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9 Companies Buying Their Shares Low; Hough: Stock buybacks yield the best returns for investors when the stocks involved are cheap.
SmartMoney.comCompany share repurchases can boost investor returns -- but only if the shares are a good deal. Listed below are nine companies buying back stock at deep discounts to the market, based on earnings.
4 Stocks With Rising Sales and Earnings Estimates; Hough: Earnings forecasts for the market are sliding, but these companies are bucking the trend.
SmartMoney.comAs stocks gained this quarter, earnings estimates slid. The S&P 500 index is up 4% since the end of June, but projections for the index's underlying earnings fell by the same amount.
Tips for Picking Stocks for the Next 20 Years; Hough: Erratic price swings can work to the advantage of long-term investors.
SmartMoney.comWarren Buffett famously said that his favorite holding period for a stock is forever. This being SmartMoney magazine's last issue, it seems a good opportunity to screen for stocks to hold, if not quite forever, for at least a decade or so.
3 Stocks With Double-Digit Sales Growth; Hough: Revenue growth is sluggish for much of the market, but not at these firms.
SmartMoney.comLarge U.S. companies are struggling to grow their revenues, but a handful are bucking the trend. More than half of S&P 500 companies have announced results for the second-quarter reporting season. Nearly seven out of 10 have topped ...
Why Investors Should Skip Top Dividend-Yielders; Hough: Investors should be careful about reaching too high for yield.
SmartMoney.comIncome investing used to be easy. A retiree who plunked $1 million into 10-year Treasury notes during the past half century locked in, on average, a yearly income of around $67,000. But with interest rates at record lows, that same ...
Stocks for Bond Lovers; Hough: These companies' stocks offer much fatter payments than their bonds.
SmartMoney.comInvestors who buy Procter & Gamble bonds that come due in 15 years get a yield to maturity of about 3% a year. Those who buy the company's stock, meanwhile, get a dividend yield of 3.7%.
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