Are you looking for a stock that is recession proof, generates worldwide sales, and pays a high yield, you may be just looking for a cigarette stock. About 5.5 trillion cigarettes are produced annually and smoked by over one sixth of the world's population. Here are some cigarette companies that have dividends that are smokin'. Vector Group Ltd. (VGR) is a Florida based company that has numerous brands of cigarettes of Liggett, Grand Prix, Eve, Pyramid, USA and nicotine-free Quest. The stock has a PE of 17.576 a PEG of 1.54 , and pays a yield of 9 %. Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) makes and markets cigarettes and other tobacco products including the Camel, Kool, Pall Mall, Doral, Winston, Salem, Misty, Capri, Dunhill, State Express 555, and Natural American Spirit brands. The stock has a PE of 10.901 a PEG of 1.99 , and pays a ...

I am not going to review the earnings for fund holding, homebuilder DR Horton (DHI) because they stink, we all know they stink, and we all know they will stink. But the stock goes up no matter what bad news. :) "everything is priced in" Fannie Mae (FNM) - as I wrote in the preview yesterday they will be horrid (check!), but as long as it's "not as bad as expected" the stock could go up. Check! Up almost 10%. MGM Mirage (MGM) - bad earnings, decreasing revenue but "not as bad as expected", the stock was up 6%. Check! Let's look at this one a bit closer since it's one of my favorite industries to watch - now the thesis is foreigners will come to Vegas since it's so cheap for them with our weak currency (true), but I don't think it will offset the ...