Dividend stocks are an essential element in any diversified portfolio. It is, after all, worth noting that no less than 70% of the return on stocks since 1970 can be attributed to dividends paid out.

Who will be recapitalized and how much? How recapitalization work? And most importantly, for investors, how does it impact bank hybrid debt? These are the issues addressed by Philip Hall, Volatility and Credit Quantitative Manager and President of Axiom Alternative Investments ...

The two big macro themes that investors should keep in mind are those of deleveraging and rebalancing. There has been a ream of insight written about fiscal sustainability over the past three years, but the most important question lies in whether there will be an offsetting “relevering” of activity

What a pity that those acquisitions or mergers in which the due diligence have been the most well researched, with the most detailed business plan, the most unanimously approved strategies, are not those which are always the most successful in the long term

Mounting US demand for retirement income is forcing corporate America to adopt a dividend-driven payout policy likely to benefit yield-seeking investors for years to come, according to Peter Vanderlee, Managing Director at ClearBridge Advisors, a subsidiary of Legg Mason.