option
An option offers its holder the right to buy or sell a particular security at a specific price within a specific time frame. Two kind of options are put options and call options.
Stock buyback vs dividend investing may seem a clear-cut choice, but savvy investors will tell you that they can complement one another quite well
When ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) first gained wide investor attention years ago, we called them one of the most benign investment innovations that the financial industry ever came up with. But we also warned that they might become less benign, if not downright dangerous, as time passed....
In the past few years, activist investment firms have pressured ABB and BHP to sell their unprofitable operations. That has freed up cash for share buybacks and dividends.
ABB LTD. ADRs $20 (New York symbol ABB; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.1 billion; Market cap: $42.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.abb.com) makes transformers, transmission systems and circuit breakers for electrical utilities....
PAPA JOHN’S INTERNATIONAL INC. $43 (New York symbol PZZA; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 31.5 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; Dividend yield: 2.1%; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.papajohns.com) is the world’s third-largest pizza delivery company behind Domino’s Pizza (New York symbol DPZ) and Pizza Hut, part of Yum Brands Inc....
The investment industry offers multitudes of choices—far too many for anybody to be able to give deep consideration to each of them. We deal with this “information glut” by making few if any recommendations in segments of the investment universe that seem to us to have a flaw that can work against investor interests.
For example, we don’t recommend any investment plan or product that needs to succeed in stock options dealings to make a good return for its investors....
For example, we don’t recommend any investment plan or product that needs to succeed in stock options dealings to make a good return for its investors....
Investors can profit from companies that aim to increase shareholder value through stock buybacks — as well as with dividends
PFIZER INC. $42 (New York symbol PFE; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 5.8 billion; Market cap: $243.6 billion; Dividend yield: 3.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.pfizer.com) is one of the world’s leading prescription drugmakers....
PIZZA PIZZA ROYALTY INCOME CORP. $9.77 (Toronto symbol PZA; Shares o/s: 24.6 million; Market cap: $240.3 million; Dividend yield: 8.8%; www.pizzapizza.ca) holds certain trademarks and trade names used by Pizza Pizza restaurants in Canada.
Those exclusive names are licensed to Pizza Pizza for 99 years....
Those exclusive names are licensed to Pizza Pizza for 99 years....
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $8.98 (New York symbol GE, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 8.7 billion; Market cap: $78.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.5%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.ge.com) recently announced a major restructuring that will narrow its focus to three main businesses: aviation operations (jet engines and aircraft electronics); electrical power equipment (such as turbines and related equipment for gas-fired and nuclear power plants); and renewable power equipment (wind farms and hydroelectric plants).
As a result, GE will spin off its healthcare operations as a separate firm....
As a result, GE will spin off its healthcare operations as a separate firm....
ABB LTD. (ADR) $19 (New York symbol ABB; Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.1 billion; Market cap: $39.9 billion; Dividend yield: 4.2%; Takeover Target Rating: Low; www.abb.com) makes transformers, transmission systems and circuit breakers for electrical utilities....