Archive of entries posted on October 2014

Oil Prices Fall, Oil and Gas Equipment & Service Providers Fall Harder

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Oil prices have fallen from over 100$ per barrel to $82.77 (WTI) yesterday. However the stock prices of many of the companies that produce the equipments for the insustry and provide services have fallen much harder.For example, France-based CGG (CGG) is down nearly 58% year-to-date. The following are five of the foreign Oil and Gas Equipment & Service Providers …

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The Top 10 U.S. Firms with Highest Growth in Annual Dividends per Share in 10 years

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In an article yesterday we looked at the top 10 US companies based on the dividends paid. More important than the dividends paid is the annual dividend growth rate. This rate is especially important over many years due to the effect of compounding in boosting the investment returns assuming an investor reinvests dividends. The following table shows …

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Can Stocks Help Beat Inflation Over The Long Term?

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Inflation is an economic concept that drives prices of goods and services up. The increase occurs over time. Even in capitalist economies such as the U.S. prices of goods and services increase year after year contrary to economic principles like supply and demand. Prices are pushed ever higher by companies for a multitude of reasons the …

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