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ETF Trading Report: Airline, Currency ETFs In Focus - ETF News And Commentary
5/3/2012, 5:29 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, ETFs
American equity markets struggled in Thursday's session as broad
weakness permeated all corners of the stock world throughout the
day. This slump came as unemployment claims beat expectations... Read >>

Commodity ETFs In Your Portfolio
5/3/2012, 5:26 pm from IndexUniverse in Investing, ETFs
How bad have broad commodity returns been? Bad enough.
Here's a snapshot over the last 12 months ending April 30. I've
chosen to look at the three largest and most well-established... Read >>

Rating Action on MetLife - Analyst Blog
5/3/2012, 5:15 pm from Zacks.com in Investing, Business, Stocks
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P") reiterated
its long-term counterparty credit rating of 'A-' on
MetLife Inc.
(
MET
) and long-term counterparty... Read >>

Bank of America: Is It In Or Out Of Favor Right Now?
5/3/2012, 5:05 pm from Steve Bauer in Investing, Stocks, Investing Ideas
May 3, 2012 This is a simple posting and way for me to share my articles that are just for SeekingAlpha.com readers. I am not permitted to post this or most of my SA articles with another... Read >>

Best of the Thursday web
5/3/2012, 5:00 pm from Emerging Money in Investing, International, Stocks
Markets dipped Thursday after exchanges reacted poorly to
European news and poor numbers from General Motors (
GM
,
quote
). Around the world, observers are anticipating the results of... Read >>

Reynolds American Boosts Dividend; Now Yields 5.8% (RAI)
5/3/2012, 4:46 pm from Dividend.com in Investing, Stocks
Tobacco giant Reynolds American, Inc. (
RAI
) late Thursday said its board of directors approved a 5.4% raise
to its quarterly dividend payout.
The Winston-Salem, NC-based company declared... Read >>

CF Industries Q1 Profit Rises 37%, Topping View (CF)
5/3/2012, 4:43 pm from Dividend.com in Investing, Stocks
Fertilizer giant CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (
CF
) late Thursday said its first quarter profit jumped 37% from last
year, easily beating Wall Street's estimates.
The Deerfield, IL-based... Read >>

Kraft Foods Q1 Profit Rises; Adjusted Net Beats View (KFT)
5/3/2012, 4:42 pm from Dividend.com in Investing, Stocks
Packaged foods maker Kraft Foods Inc (
KFT
) late Thursday posted a 1,8% uptick in first quarter earnings, as
adjusted results narrowly beat Wall Street's view.
The Northfield, IL-based... Read >>

Dividend Highlights and Lowlights for May 3
5/3/2012, 4:36 pm from Dividend.com in Investing, Stocks
These were some of the biggest dividend stock performers on the
upside and the downside in today's market action.
Highlights
World Wrestling Entertainment (
WWE
) - up 14%
Whole... Read >>

Social Security Doesn't Solve America's Income Problem
5/3/2012, 4:31 pm from ETFguide in Investing, ETFs
Social Security is on pace to exhaust its reserves by 2033. And
while it may seem like a long way off, it's not.
Today, 56 million Americans rely on Social Security and... Read >>