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Expert Panel Recommends FDA Regulation of Tobacco
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By Mike Havrilla on 2/25/09 The ETF Innovators Global Tobacco Index tracks the performance of the 24 companies listed below which derive the majority of their revenue from the distribution or manufacturing of any type of tobacco product (e.g. cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco) or any related supplies (e.g. wrapping papers, tobacco leafs, filters) used directly in the manufacture of tobacco products. <> The Global Tobacco Index is down by 9.3% to a value of 258,320 and average dividend yield of 4.4% from its starting valu...
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New Global Tobacco Index: A High-Yield Safe Haven
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In stark contrast to my previous article on socially responsible and green exchange-traded investment vehicles, the accompanying table [click to enlarge] presents the Top 10 companies by market cap and statistics for the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Tobacco Index, which easily outpaced the overall market and benchmark ETFs over the last year.
The Top 25 Rated companies managed to post a gain of 1.5% on a total return basis in the past year, thanks to an average dividend yield of 6.3%. All benchmark E...
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New Global Tobacco Index: Big Dividends, Solid Returns
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The accompanying table presents the top five companies by market cap and statistics for the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Tobacco Index, with the Top 20 rated companies posted a small gain of 0.6% over the past year thanks to an average dividend yield of 5.7%. The Global Tobacco Index outpaced all of its benchmark ETFs on a total return basis, including Consumer Staples (XLP), Claymore/Sabrient Defensive Equity Index (DEF), Vanguard Consumer Staples (VDC), and iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY).
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Global Tobacco Index: High Yields and Continued M&A
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<> The ETFI Global Tobacco Index is now yielding over 6%, resulting in a total return of 3% in the past year as the industry continues to shrink amidst M&A activity, including the most recent deal by Philip Morris International (PM) to acquire Canadian tobacco company Rothmans. A pending deal by Altria (MO) for smokeless tobacco maker UST is expected to close in early 2009. The accompanying table presents the statistics for the index and benchmark ETFs for the top 20 rated tobacco companies and all 27 companies in...
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Safe Haven Tobacco Stocks Post Solid Returns & High Yield
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<> The accompanying table presents the ETFI Global Tobacco Index of 29 companies over $100M (USD) market caps, which have posted a gain over the past year for the top 20 rated stocks and outpaced its benchmark ETFs. The top 20 rated stocks have an average dividend yield of 5.6% and only 11 of the 29 companies are listed for trading in the U.S.
Tobacco stocks have outperformed benchmark ETFs for the S&P 500 Index (SPY), iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY), and consumer staple funds such a...
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Reynolds American: 6% Yield Shows Commitment to Shareholders
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<>Reynolds American (RAI), the second biggest cigarette manufacturer in the United States, presents an opportunity for the discerning investor. While the legal pressures facing the tobacco industry have receded modestly, this positive development has been more than overshadowed by the specter of the FDA oversight bill Congress is reviewing. This bill would allow the FDA to regulate cigarette composition (with several exceptions) and would serve to solidify rival Phillip Morris USA’s dominant position in the US market. It appears the bill is dead for the foreseeable future, as a vowed filibu<>< />...
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Reynolds American Inc.
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Reynolds American, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures cigarettes and other tobacco products in the United States. It offers cigarettes under the CAMEL, KOOL, PALL MALL, DORAL, WINSTON, SALEM, MISTY, and CAPRI brands, as well as under the DUNHILL, STATE EXPRESS 555, and NATURAL AMERICAN SPIRIT brands. The company also manufactures other tobacco products, including little cigars under the WINCHESTER and CAPTAIN BLACK brands; roll-your-own tobacco under the BUGLER brand; and moist snuff under the GRIZZLY and KODIAK brands. In addition, Reynolds American offers loose leaf chewing toba...
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Smokeless Tobacco Players: Who Will Come Out On Top?
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<>Often overlooked, the smokeless tobacco industry still has some long-standing growing power. We’ll explore two top players in the U.S. market, and try to decipher who’ll come out on top in the headwinds an economic slowdown- and realize that taxes and political pressures also face the tobacco industry as a whole.
First, UST, Inc. (UST) is your essential vice stock as the holding company for two principal subsidiaries: United States Smokeless Tobacco Company and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. UST produces and markets the premium brands of ‘dip’ – Skoal ® and Copenhagen ®.
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Tough for Reynolds to Catch Fire
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The company posted weaker-than-expected first-quarter profit and cut its 2008 outlook, citing the challenging economic environment.
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