IBM

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IBM $148.24 (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 886.6 million; Market cap: $132.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.4%; www.ibm.com) is one of the world’s largest computer company, with operations in over 175 countries.


Excluding one-time items, IBM earned $2.827 billion in the three months ended June 30, 2019....
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. $150 (New York symbol IBM; Conservative Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 886.6 million; Market cap: $133.0 billion; Dividend yield: 4.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.ibm.com) raised its quarterly dividend by 3.2% with the June 2019 payment....
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IBM $140.56 (New York symbol IBM; Shares o/s: 889.9 million; Market cap: $124.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 4.6%; www.ibm.com) reported lower-than-expected sales for the first quarter of 2019....

CISCO SYSTEMS INC. $57 (Nasdaq symbol CSCO; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 4.4 billion; Market cap: $250.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.cisco.com) makes hardware and software that links and manages computer networks.


With the April 2019, Cisco raised its quarterly dividend by 6.1%, to $0.35 a share from $0.33....
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $66 (www.rbi.com) continues to spur sales at Tim Hortons with new initiatives. These include remodelling its stores and launching an all-day breakfast menu. Tim Hortons has also launched a new loyalty program....
IBM has a long history of responding to rapid changes in computer technology. As demand for its consulting services and mainframe computers slows, it’s now investing heavily in cloud computing (where customers access software on the web), analytics and artificial intelligence.


We feel the company’s upcoming acquisition of open-source software maker Red Hat will accelerate its transformation, and increase IBM’s earnings for many years to come.


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Are blue chip stocks safe? Well, they are safer than other investments due to their sound financials, history of success, and reputation—but no investment is guaranteed


Are blue chip stocks safe? While there are no guarantees in stock investing, at TSI Network we feel that blue chip stocks that have been paying dividends for five to 10 years or more are among the safer investments you can make....
Artificial intelligence (AI) is essentially the merging of today’s big computing with big data. This has resulted in breakthroughs in everything from creating machines that can recognize faces with more accuracy than a human, to building cars capable of driving themselves.

The concept fascinates a lot of people, especially investors....