Nilus Mattive - Financial analyst, editor of Dividend Superstars, and editor of Weiss Research's daily e-letter, Money and Markets.

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October 2009

Follow-up on college costs …

by Nilus Mattive on October 20, 2009

in General

One of the topics I discussed in last month’s Dividend Superstars issue was higher costs for higher learning. And while it’s certainly not a cost most retirees face, it does add another example to my long list of soaring prices for many of life’s biggest expenses — regardless of what the CPI shows.
Today, the College Board’s latest survey came out, [...]

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Quick note on J&J’s earnings …

by Nilus Mattive on October 13, 2009

in General

JNJ isn’t in the Dividend Superstars portfolio, but it is an important bellwether for dividend stocks and the overall market. And it just said sales fell while profits rose.
This is precisely the kind of result that investors are NOT looking for. They were okay with it last quarter — when any uptick on the top line or [...]

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