The dividend aristocrats have again proven their value in 2014. The basket of US stocks that have increased their dividends for at least 25 years in a row and are part of the S&P 500, gained in 2014 more than 13%. Dividend Aristocrats up 13.05% in 2014. The 53 stocks included in the S&P500 index…
Barron’s favorite stocks for 2014 had a market beating year, so what are the top-picks for 2015? The top-picks for 2014 beat the market, gaining an average of 20.6% (including dividend), compared with 18.2% for the S&P 500 index. The top gains were US Airways and Intel with a performance of 133% and 51%, respectively.…
Here’s the list of the Dogs of the Dow 2015 including the small dogs. Three stocks are new to the list for 2015, which are Caterpillar (CAT), ExxonMobil (XOM) and Coca-Cola (KO) replacing 3 IT-related stock, Microsoft (MSFT), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Intel (INTC). Performance Dogs of the Dow The performance over 2014 for the…
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The last 2 months Wall Street’s top stock market strategists such as Goldman, ML, CS, UBS have been publishing their predictions for 2015 with respect to the S&P 500. Looking back Wall Street strategists have underestimated where the S&P would go by around 5% on average. See the nice chart of business insider below: Looking…
One month before 2014 ends, which means one that it’s time for 2015 forecasts. UBS strategist Julian Emanuel was the first to present the S&P 500 forecast for 2015. Emanuel’s forecast has a risk range of 1,750 on the downside to 2,400 on the upside and a 2015 year-end S&P 500 price of 2,225. Oppenheimer’s…
DALBAR’s annual Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior (QAIB) report monitors the gap between leading indicators of investment performance and what mutual fund investors actually earn. The QAIB report is often mentioned as “measuring the shortfall in retail investor real returns”. According to the 2014 edition of QAIB, the report shows a reversal of the…
