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The so-called Dogs of the Dow—the top dividend-yielding stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average—are not fetching the kind of returns that investors may have been counting on this year, particularly after the strategy crushed the broader market in 2016.

The idea is to pick the 10 highest yielding stocks on the Dow and adjust the portfolio at the end of each year to reflect changes in dividends.

But the 10 blue chips that offered generous yields at the end of last year are up an average 2.4% so far in 2017, lagging the 6.3% gain logged by their non-canine peers and the Dow’s DJIA 5.4% year-to-date advance, according to Bespoke Investment Group.

Three of the Dogs—Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., and Verizon Communications Inc.—are, in fact, the worst performing Dow stocks so far.

Source: The Dogs of the Dow are falling behind in the 2017 rally – MarketWatch

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Looking further out, over the past twelve months, NVIDIA Corporation’s [stckqut]NVDA[/stckqut] stock was up 225.52% and 10.11% over the last quarter and 69.66% for the past six months.

Over the past 50 days, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock was -12.17% off of the high and 11.45% removed from the low.  Their 52-Week High and Low are -12.17% (High), 230.05%, (Low).

Nvidia Corporation is an American technology company based in Santa Clara, California. It designs graphics processing units (GPUs) for the gaming market, as well as system on a chip units (SOCs) for the mobile computing and automotive market. Its primary GPU product line, labeled “GeForce”, is in direct competition with Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) “Radeon” products. Nvidia expanded its presence in the gaming industry with its handheld SHIELD Portable, SHIELD Tablet and SHIELD Android TV.

Since 2014, Nvidia has shifted to become a platform company focused on four markets – gaming, professional visualization, data centers and auto.

In addition to GPU manufacturing, Nvidia provides parallel processing capabilities to researchers and scientists that allow them to efficiently run high-performance applications. They are deployed in supercomputing sites around the world. More recently, It has moved into the mobile computing market, where it produces Tegra mobile processors for smartphones and tablets as well as vehicle navigation and entertainment systems. In addition to AMD, its competitors include Intel, Qualcomm and ARM (e.g., because of Denver, while Nvidia also licenses ARM’s designs).

Nvidia is now focused on artificial intelligence. From the company’s roots in computer graphics, it now provides GPU-accelerated computing to the gamers, designers and scientists, allowing them to create experiences in VR, deep learning, professional visualization and autonomous cars.

 

Source: NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Up 7.01%, Can the Run Continue? | Melville Review

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Amazon Inc. [stckqut]AMZN[/stckqut] announced recently that its Prime Now one and two-hour delivery service adds wine and beer to its product offerings available for superfast delivery in Cincinnati and Columbus. The company adds hundreds of alcohol-related products to its inventory from popular name brands such as Chateau Ste. Michelle, Bud Light and Veuve Clicquot as well as local favorites like Great Lakes Brewing Company, Rhinegeist and MadTree Brewing.

“We are excited to continue expanding our product offerings and we know customers will love getting wine and beer delivered right to their door in one hour or less,” said Stephenie Landry, vice president of Prime Now worldwide. “Whether you run out of wine at your dinner party or need more chilled champagne for mimosas at a family brunch, Prime Now can save customers time with superfast delivery so they can skip a trip to the store.”

Customers in Prime Now eligible neighborhoods can use the one and two-hour delivery service to order wine and beer along with tens of thousands of other daily essentials. Customers can enter their ZIP code in the Prime Now app or on primenow.com to see if the service is available or can request to be notified when the service becomes available in their area.

Through Prime Now, Prime members can get free two-hour delivery and one-hour delivery is $7.99. Prime members can download the Prime Now app, available on iOS and Android devices, or visit www.primenow.com to place orders and track the status of their delivery in real time. Learn more about Amazon Prime Now at www.primenow.com.

Source: Amazon – Press Room – Press Release

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The total amount of debt held by American households climbed in 2016 by the most in a decade, driven by broad and steady increases in credit card debt, auto and student loans, and a fourth-quarter surge to the highest amount of mortgage originations since before the financial crisis.

Total household debt climbed by $226 billion in the final three months of 2016, according to a report Thursday from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Total household debts are now just $99 billion shy of the all-time peak of $12.7 trillion set in the third quarter of 2008 just as the banking system began crashing down. The New York Fed estimates that debt is highly likely to set a new record in 2017.

“Debt held by Americans is approaching its previous peak, yet its composition today is vastly different as the growth in balances has been driven by non-housing debt,” said Wilbert van der Klaauw, an economist at the New York Fed.

Households shed nearly $1.5 trillion in housing debt between 2008 and 2013, through a combination of foreclosure and the grindingly slow pay down of debt. New mortgage originations plunged from $600 billion or $700 billion a quarter throughout 2006 and 2007 to less than $300 billion in 2013.

Loans to borrowers with credit scores below 620, considered subprime for their high risk of being unable to pay their debts, nearly disappeared from the market, falling by more than 90%. Subprime originations at the end of 2016 were more than 80% lower than in 2007.

But the biggest force driving household debts higher over the past decade has come from the rise of student loans and auto loans.

Source: U.S. Household Debts Climbed in 2016 by Most in a Decade – WSJ

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Shares of Align Technology, Inc. [stckqut]ALGN[/stckqut] have been recommended as a long term growth pick according to Beta Research.  With the firm’s stock price currently trading around $103.86, the firm has proven a solid track record of growth over the past few years.  Investors might consider the stock as a long term growth candidate as the firm has yielded 22.90% earnings per share growth over the past 5 years and 17.60% revenue growth over that same time frame.

Recent Performance

Let’s take a look at how the stock has been performing recently.  Over the past twelve months, Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALGN)’s stock was 6.90%.  Over the last week of the month, it was 0.88%, 6.83% over the last quarter, and  10.89% for the past six months.

Over the past 50 days, Align Technology, Inc.’s stock is 0.03% off of the high and 17.28% removed from the low.  Their 52-Week High and Low are as follows: 0.03% (High), 59.59%, (Low).

Analyst Recommendation

Despite the past success, investors want to know where the stock is headed from here.  Analysts covering the shares have a consensus short-term price target of $106.58 on the equity.   Analysts have a consensus recommendation of 1.70 based on a 1 to 5 scale where 1 represents a Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell.

Source: Long Term Growth Stock in Review: Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALGN) – Aiken Advocate