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Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE: M) reported earnings of 35 cents per diluted share compared with the same period last year of $0.02. analysts average $0.29. M beats by $0.06.

Sales in the second quarter totaled $5.537 billion, up 7.2 percent from total sales of $5.164 billion in the second quarter of 2009.

Penny stock buyers should know that trading strategies should be the same, regardless if you are buying Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) or a mining stock on the OTCBB. The amount of capital is irrelevant, because you should have an entry and exit plan on every trade. Remember it doesn’t matter whether you invest 3k or 50k.

Are you looking for companies that can sustain and grow their dividend? In making that determination, a company’s Statement of Earnings is one of the last places you should look. Cash is king for the dividend investor and the Statement of Cash Flows is where astute investors begin when they want to understand the viability of a company.

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GE announced EPS of $0.30 per share compared to same period last year of $0.26. analysts average $0.27. GE beats by $0.03

Second-quarter 2010 earnings from continuing operations were $3.3 billion up 15% from the second quarter of 2009. Revenues were $37.4 billion for the quarter, down 4% from a year ago.

When you purchase individual stocks, risk is inherit. Sometimes bad things sometimes happen to good stocks such as the Chicago Tylenol murders of 1982. This shook Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) , but eventually it prevailed. Sometimes it is difficult when a strong leader leaves a company and creates a void that just can’t be filled.

Machines attacked the Dow and sank the stock markets today.

There's no other explanation for what happened on the U.S. exchanges. Only machine trading could shave almost 1,000 points from the Dow in less time than the typical hard-working American takes for lunch.

In a week where I had already been calling GS "Goldman-Madoff" and I had predicted on Wednesday that the rally would last "until they start arresting people" and we featured the above video on Thursday afternoon to illustrate what a crooked scam the financial marketplace had become that it finally hit the fan on Friday morning when even the WSJ could no longer ignore the evidence that myself and a

Last year I introduced the Stock Ideas list and it has proven to be immensely popular. The list consists of Dividend Aristocrats, US Broad Dividend Achievers and U.S. Dividend Champions. Here are some highlights on this year’s changes:

That’s right, I said WIMPS!

I have never heard so much whining and crying and complaining about a market drop as I have the past few weeks. Last week, I pointed out that we had only fallen 105 points from the prior week (10,172 to 10,067) and this week we fell ALL THE WAY to 10,012 to finish the week and you would think the world was ending (again) from the way the MSM has been acting.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) reported, excluding items, $0.28 per share compared with $0.35 per share last year. analysts average $0.26. GE beats by $0.02.

Fourth-quarter net earnings were $3.0 billion compared with $3.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008.

General Electric Company (GE) operates as a technology, media, and financial services company worldwide.
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2010 will be a year in which a premium is placed on investment selection. From March of 2009 to December of 2009 it didn’t matter what stocks you invested in; everything went up. 2010 will not be a repeat of 2009. 2010 is all about company specific earnings. Only invest in companies with strong balance sheets and sustainable earnings growth.

Here’s what I expect for 2010:

John Tantillo applauds Hollywood, not for Avatar's weak plot, but for doing something truly innovative to bring viewers something new, that they can't watch in their homes.

My work continues to indicate that all of the action in General Electric (GE) off of its 12/04 high at 16.49 into Thursday’s low at 15.09 represents a correction of the prior advance from 14.15 (11/4) to 16.49 (12/4).