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Morgan Stanley remains Equal-weight on Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD), given results should be limited by CHD's 81% topline exposure to the US, where consumer spending remains weak, and valuation towards the high-end of the HPC group, which already reflects CHD's strong balance sheet and continued...

J.P. Morgan is out with its report today on Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD), raising its PT from $77 to $81. In a note to clients, J.P. Morgan writes, "We rate Church & Dwight a Neutral. While we think that fundamentals will improve as CHD goes through 2011, we do not find the stock's...

  New Portfolio for Income Investors This month we added a new portfolio for subscribers at FaithBasedInvestor.com.  We responded to requests for an “income solution” in this low interest environment!  Most investors were stuck with parking their money in cash (at...

Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies star Lenny Dykstra probably isn't having a good weekend. The former All-Star known as “Nails” was indicted on Friday on charges of bankruptcy fraud and selling stuff from his $18 million California mansion that had been foreclosed on. Dykstra, 48,...

David Merkel says Most People Are Better Off Not Buying Common Stocks On Their Own. This is a multi-dimensional conversation. If we are talking about all market participants which includes 401k participants who would otherwise have no interest in investing then of course David is correct. But this...

Citi Investment Research has a Hold rating and a $71 price target on shares of Church & Dwight Co Inc (NYSE: CHD) following earnings. In a note to investors, Citi writes, "Reported sales were up 1.2% (ahead of our estimate for an increase of 0.9%), as organic sales rose 1.2% reflecting volume...

Deutsche Bank has a Hold rating and a $73 price target on shares of Church & Dwight (NYSE: CHD) following earnings. In a note to investors, Deutsche Bank writes, "The company is showing resiliency in the face of strong competition and rising commodity costs through a combination of innovation...

Noah Education Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NED) a provider of interactive education content in China is trading at a price of $2.50, a dramatic change of +0.12 with Change% of 5.04 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock...

As it happens this is the ideal week in which to discuss adding some defensive positions to your ETF portfolio and what better sector to do that with than consumer staples? Consumer staples aren't sexy, but they have risen to near legendary status as both shelter-from-the-storm and dividend plays...

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD), today reported that the Board of Directors approved a two-for-one stock split of the Company's common stock in the form of a stock dividend. “We are pleased to report that Church & Dwight's common stock will be split 2-for-1,” said James R. Craigie,...

Gainers: The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) focused on providing consumer packaged goods is trading at a price of $66.47, a dramatic change of 1.16% from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of...

Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2011 results before the opening bell tomorrow, May 5. Analysts are looking for the cosmetics purveyor to announce that earnings came in at $0.57 per share. That compares to a consensus estimate of $0.47 some 90 days ago, as well as...

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ: CENT) Reports EPS of $0.54 vs. $0.49 Estimate; Revenues $485.7M vs. $457.23M Estimate

May Fourth is well-known in nerd circles as the day when mother's basement is filled with bespeckled boys of all ages, donning makeshift light sabers and Jedi robes, all in celebration of a movie phenomenon older than most in the room. That's right, readers -- it's Star Wars Day! Virgins of the...

Shares of The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) are higher on the session by 0.22%, trading at $67.62. Overall put volume is now running at 2.88x the daily average, with 3% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,794 contracts have traded on the session so far. The Clorox Company is a...