: GM plants to start production after strike settled

Filed under: Newspapers, Magazines, General Motors (GM), Halliburton (HAL), Citigroup Inc. (C) MAJOR PAPERS: General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) plants that were idled during the American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (NYSE: AXL) strike are set to resume production mow that the strike has been settled, the Wall Street Journal reported. OTHER PAPERS: <> The Telegraph reported that Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) is expected to determine this week whether it will make a GBP1.8B counter bid for its British competitor, Expro International Group (OTC: EXPRF). <>The Telegraph also repor... Continue reading »

Monday's Upgrades and Downgrades

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<> Upgrades California Pizza (CPKI)- Wedbush Morgan Sell » Hold Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add True Religion (TRLG)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Cablevision (CVC)- Pali Research Sell » Neutral GSI Technology (GSIT)- Needham Hold » Buy Activision (ATVI)- Cowen & Co Neutral » Outperform Activision (ATVI)- Kaufman Bros Hold » Buy NVIDIA (NVDA)- Stifel Nicolaus Sell » Buy Ameristar Casinos (ASCA)- Brean Murray Hold » Buy Freightcar America (RAIL)- Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy TECO Energy (TE)- Citigroup Hold » Buy Linc... Continue reading »

Monday's Upgrades and Downgrades

<> Upgrades California Pizza (CPKI)- Wedbush Morgan Sell » Hold Carrizo Oil & Gas (CRZO)- CapitalOne southcoast Neutral » Add True Religion (TRLG)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Cablevision (CVC)- Pali Research Sell » Neutral GSI Technology (GSIT)- Needham Hold » Buy Activision (ATVI)- Cowen & Co Neutral » Outperform Activision (ATVI)- Kaufman Bros Hold » Buy NVIDIA (NVDA)- Stifel Nicolaus Sell » Buy Ameristar Casinos (ASCA)- Brean Murray Hold » Buy Freightcar America (RAIL)- Jefferies & Co Hold » Buy TECO Energy (TE)- Citigroup Hold » Buy Linc... Continue reading »

Analyst upgrades: LINC, SONS and NVS

Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Novartis AG ADS (NVS), Burger King Hldgs (BKC) MOST NOTEWORTHY: Lincoln Educational, Sonus Networks and Novartis were today's noteworthy upgrades: <> Lehman upgraded Lincoln Educational (NASDAQ: LINC) to Overweight from Equal Weight based on improving student enrollment growth and valuation. Merriman upgraded Sonus Networks (NASDAQ: SONS) to Buy from Neutral on the company's strong AT&T (NYSE: T) outlook and near-term upside potential from Japan. They believe shares can trade towards the $5-$6 range. <>Bernstein raised <>Nova... Continue reading »

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