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The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 Philip Durell |
Pigs of the Dow You've heard of the Dogs of the Dow. How about the Pigs? The worst-performing Dow stocks of the year. While trading costs and taxes always need to be taken into consideration with a strategy like this, the Pigs look like they might be leaving the Dogs in the dust.  |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 Tamara Rutter |
It Pays to Invest Like a Dog Find out how the Dow's best dividend stocks can work for you.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2010 Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Dividend Ideas: 2011 Dogs of the Dow Sticking to this investing approach has yielded impressive gains for its proponents.  |
Registered Rep. January 7, 2010 |
Dow Dogs in Doghouse The Dogs of the Dow strategy was made popular by Michael O' Higgins in his 1991 book, Beating the Dow.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 John Downes |
Dog Days Cometh With the Dogs (10 Dow Industrials issues with the highest dividend yields) coming back into vogue, now is as good a time as any to use them as an object lesson in why to resist abandoning a long-term strategy at the first sign of subpar returns.  |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Stan Luxenberg |
Dogging It If Neil Hennessy were a clothing retailer, he'd be Brooks Brothers -- one of those companies whose styles don't change much. His fund company is one of only two providers of mutual funds that maximize adherence to Dogs of the Dow investment philosophy.  |
The Motley Fool January 27, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
You're Not the Only One With Bad Timing If you're feeling like you're a lousy investor just because you've lost money in the bear market, don't. Keep your confidence up and stick with it, and your investing will pay off in the long run.  |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2010 Dan Dzombak |
Dividend Dogs of the S&P 500 The 10 highest-yielding stocks of the S&P 500.  |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Why Citigroup Is Destined for Greatness Rejects from the Dow have outperformed their replacements.  |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Who's in "The Dow"? The Dow is an average based on the stock prices of 30 companies.  |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Adam Cohen |
The Contrarian Way A bear market tends to focus the mind, and once again investors have learned that companies that pay a dividend tend to have good cash flow. There are many ways to get clients exposure to dividend strategies, from new ETFs and closed-end funds to actively managed funds.  |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2010 |
Should You Care About the Dow? Surely you've tuned into the news lately, right? Well, how did the Dow Jones Industrials fare? Did you look? Did you see? Did you care?  |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2012 Rebecca Lipman |
Trading Strategy: 2012 Dogs of the Dow Are any of these names in your portfolio -- or on your watch list?  |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
A Decade of Performance From 7 Dow Stocks Our analyst examines the teenagers of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  |
The Motley Fool October 29, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
How the Dow's Latest Picks Have Fared We take a closer look at the junior stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2005 |
"The Dow," Demystified Did you know "The Dow" is all about just 30 companies?  |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2012 Dan Caplinger |
Why the Dow's on a Roller-Coaster Ride Today A brief look at the market's moves so far.  |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Roben Farzad |
Why Apple Isn't in the Dow Only ExxonMobil is bigger in the U.S. than Apple. While it might add 1,000 points to the Dow if it were on board, its high stock price would distort the index.  |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer |
Could Apple Have Saved the Dow? Where would the Dow be today if Apple had been included?  |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2012 Anand Chokkavelu |
Why Bank of America Couldn't Save the Dow Today Bank of America was the biggest Dow mover today, up 3.6%, to bring its year-to-date recovery off a disastrous 2011 to 23.6%.  |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why You Should Ignore the Dow The oldest popular market measure is also the least useful.  |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Andrew Bond |
Dow Back Over 11,000! Who Cares? The Dow Jones industrial average does not give a good read on the overall economy.  |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
The Dow Should Be at 250,000 Find out what critical ingredient the Dow is missing. What about including the dividends of the Dow stocks?  |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2012 Dari FitzGerald |
A Roller-Coaster Week for the Dow And the ride is not over yet.  |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2004 |
Who's in the Dow? Did you realize that the Dow is an average of just 30 companies?  |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Why the Dow Makes Little Sense Don't pay so much attention to this oft-cited index.  |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dow 10,000? Ooops! They call nice round numbers like 10,000 psychological barriers. As the Dow Jones Industrial Average buckled below that mark at yesterday's close -- the first time that has happened this year -- one is left to wonder if the market should see a shrink about the shrink in its valuation.  |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2012 Eric Bleeker |
Here Are the Dow's 10 Fastest-Growing Companies These companies have seen the highest levels of growth over the past five years, and that growth has translated into bottom-line and share-price growth.  |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2004 Steven Mallas |
Kodak Out of AOL's Pictures Eastman Kodak and America Online end their "You've Got Pictures" collaboration.  |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2004 |
Percentages, Not Points Trust in the long-term upward trend of the market, look for bargains amid downturns, and focus on percentages rather than points.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2010 Rich Smith |
Dow Chemical Is Nitroglycerine One shake, and it could explode.  |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2011 Robert Eberhard |
Decades of Great Performance From 9 Dow Stocks A Fool examines 20-year (or more) members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2012 Dan Dzombak |
2011: A Crazy Year for the Dow A look back at the Dow Jones Industrial Average's performance in 2011.  |
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Threaten Support Thursday's decline broke more major support levels.  |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Eric Bleeker |
Why Tech Stocks Should Drive the Dow Higher Today A series of tech earnings could put the Dow in positive territory.  |
The Motley Fool November 18, 2005 |
The Dow's Components Did you know out of thousands and thousands of existing companies, just 30 make up the Dow?  |
InternetNews June 29, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Stall At Resistance The Dow and Nasdaq paused at some key levels Wednesday.  |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Stupid Dow Tricks The Dow Jones Industrial Average rearranges its deck chairs.  |
InternetNews March 24, 2008 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Bulls Back in Charge For the first time in a long time, stock market bulls have seized control.  |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Bring Your Portfolio Into the 21st Century Keeping a simple approach, the Global Dow includes 150 companies from around the world. About 40% of its value comes from U.S. stocks; the rest is split mainly among Europe, Japan, and emerging markets.  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 John Reeves |
Is Your Stock a Dog? A dividend yield can be a very misleading ratio, and when it comes to identifying stable companies that deliver regular and growing cash flows, you must look deeper than just a single metric.  |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
The Math of the Dow Ever wonder how the Dow Jones Industrial Average is calculated?  |
The Motley Fool April 1, 2004 Bill Mann |
The Dow Makes Some Changes Replacing three firms worth $40 billion with three worth half a trillion makes sense.  |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
The Best ETF for 2007: iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Wondering what exactly is in the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index? Wonder no more. It invests in the 100 (or so) highest-yielding companies in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index.  |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2003 Selena Maranjian |
Dow 10,000! Big Deal. Do these 30 companies really matter to you?  |
The Motley Fool March 15, 2004 Bill Mann |
Don't Be a "Yield Pig" Is an 8% dividend yield better than a 4% yield? "Not necessarily," says Bill Mann. After the change in the tax treatment of dividends last year, investors suddenly started valuing dividend-paying companies slightly higher.  |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
What's Next for Stocks? After the best quarter since 1998, what can you expect, and how should you react?  |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why the Dow's Barely Moving Today A brief look at the market's moves so far on Tuesday.  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 John Rosevear |
A Better Idea Than the Dogs of the Dow The "Dogs of the Dow" strategy has had its day -- but its basic idea is sound.  |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2011 Brian Stoffel |
Winning With the Dow's Underdogs? Investigating Charles Carlson's investment ideas.  |