Posts Tagged ‘yield’

Despite strong holiday sales of smartphones, Verizon's profitability continues to be limited by their costly advertising war with AT&T.

Despite concerns surrounding the economy, we believe that McDonald’s is well positioned to continue growing their earnings.

If flat is the new growth, then investors should like AT&T. The company continues to benefit from the popularity of Apple’s iPhone.

During the second quarter, economic conditions did improve if only marginally and we expect Merck’s earnings performance to reflect that improvement.

Despite the difficult economic environment that has persisted over the last 18 months, JP Morgan has managed to exceed Wall Street’s estimates each of the last five quarters.

We believe that the cost cutting measures that Pfizer has undertaken could produce better than expected first quarter earnings.

While the company still offers an attractive and safe 5.8% dividend yield to investors, it’s doubtful that the stock will see much appreciation in 2009.