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Pharmaceutical giant Merck (MRK) recently merged with Schering-Plough in an attempt to defend revenues, as a number of patents are set to expire exposing the company to low cost competition. At 4.29%, what does this mean for the dividend yield?

Investors in almost all savings accounts and CDs are losing money due to inflation. Here's how to avoid this predicament and make sure your money doesn't lose it's purchasing power.

This week, the QQQQ position I have taken has bounced back nicely and is now up $1,130 even though QQQQ is actually down a bit from where I initially purchased it. But even better, the call I sold is now eroding quickly and that is where the income comes from. My previous article describes the position I took in detail. But to summarize, I did the following:

Investors looking to generate income pursue stocks with high and stable dividend yields. But how does one know whether or not the yield itself is cheap? Here's a good way to work it out.

Travelers (TRV) has a long history in the insurance business. The company has grown net income 22% annually over the past five years, with dividends increasing along the way. What does the future hold?

It's not every day these two wildly dissimilar lightning bolts strike the same place--but you won't believe just where that place was!

When markets go up, things are good. Traders are happy, people feel wealthier, and euphoria blooms - except for the dividend seeking investor. Here's why rising markets are bad news for income seeking investors.

DuPont is yielding 4.2% in dividends. After more than doubling earnings in Q1 2010, how does this compare historically and what are the risks going forward?

William J. O’Neil, an investor, developed the CANSLIM method for stock screening and investing. His goal in doing this was to allow the non-professional investors to get better results from their investments without having to put in the time or effort that is required of a professional investor.

If you are willing to take a calculated gamble and invest in the stock market then growth investing may be for you. Growth investing is the practice of taking a small company that has the potential to shake the market up or revolutionize a market which in turn will create large growth in a short period of time paying off for you in a very large way.

Not everyone has the time to research the stock market thoroughly enough to make solid stock purchases, and for novice share traders, wadding into the stock exchange can be a frightening thought. However, by running with the Dogs of the Dow strategy investors of all skill levels can make a solid investment based on one simple formula that has been paying out almost 18% returns every year end for the last twenty years making it the closest thing to a sure thing that exists in the stock market.

The world's leading branded consumer products company Proctor & Gamble (PG) generates so much money that it could afford to double the dividend without much sweat.

A major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has seen BP lose $30 billion in market cap in the last few days. What does this mean for the stock and the dividend?

Johnson & Johnson pays out 3.3% in dividends. Can this $175 billion behemoth maintain this payout? Actually, I think it's likely to grow!