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Apple Stock: Now Is the Time to Buy This Dividend Investment

Apple Stock: Now Is the Time to Buy This Dividend Investment For any investor looking to give his portfolio a boost from a dividend stock, a decent dividend yield is likely a requirement. Fortunately, Apple’s stock’s dividend yield, or annual dividend payments as a percentage of the stock price, has moved higher in … Continue Read more

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RBC Stock: A Top Canadian Bank for Dividend Income

RBC Stock: A Top Canadian Bank for Dividend Income Hedge funds have been shorting Canadian banking stocks for more than a year now, betting that these lenders will sink as the real-estate bubble, fueled by low interest rates, will burst, taking with it the largest lenders who have a huge portfolio of … Continue reading […] Read more

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Stock Market Today: Stocks Slump on Crude Oil Weakness

Stock Market Today: Stocks Slump on Crude Oil Weakness U.S. equities finished lower on Thursday -- snapping a nine-day winning streak for large-cap stocks -- after investors were spooked … amid an ongoing tightening in the labor market and evidence of nascent inflation, all of this flies in the face … Continue reading at Read more

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Canadian Stock Market Movers

Canadian Stock Market Movers 23:31 – Aberdeen Asset Management CEO and co-founder Martin Gilbert discusses resisting offers to sell the business with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua on “Leaders With Lacqua.” (Source: Bloomberg) Continue reading at bloomberg.com Canadian Stocks Are Climbing In Early Action — Canadian Read more

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Hedge funds post worst stock picking in 7 years

Hedge funds post worst stock picking in 7 years Hedge funds posted their worst quarterly stock picking performance since the financial crisis last quarter, according to data from a major Wall Street firm. The woeful returns came during a little-changed market so far in 2016, just the kind of environment … Continue reading at cnbc.com Read more

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Stanley Black & Decker Stock Could Go Higher

Stanley Black & Decker Stock Could Go Higher Companies generally grow over the long haul when they pay close attention to the nuts and bolts of their businesses. This is certainly true of Stanley Black & Decker (SWK – Get Report), a company that actually makes nuts and bolts, among dozens of other … Continue […] Read more

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Canadian dollar jumps, stock markets surge

Canadian dollar jumps, stock markets surge TORONTO - The Canadian dollar was flirting with 77 cents US this morning after getting a big bump from a strong employment report. The loonie had been below 76.50 cents US just before the March jobs figures were released at 8:30 a.m. and soared just … Continue reading at […] Read more

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Job gains and higher oil prices boost Canadian dollar, stock markets

Job gains and higher oil prices boost Canadian dollar, stock markets The dollar rose above 77 cents U.S., up more than 1 cent on Friday, as Statistics Canada reported 40,600 jobs were created last month. The job numbers showed the largest one-month increase in employment in six months. As the price of crude oil strengthened […] Read more

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