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Continuing the theme from my recent article - 3 Dividend Aristocrats to Buy Now and Hold Forever - I've zeroed in on the Consumer Goods sector once again. I’ve identified 3 Income Anchors you can feel safe owning for many years, throughout the ups and downs of volatile markets.

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 9/20/16, Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC), and Total System Services, Inc. (NYSE: TSS) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Federal Realty Investment Trust will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.98 on 10/17/16, LTC Properties, Inc. will pay its monthly dividend of $0.18 on 9/30/16, and Total System Services, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.10 on 10/3/16.

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Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which measures momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30.

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Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Sears Holdings Corp (NASD: SHLD), where a total volume of 2,651 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 265,100 underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 43.8% of SHLD's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 605,335 shares. Particularly high volume was seen for the $15 strike call option expiring January 20, 2017, with 620 contracts trading so far today, representing approximately 62,000 underlying shares of SHLD. Below is a chart showing SHLD's trailing twelve month trading history, with the $15 strike highlighted in orange:

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Apple defied its naysayers to rise 10.3% this week, including a 3.5% gain Thursday on positive news about its iPhone 7 sales. The benefit from the upturn will have widespread benefit for portfolio managers, as Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was the most-purchased S&P 500 stock of all large funds in the U.S. in the second quarter.Of approximately 4,500 firms managing more than $100 million, 1,177 bought or added to a position in Apple, according to GuruFocus data.

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There's a play in which the two main characters spend the entire performance waiting for some mysterious man to arrive. He never does.

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Lion Gate's new action movie 'Deepwater Horizon' dramatizes the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Since the disaster, Gulf of Mexico oil production is increasing to record highs.

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For the first time this year I see some actual evidence of profit taking in VIX ETPs with VXX and UVXY leading the way.

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A company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money..

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 9/21/16, DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.19, payable on 10/11/16.

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