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What Stocks Pay The Highest Dividends?

On a daily basis, investors around the world are asking “what stocks pay the highest dividends”? Today, Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld explains why bigger isn’t always better when it comes to dividend yields.

Hi Everyone, Marc Lichtenfield, Chief Income Strategist with The Oxford Club. Welcome to State Of The Market. Today I want to talk about something I’ve been saying for years…size doesn’t matter. I’m talking about dividends of course. Now investors love big dividends and really high yields. But when a company has a sky high yield, it’s very risky.
Think about it…many blue chips have a dividend yield of …read more […]

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Telefonica, Liberty Global Weigh Combining U.K. Units

(Bloomberg) — Telefonica SA and billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Global Plc are exploring a combination of their U.K. operations, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a deal that would reshape the British telecommunications industry.The companies are discussing bringing together Telefonica’s O2 wireless unit and Liberty Global’s Virgin Media business, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. If they reach an agreement, a transaction could be announced as soon as next week, the people said.Liberty Global’s class A shares jumped as much as 14.2% in New York trading Friday, while Telefonica’s …read more […]

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Oracle Women Score Major Win in Court Battle Over Equal Pay

(Bloomberg) — Three female employees at Oracle Corp. scored a major victory in court, gaining the right to represent thousands of others in a gender-discrimination lawsuit over pay, a legal milestone that has eluded women at other tech titans.A California state judge certified the class action Thursday, allowing the lawsuit to advance on behalf of more than 4,000 women who claim the database giant pays men more for doing the same job.“Whether the jobs at issue in this case are substantially equal or similar is a question of fact for a jury,” California Superior Court Judge V. Raymond Swope in …read more […]