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Highlighted stocks include Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Duke Energy (DUK), MBIA (MBI) and Sunoco (SUN) Important note: Keep your focus on the trends in estimates, not on the actual projections! An estimate in motion tends to stay in motion. Earnings estimates are dropping rapidly, and nearly across the board. This is particularly true for 2009 estimates[More...]

The election's over. President-elect Barrack Obama won, and some people are worried that he'll start taxing dividends like income. Have I got news for you... that's the least of our worries on the dividend front.  Put it in the drawer for next year's hand wringing. Because just when you thought the financial news had exhausted all the bad stuff and you had found safety in dividend stocks, I have to give you a heads up. Your stock could be getting a pension fund "margin call." I love dividend stocks. These companies have cash, pay cash, and keep the faith with investors for the most part. But some are on the verge of breaking that faith this year. It has nothing to do with mortgages or credit markets - it's about pension funds in trouble.  And when pensions are sucking up cash flow, your dividends could suffer. Mercer, a pension consulting firm that is part[More...]

By Jennifer Yousfi In the depths of a bear market that has carved between $500 billion and $2 trillion from U.S. retirement accounts so far this year, as many as two-thirds of all Americans have stopped contributing to their retirement plans, a new study shows. And that’s precisely the wrong decision to make at ...

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Guest: Steven Leimberg tells us about the gruesome money scheme that has investors looking to profit by buying life insurance on seniors. Where else can you say: "The sooner they die, the more profit the investor makes" - very nice! Companies within Industry: (LPHI) (MET) (MMC) (PRU) (AEG) (MFC) (SLF) (ING) (PFG) (AIG)

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