FeedPosted Dec 30th 2009 4:30PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Newsletters, Commodities, Oil, Stocks to Buy, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP), Best Stocks for 2010
This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nation's leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new year. See all 80 stocks listed here.
For her top pick for 2010, income specialist Amy Calistri looks to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP).
The editor of The Daily Paycheck explains, "I always look for the gift that keeps on giving; that's how I view this master limited partnership, which produces a steady stream of income each and every quarter."
Continue reading Top Picks for 2010: Kinder Morgan (KMP)
Posted Dec 1st 2009 4:20PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP), Genzyme (GENZ)
Many said that today was based on solid economic data, but the markets were already pointed handily north. Today was about traders putting the risk trade back on by buying stocks and buying commodities. Dubai's explosive consequences seem to be mitigated, but that will be determined in time.
Here were the unofficial closing bell levels today:
Dow 10,471.58 +126.74 (1.23%)
S&P 500 1,108.86 +13.23 (1.21%)
Nasdaq 2,175.81 +31.21 (1.46%)
Top Day Trader Alerts Top 10 Analyst CallsTop Stock RumorsContinue reading Closing Bell: The risk-trade back on (AIG, GENZ, NLST, GE, CMCSA, KMP)
Posted Jul 17th 2009 10:50AM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Nokia Corp. (NOK), Novartis AG ADS (NVS), Analyst Initiations, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP)
Analyst upgrades:
- Canaccord upgraded Imperial Oil (NYSE: IMO) to Buy from Speculative Buy following an increase in crude oil forecast.
- BT Group (NYSE: BT) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Bernstein.
- Novartis (NYSE: NVS) was upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JP Morgan.
- CommVault (NASDAQ: CVLT) was upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman.
- AvalonBay (NYSE: AVB) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Sandler O'Neill.
Continue reading Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: BT, NVS, NOK, TXI, MTB ...
Posted Jul 7th 2009 2:40PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Duke Energy (DUK), Loews Corporation (L), , Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP)
The following list of solid dividend payers are not likely to get anyone excited about future growth prospects like some small cap tech company with a hot IPO, but in these uncertain times being able to diversify into a reliable dividend paying stock might work while you ride out the economic storm.
Bank money market accounts, CD's and treasuries are not all that compelling right now. While it is wise to keep some cash handy in these places, you need not put all your resources there.
Earlier today my colleague Steven Halpern posted a story on
the safest dividend payer in the DJIA and
Verizon Communications (NYSE:
VZ)
paying 6.1% was his conclusion. I recently posted about this stock pointing out the benefits of the communications companies, see:
Chasing Value: AT&T and VZ, high yield plus safetyIt is to be expected that a utility would show up on the list, given the strong recurring revenue and cash-flow and
Duke Energy (NYSE:
DUK)
paying 6.39% is that company. I have written many positive posts about Duke and my view has not changed.
Continue reading Serious Money: Six stocks paying over 6% yields: VZ, DUK, MO, KMP, BWP, NLY
Closing Bell: When We All Love the PIIGS (NBG, SQNM, PG, ERTS, KO)
Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks List Shrinks from 26 to 21
Chasing Value: Hasbro Earnings Makes My Point
