News about <![CDATA[US8641591081]]> News about en-us <![CDATA[State Pension Funds Move to Dump Gun Stocks Despite Rally]]> As the gun control debate rages on, the impact of that debate on the long-term viability of major gun stocks (and the retailers selling that sell guns) continues to drive two opposing investor factions.

President Barack Obama proposed gun control measures on Wednesday, including 23 executive orders that take effect today.

]]> <![CDATA[Gun Sales Skyrocket on Fears of Regulation]]> “That table emptied out in an hour and a half Friday,” said a dealer to a customer at the Gibraltar Trade Center in Taylor, Michigan last Friday. The table in question was one that was once packed with AR-15 rifles.

Among a large crowd of buyers, the few sellers on Sunday

]]> <![CDATA[Obama Talks Debt Ceiling, Gun Control in Monday Press Conference]]> In a press conference on Monday, President Obama called on Congress to raise the debt ceiling, or to empower him to do so. He said the economy was improving, but that the recovery could be jeopardized if government spending wasn't handled in a "balanced and responsible way."

Obama specified that raising

]]> <![CDATA[Smith & Wesson Rises After Announcing Share Buyback]]> Gun-maker Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) announced on Thursday morning that its board of directors has approved an additional $15 million share buyback program.

In the wake of the news, the stock has jumped better than three percent during Thursday's trading session and was last trading at $8.22.

]]> <![CDATA[Spotlight on Gun Stocks (RGR, SWHC, ATK)]]> It has been a turbulent week for firearm companies. Shares of Smith & Wesson (NYSE: SWHC) and Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) fell following the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.

Then they rose again as gun and ammunition sales surged, even while state and federal gun

]]> <![CDATA[Mid-Day Market Update: Markets Rising, Gun Stocks Feel the Heat]]> Midway through trading Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.88 percent to 13,351.61 while the NASDAQ rose 1.38 percent to 3,052.24. The S&P also rose, increasing 1.06 percent to 1,445.49.

Top Headline Linked to invigorated firearm reform talks, gun stocks continued to take a beating in early trading Tuesday, with Smith & Wesson

]]> <![CDATA[Gun Stocks Plunging Again]]> Leading gun manufacturers Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) and Sturm, Ruger (NYSE: RGR) have been undergoing a severe correction over the last few months, and both stocks have fallen sharply again on Tuesday. The near-term catalyst for the decline in the two names was Smith &

]]> <![CDATA[Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Rise, Firearm Stocks Take a Beating]]> Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded up 0.44 percent to 13,293.92 while the NASDAQ rose 0.85 percent to 3,036.21. The S&P also rose, increasing 0.63 percent to 1,439.42.

Top Headline Linked to invigorated firearm reform talks, gun stocks continued to take a beating in early trading Tuesday, with Smith &

]]> <![CDATA[Friday is the Last Day Companies Can Pay Special Dividends]]> The rapidly approaching fiscal cliff has created a new trend in the stock market: companies paying out excess cash in the form of special dividends. Over the last two months or so, more than a dozen companies have opted to pay out these special dividends, putting cash into the hands

]]> <![CDATA[Geo Group, Einstein Spike Higher on Special Dividend]]> Shares of Geo Group (NYSE: GEO) and Einstein Noah Restaurant (NASDAQ: BAGL) traded sharply higher after-hours on Thursday following the companies' announcements that they would pay special dividends.

Geo Group is paying a special dividend of $5.68, while Einstein Noah Restaurant will pay a dividend of $4.

Geo

]]> <![CDATA[Loral Space and Sturm Ruger Fall After Special Dividend Payments]]> Both Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ: LORL) and gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) traded ex-dividend on Wednesday -- investors who purchased the shares weren't entitled to receive the special dividends the companies' planned to pay. The stocks are down a corresponding amount.

Loral Space

]]> <![CDATA[Smith & Wesson Earnings Preview: Another Strong Quarterly Profit Expected]]> Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC), shares of which are up more than 250 percent in the past year, is scheduled to report its second-quarter fiscal 2013 results Thursday, December 6, after the markets close. Investors will be looking to see whether per-share earnings will fall in line with

]]> <![CDATA[Las Vegas Sands Announces Special Dividend Ahead of Fiscal Cliff]]> Shares of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) jumped in price after the company announced yesterday that it will pay out a special cash dividend of $2.75 per share on any common stock. The dividend is payable on December 18th to all shareholders of record on December 10th.

In after-market

]]> <![CDATA[National Beverage Corp Latest Company to Declare Special Dividend]]> Shares National Beverage Corp (NASDAQ: FIZZ) rallied strongly higher on Friday, after the company said it would pay a special dividend of $1.50 per share.

National Beverage is a small-cap producer of soft drinks. The company owns Faygo and Shasta, among other brands. Year-to-date, shares are down nearly five

]]> <![CDATA[Sturm, Ruger Trades Higher After Announcing Special Dividend]]> The Board of Directors of Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) announced Monday that the company will be paying a special dividend of $4.50 per share on all issued and outstanding shares of common stock. This special dividend will be paid out on December 21, 2012,

]]> <![CDATA[Top Narrow Based Indexes For November 20, 2012]]> By 10:45 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 24.59 points, or 0.19%, to 12,771.37, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 0.43 points, or 0.03%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 0.57 points, or 0.02%.

Some of the narrow based indexes that are supporting the markets

]]> <![CDATA[RGR Rallies on Dividend, Smith & Wesson Drops on Guidance in Monday's After-Hours Session]]> Shares of both major gun stocks moved Monday after-hours, following releases from the companies.

Strum, Ruger & Co (NYSE: RGR) traded up over four percent, following a report that the company would payout a one-time, special dividend of $4.50 per share. That after-hours move comes following a bullish session

]]> <![CDATA[Sturm, Ruger & Company Declares a Special Dividend of $4.50 Per Share]]> Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) announced today that its Board of Directors voted to declare a special dividend of $4.50 per share on the Company's issued and outstanding shares of common stock. This cash dividend will be paid on December 21, 2012 to shareholders of record as

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