December 2011
December 21, 2011 –
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RELATED TICKERS: VRUS.DL
, ARB
, SPRD
In most acquisition deals, the spread between the current stock price and the deal price is too narrow to make a CAPS play. However, I stumbled across one while researching a recent bond article that has a big enough spread make the play interesting in CAPS. [more]
December 19, 2011 –
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RELATED TICKERS: MOO
I recently read that Agrium (AGU) had quadrupled its dividend and,even though it was off a small base, a move like that made this ol' dividend Fool take note. I did a little digging and liked what I found, but when I looked at competitors and other companies in the ag space, I couldn't decide what I liked best. A little more digging and I found there's an ETF for that. [more]
December 18, 2011 –
I'm not sure if TMF is running anything like Foolanthropy this year, but I haven't seen anything. [more]
December 17, 2011 –
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RELATED TICKERS: BDT
A recent scan of the Stocks Needing More Picks list turned up a closed-end fund that looks pretty interesting. BlackRock's Strategic Equity Dividend Trust (BDT). I like dividends, so took a little closer look. [more]
December 12, 2011 –
Corporate credit markets were busy last week with more than $23 billion of new debt issued. There were quite a few multi-billion $ credit card swipes in the mix and credit markets are still offering cheap money for companies with decent credit ratings. [more]