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Yield Roundup: Three Sectors With Above Average Yields (AGNC, WHX, TNH, CPLP, GNI, CYS)

by Eric Monte | July 11th

As the European debt issues continue to weigh on the markets, investors may be looking for yield as a way to hedge their investments in a declining market. Below are three Indexes which offer above average yields from three different…

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Yield Hunter: Selected Names See Dividends Pumped Up (GIS, BGS, HNZ, CAG, STEI, STON, HI, AYR)

by Eric Monte | July 5th

Consumer foods giant General Mills (GIS) announced on June 28 it is ramping up its dividend to $1.22, which will be effective August 1, 2011 for shareholders on record as of the close of business July 11, 2011. The increase represents…

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Yield Hunter: Dividends on the Move (BBY, RSH, MDT, SHMR, MSA, DUK)

by Eric Monte | June 27th

Electronics retailing giant Best Buy Co. (BBY) announced on June 21 it is ramping up its dividend to 16 cents, which will be effective October 25, 2011 for shareholders on record as of the close of business October 4, 2011. The…

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Mortgage Stocks See Small Bounce On Analyst Comments (AGNC, HTS, STWD, CIM, MFA, NLY)

by Todd Shriber | June 27th

Shares of mortgage REIT American Capital Agency (AGNC) are fractionally higher today after JMP Securities upgraded the stock to “outperform” from “market perform” with a $30.50 price target, implying only slight upside from where the shares currently trade. JMP is bullish…

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Mortgage REITs Worth Another Look, Stifel Says (CYS, AGNC, ANH, NLY, RSO)

by Jason Smith | June 7th

Shares of mortgage REIT Cypress Sharpridge Invest (CYS), which yield 18.6%, are up 1% after Stifel Nicolaus said investors who have previously passed on high-yielding mortgage REITs should take another look at the group. Investors are responding to that advice, for…

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Solar Capital Gets A Cramer Bounce (SLRC, AINV, PSEC, ARCC, GAIN)

by Todd Shriber | June 7th

Shares of business development firm Solar Capital (SLRC) are soaring 4% today after CEO and President Michael Gross appeared on Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” Monday evening to extol the virtues of his company. Gross’s appearance with Cramer has also sparked a…

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Cramer Eyes a REIT (WRE, FPO, FUR, UBA, DRE)

by Jason Smith | May 13th

Shares of Washington REIT (WRE) are down 1% today despite an appearance by CEO Skip McKenzie on Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” in which McKenzie had some encouraging things to say about his company. The company’s most recent earnings report showed profit…

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Plenty Of MLPs Put Under Morgan Stanley’s Microscope (MMP, TCLP, NGLS, KMP, SEP, DPM, NS, NSH, ETP, CHKM)

by Jason Smith | May 12th

Morgan Stanley made ratings adjustments to 10 MLPs and many of those also had their price targets revised by the bank, but investors don’t appear to be taking kindly to the bank’s overall sentiment on the group as the MLPs…

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MLPs Move Higher Despite Shaky Earnings Reports (BBEP, ENP, EVEP, NGLS, EPD, KMP, GMLP)

by Jason Smith | May 10th

Shares of BreitBurn Energy Partners (BBEP) are up 1% despite the MLP reporting a first-quarter loss that widened from the fourth quarter. Breitburn said it lost $94.7 million, or $1.67 a unit, in the first quarter compared with a loss of…

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Business Development Stocks Bounce (HTGC, TCAP, TCRD, PSEC, ARCC)

by Jason Smith | May 6th

Shares of Hercules Technlgy Growth (HTGC), the private equity and venture capital firm, are surging 3% after the company reported first-quarter earnings of 23 cents a share, inline with analysts’ estimates, on revenue of $19.2 million, which easily beat the consensus…

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