FirstAlert(tm) Wednesday Morning Digest
– December 22, 2010 –
The FirstAlert(tm) Economics Calendar lists Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Q3 (8:30 am ET); Corporate Profits for Q3 (8:30 am ET); Existing Home Sales for November (10 am ET); EIA Petroleum Inventories (10:30 am ET).
The FirstAlert(tm) Earnings Calendar highlights American Greetings Corp.; Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.; Park Electrochemical; Walgreen.
FirstAlert(tm) Investor Term of the Day: participating dividend - Dividend paid on participating preferred stock. This is an unusual dividend structure, since it allows holders of preferred stock to receive payouts in addition to the stated dividend rate under certain circumstances. The additional payouts could be a result of either specific events (such as a takeover), or increases in payout to common stockholders. In some cases, there is a formula established that relates additional preferred stockholder payouts to increases in common stockholder payouts
FirstAlert(tm) Investor Quote of the Day: “For people who have for been putting their hard-earned money into the system for years, the President's idea would replace their safety net with a risky gamble with no assurance of a stable return of investment.” — Grace Napolitano
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