Ten Stocks from the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index

The one hundred components in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index are “selected to the index by dividend yield, subject to screens for dividend-per-share growth rate, dividend payout ratio and average daily dollar trading volume. Components are weighted by indicated annual dividend”. As of July 31,2009 the total return for the index was -4.03% …

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Knowledge is Power: China’s Success, Spanish Housing Market Edition

Not to be flippant about a new stock-market plunge that’s doubtless causing heartburn in many offices and households, but is this really such a huge surprise? And just as important, is it really such a bad thing?.U.S. consumer weakness painful but needed In the aftermath of Iceland’s financial collapse, many citizens are planning to leave …

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Poverty Rate and Income Distribution in the USA

The latest poverty data available from the Census Bureau is for the year 2007. The official poverty rate in the US was 12.5 % in 2007. Put another way, 37.3 million people were in poverty up from 36.5 million the previous year. Click to Enlarge Source: U.S. Census Bureau The 37.3 millions does not include …

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