How much time are you going to spend thinking about the next stock you buy? If you're like most Americans, the answer is "not much." According to research from ING, "the average American spends more time researching a new refrigerator than they do stocks."
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) have been navigating a bleak environment created by the housing hangover. Unlike homebuilders Hovnanian (NYSE: HOV) and Standard Pacific (NYSE: SPF), these companies stayed clear of the cliff's edge, generating positive annual earnings and steady dividends. Fortunately for Home Depot and Lowe's, toilets back up, and roofs leak, creating repairs that can't be postponed -- definitely or indefinitely -- the way a home purchase can.
New York, January 24 -- Google Inc.'s co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced plans of selling 5 million shares of the search engine as part of a five-year stock trading plan.
Many investors are increasingly convinced that the
worst of the recession is behind us. Although
optimism about future growthhas pushed share prices up
fairly dramatically since earlier this year, it's taken
awhile for that optimism to translate into higher
expectations for company earnings.
Irving, Texas, April 15: Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) declared today that it has acquired Jackson Products, Inc., a privately held safety products company, headquartered in Fenton, Mo.
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