Thursday Feb 26th 2009 dailystocktracking

Street - Fast Money, final trades, sohu.com(SOHU), preferred stock of Wells Fargo(WF), Visa(V). Upgrades - CenterPoint Energy(CNP) $12, Dollar Tree(DLTR) $42, Smithfield Foods(SFD) $12, Cummins(CMI) $33, Eaton Vance(EV) $21, Herbalife(HLF) $24. Cramer - Worried about Obama killing health-care companies, stick with companies that can raise their dividends like Coca-Cola (KO) and Colgate-palmolive(CL), he's a big fan of gold and oil and would buy Permian Basin Royalty Trust(PBT) under $9. Bull on Marathon Oil(MRO), Del Monte Foods(DLM), Dean Foods(DF), Nucor(NUE), McDonald's(MCD), Alcoa(AA), Smith International(SII).
TheStockAdvisors - Powershares Agriculture(DBA) compelling long-term bull market as long as population growth exceeds arable food supply. It’s the purest way to speculate in these important commodities. Staples(SPLS) is a company with investor-focused management, executive compensation is broken down by base salary, performance-based cash bonuses, long-term equity incentives, and retirement benefits. Bonuses are based on performance measured by sales (20%), earnings (30%), return on net assets (30%), and customer service levels (20%). The CEO must own stock valued at 5x his salary, the CFO and COO at least 4x their salaries, and other officers ranging between 2x to 3x their salaries. Defense, invest in military stocks. Defense will rival infrastructure for receiving large federal contracts over the next few years. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Orbital Sciences (NYSE: ORB) are all in line for rising profits. You can get a stocks in all of these stocks, plus a few more top suppliers, by purchasing the Fidelity Select Defense & Aerospace Fund (FSDAX).
Investopedia - 4 dividend increasing stocks, Archer Daniels Midland(ADM) is a dominant name in the agriculture and food commodities industries; Avon Products(AVP); Honeywell(HON) now yeilds 4%. The company is expected to be a main beneficiary of President Obama's stimulus package, which calls for improvements to the U.S. power grid, a key line of business for Honeywell, trades at approximately 3.2 times book value and at a forward P/E ratio of 9.2; and 3M(MMM).