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- Dividend Investment Myths [view article]
- Family Dollar Stores: Hard Times Make This a Stock to Avoid [view article]
- Some Bargain Stocks to Consider Buying [view article]
- Take a Load Off Fannie - Fast Money Recap (7/10/08) [view article]
- Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round Picks, 8/9/07 [view article]
- Four Retailers for a Recession [view article]
- Dollar Tree et al: Four Retailers [view article]
- Overbought and Oversold Stocks That Typically Reverse at Similar Levels [view article]
- Jim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round, 3/28/08: Procter Is No Gamble [view article]
- Family Dollar Stores: Favorable Dividend Analysis [view article]
- Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
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- Family Dollar Stores: Hard Times Make This a Stock to Avoid
- Dividend Investment Myths
- Consumers Becoming Thriftier When It Comes to Retail
- Some Bargain Stocks to Consider Buying
- Take a Load Off Fannie - Fast Money Recap (7/10/08)
- Retailers Dodged a Bullet in June
- The Trade-Down Effect
- Dollar Tree et al: Four Retailers
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Dividend Investment Myths [view article]
agree with captain ccs: the point (a point) of buying dividend stocks is to take advantage of long term compounding. A ten year period would be more persuasive. ReplyFamily Dollar Stores: Hard Times Make This a Stock to Avoid [view article]
Econ Minor: That question comes up a lot. Take a look at this post for an explanation.www.dividends4life.com... Reply
Family Dollar Stores: Hard Times Make This a Stock to Avoid [view article]
Why would you use a 20 year average MMA rate in your calculations when MMAs have been depressed to almost nothing in the past several years ? ReplyDividend Investment Myths [view article]
Thanks captainccs for your comments. You are absolutely right about the fact that I'm data mining. However, as with any stock purchase you face the potential for downside risk when you buy. For this reason, I only data mine the stocks that are part of Mergent's Dividend Achiever Index (approximately 350 companies) so that I don't experience buyer's remorse once I'm in a stock. If the price falls after the purchase, I can easily "justify" my position with the mantra of "buy and hold." In the meantime, I'll be compensated for my wait.As you pointed out, I selectively examine only those that pay dividends. Of course, in reality I only chose those that are current and former Dividend Achievers. This means that I forego the opportunity to get the highest yields and the stellar performing non-dividend paying stocks. However, I am assured by the fact that management has an interest in seeing that the shareholders are compensated for their wait for the "promises" to deliver to materialize.
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Dividend Investment Myths [view article]
Intentional or not, what you listed as yearly performance appears to be performance off a recent 52-week low, two very different things. ReplyDividend Investment Myths [view article]
Buy dividend payers and avoid financials! ReplyDividend Investment Myths [view article]
Using the growth since the last 52 week low as an indicator of long term grow is just pure nonsense. All it shows is that these companies do bounce back and that is just reversion to the mean working. The only other path would have been to zero. This is an example of data mining,Also note these two statements:
>> I always focus on those Dividend Achievers that are within 5% of their 1-year low
>> When considering stocks to buy, avoid those that are in industries which are at or near a new high.
Dividends are used to select a universe of stocks but nowhere is there a comparison between this universe and a universe of non divided paying stocks. All the above says is buy low, sell higher.
Of the above list I hold FDO, the 5th or 6th highest bouncer-back on the list at 70.45%. I bought it three years ago when I thought it was at a low. Current Average Growth Rate (CAGR), a dismal 4.4%. Dividends did little to support this stock. Reply
Some Bargain Stocks to Consider Buying [view article]
I own 4 of these stocks. I purchase thru their transfer agents and also reinvest all dividends thru a DRIP. Funny you should quote Buffett as these sound like Graham's selection criteria. ReplySome Bargain Stocks to Consider Buying [view article]
I seriously consider these names as "just a jumping off point".. And, I'm not sure if dividend increases are a valid reason to buy in this market anyway. Look at a chart of PPG (Which I have been following as it keeps sinking) for example. Here's a company that has recently dumped its auto glass business... But is still leveraged to auto and industry in many ways.I think that pulling up the old 'boom-bust cycle chart' and maybe looking at some of these names based on the stage that you think we might be in would be a better jumping off point.... Well.. excepting anything to do with finance or real-estate that is..
thx jegan ;-) Reply
Some Bargain Stocks to Consider Buying [view article]
thanks for the screen. JNJ looks interesting even thought it has had a nice run up from its lows ReplySome Bargain Stocks to Consider Buying [view article]
A rational approach to investing, as opposed to the general casino/roulette wheel theory of market playing that has become the American Capitalist paradigm. ReplyTake a Load Off Fannie - Fast Money Recap (7/10/08) [view article]
Good post! Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac executives should go to prision for the 10 trillion dollar rip off of America....or what is left of it.On Jul 12 10:41 AM Ames Tiedeman wrote:
> The US housing sector will remain depressed for the next 10 years,
> not the next 10 months. Reply
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Take a Load Off Fannie - Fast Money Recap (7/10/08) [view article]
The US housing sector will remain depressed for the next 10 years, not the next 10 months. ReplyJim Cramer's Mad Money Lightning Round Picks, 8/9/07 [view article]
JULY 11, 2008 FROM JANUARY 2, 2007 UNTIL JULY 11TH, 2008I HAVE BEEN THE MOST ACCURATE IN FORECASTING, REBUTTING
ARTICLES, RESEARCH FIRMS & THEIR TARGETS, STAR MINE EXPERTS, JIM CRAMER AND HIS TOUTING OF OBESITY WHICH IS OUT THE WINDOW NOW, AND EVERY OTHER FRIEND OR TOUTER OF THE NSTK OR NEW MRNA COMPANY. i HAVE BEEN RATED 5 STAR EXPERT BY PREDICT WALL STREET FOR 12 MONTHS STARIGHT AND HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR SHAREHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN FLEECED OF THEIR LIFE SAVINGS WHILE MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO GET PAID AND TO EXIST. Reply
Take a Load Off Fannie - Fast Money Recap (7/10/08) [view article]
Fanny and Freddy with 200 over compensated bureaucrats as "over_sight" watch dogs ran up 10 trillion eigh hundred billion in debt for the dumb people in this country to pay off. Why do we think our government can solve our problems when their own house is in shambles? Anybody with a brain has seen this coming. Reply