The Federal Reserve has agreed to allow banking companies to bring back their dividend policy, ending a provision that was intended to keep revenue in bank coffers until bailout money could be repaid. In going forward, the nation’s largest banks, many of which were once some of the highest-yielding firms on Wall Street, may again become high-yielding.
Amazon took a beating in the latter part of the week after earnings missed estimates. Amazon (AMZN) investors are worried about how the company will keep up its ROE with sizeable investments into low-yielding assets. Amazon has great management, and is centered in an industry where growth is not only anticipated, but virtually assured. Long-term, Amazon is a buy…no doubt about that.
In a word? No. While AOL may have paid some $315 Million to acquire the largest newsblog on the internet, investors would be wise to take a breather before piling into newspapers. Keep in mind, for one, that this recent purchase was by AOL, a company that is famous for buying awful media companies and making them even worse.