V.F. Corporation (VFC)

Each day you hear analysts talk about headwinds and tailwinds until your head spins -- so let's try to put together a forecast.

They're Nike and Estee Lauder, with Estee being driven by skin care.

The obvious way is jeans but there are others as well.

The apparel maker weathered the pandemic storm sufficiently to raise its quarterly payout recently for a 48th straight year.

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Even the president has switched sides on this issue that could help flatten the curve and help get the economy rolling again.

Picking through the companies that either maintained or boosted their dividends, we would find a few of these characteristics.

V.F. Corp is a beaten-down apparel giant, and the near-term picture is uncertain due to the company's gloomy outlook, but it remains highly profitable with world-class brands.

NYSE will reopen the floor in a limited way, banks were in the headlines and Semis lead the rise.

The direction of the market in the coming weeks will hinge in part on progress in reopening the U.S. and European economies.

The pizza company delivers, but retailers that can't stay open, won't pay rent, hitting real estate investment trusts.

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These names are showing both technical and quantitative deterioration.

Investors are wise to take a wait-and-see approach amid store closures, furloughs, social distancing and other measures in response to the outbreak.

The market impact of the virus for U.S. investors has been seen in more pronounced fashion in Treasury markets.

Almost 200 companies are slated to report quarterly results, including 43 S&P 500 constituents.

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Income investors should be particularly interested in Kontoor Brands, which was recently spun off from apparel giant V.F. Corporation, and offers a first quarterly dividend at a rate of 56 cents per share.

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The maker of Wranger and Lee jeans has lost about one-fifth of its value since it came to market in late May.

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