Within the S&P 500 there are about 52 companies dubbed “Dividend Aristocrats,” which are companies that hiked their dividends for 25 consecutive years, like McDonald’s and Wal-Mart. Barron’s Johanna Bennett explains
1/17/2009
The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight. ~Jesse Livermore
According to the CFTC weekly data for the week ended Tuesday, net shorts in the euro fell by 38% from last week's record high and are now at a 6 week low. Net shorts in the pound moved up a touch to just shy of its record high. Net longs in the Australian$ rose to the most since May '08 and net longs in the Canadian$ rose to the highest since Nov '07. Gold new longs fell to a 4 week low. Net longs in crude rose 14% and are just 12k contracts from a record high dating back to...
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January 17th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
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