High Dividend Yield Stock For Income Investors (June 21, 2009)

Hi, I found one big company which has good enough key statistics. The company gives high dividend yield, and the good news is you can buy the company stock in very good price. Below are the company descriptions:

Company name: Merck & Co. Inc. (Ticker: MRK)

Previous Close Price: $25.91

Dividend Yield: 5.90%

Dividend Rate: $1.52

5 Year Average Dividend Yield: 4.10 %

Dividend Paid Since: 1935

P/E Ratio: 9.29

Revenue: $23.41 Billion

Net Income: $4.874 Billion

Profit Margin: 25.33%

Total Cash: $12.58 Billion

We can see that Merck & Co. Inc. has paid dividend to its investor since 1935. And now it paid high dividend yield (5.90%) and high dividend rate ($1.52). Besides, although Merck gets less revenue than its competitors (GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer Inc and Sanofi-Aventis), but it earns much money ($4.874 billion) and has a good profit margin (25.33%). And the interesting part is you can buy the company stock in very cheap price (P/E: 9.29) if compared to its industry P/E (12.57).

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Stock Of The Week For Defensive Investor (June 18, 2009)

Hi, I'm sorry that I didn't post article about defensive investor's stock for almost a month. Now here is our stock of the week for defensive investor:

Company Name: Toronto Dominion Bank (Ticker: TD)

Stock Price: $49.92

Market Capitalization: $42.91 Billion

Price/Earnings: 14.65

Price/Book Ratio: 1.33

Total Cash: $92.39 Billion

Profit Margin: 23.23%

Dividend: 3.90%

Toronto Dominion Bank is a retail and commercial bank which headquartered in Canada. The company P/E ratio is 14.65, little bit lower than their industry P/E ratio (14.94). Besides, their total cash, profit margin and dividend yield are good enough compared with their direct competitiors (The Bank Of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal). And the last, the company P/BV is the lowest among their direct competitor.

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Bullish Stock According To Technical Analysis On June 10, 2009

Yeah finally I found a good company with a great market niche, great management, and bullish for long term (according to technical analysis). Below are the company's descriptions:

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We can see that American Express Co. (Ticker:AXP) have its simple moving average crossover and MACD crossover. The crossover lines indicate that the company will go up for long term. But these informations are only based on technical analyses, so if you want to get a deeper analysis, you can also apply another analysis technique (e.g fundamental and sentiment).

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High Dividend Yield Stock For Income Investors (June 6, 2009)

After searching with many strict criteria, I found one good company that paid high dividend yield to its investor. Beside that, the company also have a good fundamental so it will be a great company for income investors. The company is Abbott Laboratories (Ticker: ABT).

Here is the information about the company:

Company Name: Abbott Laboratories (Ticker: ABT)

Previous Close Price: $44.75 (June 6, 2009)

Dividend Yield : 3.60%

Dividend Rate: $1.60

5 Year Average Dividend Yield : 2.50%

Dividend Paid Since: 1926

P/E ratio: 13.04

Revenue: $29.48 Billion

Net Income: $1,7 Billion

Profit Margin: 18.25%

Total Cash: $5.70 Billion

From informations above, we can assume that Abbott is a company which give a better dividend yield (3.60%) and paid their investor since 1926. They also have profit margin around 18.25%, quite high for a big company like Abbott. The P/E ratio is also not expensive if compared to their industry's P/E (12.23). By reading the company information (Abbott), now you can choose the company that care and loyal enough to their investors like you.

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Bearish Stock According To Technical Analysis On June 3, 2009

After looking many companies' chart, accidentally i found this company.. Some of my technical indicator give signal that the company stock price will go down. Here is the company's description:


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We can see that Ameriprise Financial Inc (Ticker: AMP) has two red candlestick and two red volume bar. It indicate that there are more sellers than buyers who trade this stock. Then the stochastic's blue line has crossed its upper limit and moved down. And the last, the MACD blue line has also moved down and crossed the red line. These indicate that the stock will go down soon (for short term).

Steps you can do to this bearish stock:
1. Short sell it.
2. If you have the stock, take profit now ^^

But in my opinion, the stock only bearish for short term, so if you're an investor (not a trader) you can hold the stock.

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