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Travelers (TRV) has a long history in the insurance business. The company has grown net income 22% annually over the past five years, with dividends increasing along the way. What does the future hold?

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It's not every day these two wildly dissimilar lightning bolts strike the same place--but you won't believe just where that place was!

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When markets go up, things are good. Traders are happy, people feel wealthier, and euphoria blooms - except for the dividend seeking investor. Here's why rising markets are bad news for income seeking investors.

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DuPont is yielding 4.2% in dividends. After more than doubling earnings in Q1 2010, how does this compare historically and what are the risks going forward?

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William J. O’Neil, an investor, developed the CANSLIM method for stock screening and investing. His goal in doing this was to allow the non-professional investors to get better results from their investments without having to put in the time or effort that is required of a professional investor.

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If you are willing to take a calculated gamble and invest in the stock market then growth investing may be for you. Growth investing is the practice of taking a small company that has the potential to shake the market up or revolutionize a market which in turn will create large growth in a short period of time paying off for you in a very large way.

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Not everyone has the time to research the stock market thoroughly enough to make solid stock purchases, and for novice share traders, wadding into the stock exchange can be a frightening thought. However, by running with the Dogs of the Dow strategy investors of all skill levels can make a solid investment based on one simple formula that has been paying out almost 18% returns every year end for the last twenty years making it the closest thing to a sure thing that exists in the stock market.

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Learn How to Replicate Warren Buffett`s Genius with Technical Stock Screening Tools

Warren Buffett is without argument one of the most brilliant and profitable stock traders of the last century. Those that want to turn over a reasonable profit in the stock market as well would do well to learn by his example. However, while Buffet had to perform in-depth research in order to compile his next stock trading option, modern technical stock screening tools exist today that allow you to get the same result with considerably less of a time investment.

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The world's leading branded consumer products company Proctor & Gamble (PG) generates so much money that it could afford to double the dividend without much sweat.

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A major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has seen BP lose $30 billion in market cap in the last few days. What does this mean for the stock and the dividend?

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Johnson & Johnson pays out 3.3% in dividends. Can this $175 billion behemoth maintain this payout? Actually, I think it's likely to grow!

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70% of pharma giant Pfizer's (PFE) revenue is losing patent protection in the next five years. What does this mean for the dividend, which currently yields 4.2%?

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Home Depot (HD) has not raised it's quarterly dividend since 2006. However, given the rosy earnings outlook this might be set to change.

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The Treasury today announced a new I Bond rate of 1.74% for the period between May 1 2010 and October 31, 2010. The 1.74% is comprised of a fixed rate of .20% and a variable rate of 1.54%. But a look at the numbers show some strange calculations.

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If you plan on investing in the stocks technical screening tools can save you not only a large amount of time, but also help you choose the most profitable stocks based on your trading criteria. With unique specifications and customized stock queries, if you want to maximize your presence on the stock market it is worth taking the time to check out technical stock screening tools.

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