Value Investing News

Odyssey Healthcare is one of the largest hospice providers in the U.S. Demographics and expanding awareness make this a growth market, margins are improving, and the cheap stock price makes it worth a look.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

Weekly roundup of stocks moving in and out of the Magic Formula Investing screen.

There is no risk-free path to accumulating wealth for a comfortable retirement. Every angle has been tried and failed. Inherently, individual stocks will carry higher risk due to the lack of diversification. You can mitigate some of this risk by selecting solid dividend paying companies.

Two more dividend aristocrats raised their distributions last week, bringing the total number of raisers in the elite index to 30. This is quite impressive, given the fact that there are almost 5 more months to go before the year is out and that there are only 51 components in it.

With proxy season in full throttle this past week, many of the most heated shareholder activist battles experienced major developments. The biggest activist hedge fund winners of the week were Steel Partners, Carl Icahn and Eastbourne Capital Management, while the biggest losers were Bill Ackman of Pershing Square and Millbrook Capital.

A summary list of 58 companies targeted by 61 shareholder activists during April 2009.