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RBC: 2 Big 11% Dividend Stocks to Buy (And 1 to Avoid)

Market researchers at RBC Capital, led by Lori Calvasina, head of the bank’s US Equity Strategy, have analyzed current conditions, comparing them to past recessions, and see the coming downturn as both short and mild. They based their conclusions on the behavior of the S&P 500 during downturns since 1937.Getting into specifics, Calvasina’s team says of current conditions, “Our new YE 2020 S&P 500 price target of 2,750 implies a 15% drop for the full year, as well as a 15% rebound from recent levels… we continue to believe that the bulk of the stock market impact from the coronavirus …read more […]

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Saudi Arabia tanker power play could backfire as oil demand shrinks

Top exporter Saudi Arabia has chartered an armada of ships to flood the market with additional oil, but in the process has driven freight costs so high refiners are reluctant to take the shipments. Following the failure to persuade Moscow to support deeper output cuts at a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+ early this month, Saudi Arabia said it would increase output to record levels in a fight for market share. Shipping industry sources say Saudi Arabia has booked as many as 25 supertankers and provisionally chartered another …read more […]