With the stock market on a tear, closing up five straight weeks in a row, many dividend bloggers have begun to echo the sentiment about finding relative bargains again.

December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.74%) this morning are up +0.67% at a 1-week high and European stocks are up +1.61% as Apple rose 2% in pre-market trading after it reported stronger-than-expected Q4 earnings results late yesterday.

Apple is becoming one of the most shareholder-friendly companies around when judged by the amount of money it returns to shareholders. Peter George Psaras discusses Apple's free cash flow yield and whether or not it is attractive.

When an insurance policy is written, the insurer does not know the true cost of the liability that it has incurred; that will only be known over time.

Insider buying increased significantly with insiders buying $88.99 million of stock. Most of this increase was driven by IPO related purchases. With earnings season in full swing other insider purchases remain muted. Selling also increased with insiders selling $549.37 million of stock.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently closed above 17,000, a historical record and milestone.