Household Products

Cusick’s Corner Bernanke said today on Capitol Hill that Europe’s debt trouble would have a modest impact on the U.S. His remarks did not help the major markets stay up through the afternoon and the sellers took over. This morning’s gains faded in the afternoon as the Euro fell below the...

The Fast Money traders offered the following trades for Thursday June 3rd. Tim Seymour likes Kimberly Clark (NYSE: KMB). Guy Adami recommends going long Apache (NYSE: APA). Karen Finerman prefers going long Flowserve (NYSE: FLS). Joe Terranova says stay long the Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE: RSX...

Below are the top 5 large-cap consumer goods stocks on the NYSE in terms of gross profits. The trailing-twelve-month gross profits of Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) stand at $42.15 billion. Credit Suisse initiated coverage of PG with an “outperform” rating. The trailing-twelve-month gross...

Analysts Douglas Lane and Per Ostlund at Jefferies & Company Inc. have released an update on the Consumer Products industry. Analysts’ Coverage Group in the Consumer Products sector fell 8.4% in the month of May. This the second decline the group has seen in the last fifteen months. However,...

Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of Spain’s debt for the second time in a month rekindled worries about Europe’s finances and sent stocks sharply lower on the last trading session of May.  Trading was quiet as the session began but stocks swung wildly in the afternoon as Fitch Ratings cut Spain’s debt one...

Analysts Jon Anderson and Ryan Sundby at William Blair & Company have initiated coverage of Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) with Market Perform rating. Analysts say that the company represents an attractive long-term investment opportunity among large-cap stocks in consumer products...

Analysts at William Blair & Co initiate coverage of Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) with an "outperform" rating. PG’s shares gained 0.84% to close at $60.95 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Gisele Bündchen, the richest supermodel in the world and wife of football star Tom Brady, is still in first place in terms of supermodel earnings, making approximately $25 million per year. Heidi Klum is in second place at $16 million, with Kate Moss in third place. Gisele is connected to a lot of...

Interest rates have moved lower recently due primarily to the financial scare across Europe.  The two-year Treasury is yielding a paltry 87 bps.  Even out 10 years, Treasuries are yielding about 3.25%.  What is an income investor to do?  Well, the recent sell-off in equities, accompanied by the...

Below are the top 5 large-cap consumer goods stocks on the NYSE in terms of EPS estimates for the next quarter. Lorillard Inc (NYSE: LO) is expected to earn $1.64 per share in the September quarter. LO’s trailing-twelve-month ROE is 315.19%. Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas (NYSE: ABV) is likely...

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only...

It may be hard to believe, but hedge funds shorted stocks at one cent a share. This is due to the fact that market makers need to made markets all the time and sometimes put in a bid of one cent. Well the market makers got lucky and bought shares at a penny when hedge fund computer programs sold at...

Consumer products firm Clorox (CLX) has hiked it's quarterly dividend 10% to $0.55 per share. This is another dividend hike for our non-registered portfolio. Our income from investments continues it's climb into new records. Lately we have recieved raises from: CloroxJohnson & JohnsonProcter...