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Study: Inflated Equity Prices May Threaten Credit Market
Inflated Equity Prices Helping Bond Upgrades Inflated equity valuations may threaten a relative stability in the credit markets amid depressed corporate bond yields and extraordinarily low interest rates, according to Moody’s Analytics research. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones.
Vancouver Home Sales Plunge 94% in August
Only 3 Houses Sold in West Vancouver In a sharp reversal from earlier trends, the Vancouver real estate market plummeted through the month of August. The Canadian city has been a hotspot for home prices in recent years, but it.
Dividends Taking Up Larger Percentage of Corporate Profits
Payouts Exceed Incomes at Some Big U.S. Firms Investors involved with S&P 500 businesses had the best dividend party since the financial crisis of 2008 as some of the biggest companies in the U.S. paid more in dividend than their.
Federal Reserve President John Williams Calls for Rate Hike
Rate Hikes “Preferably Sooner Rather than Later” With economic data indicating strength in the U.S. economy, rate hikes are back on the table. This time, it’s the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams who is calling for interest.
Former Fed Chairman Greenspan Sees Interest Rates Going Higher
Greenspan Hawkish on Interest Rates Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gave an interview recently in which he predicted that higher interest rates were just around the corner. He gave a wide-ranging interview regarding monetary policy, including forecasts on central.
MGE Energy, Inc. Announces Dividend Increase
41 Consecutive Years of Dividend Hikes Utility companies are known as stodgy, boring investments, but shareholders of MGE Energy, Inc (NASDAQ:MGEE) don’t seem to be complaining. On Friday, MGE Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGEE) board of directors approved a quarterly cash.
G&K Services Inc Hikes Dividend 5%
G&K Cash Flows Boosted By Recent Acquisition Just before being bought out, this uniform and facility services specialist decided to raise its payout to investors one more time. On Friday, G&K Services Inc (NASDAQ:GK) announced that its Board of Directors.
ePlus Inc. Announces New Share Repurchase Program
Authorizes Buyback of 500,000 Shares Over the Next 12 Months In the eyes of investors, IT companies might not be as hot as they used to be, but one of them is still returning value to shareholders through aggressive buybacks..
Brinker International, Inc. Hikes Dividends 6%
Brinker’s Yield Now Over 2.5% The restaurant business can be lucrative, as proven by a Dallas, Texas-based multinational restaurant chain having raised its dividend again. On Thursday, August 18, Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE:EAT) announced that its board of directors has.
Community Bank System Hikes Quarterly Dividend 3.2%
Shares Surge After Better-Than-Expected Earnings Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE:CBU) said its board has approved a 3.2% increase in its quarterly cash dividend payout to shareholders on its common stocks, reflecting the strength of the bank’s capital position. Community Bank.
