Understand Your Trading Personality And Win [View article]
Missed your article when published as I have been out of the country spending some of that dividend income.....lol. You have hit the nail on the head in so many ways that one MUST follow their own methods in investing. One of the reasons why I read so few of the articles on this and other sites, as so many other opinions may "plant seeds of doubt" in one's own strategies, not to say that other opinions are not valid, but perhaps, not pertaining to my own.........
It's Okay To Wait For A Dividend Cut Before Selling [View article]
No, the time to do the study is the time of the announcement......doing it right is the correct way. Hope you don't treat your patients the easy way. Actually, in most cases the announcement of a cut is the time to BUY the stock, not sell it.
It's Okay To Wait For A Dividend Cut Before Selling [View article]
I cast doubt on your study for one easy to see reason. The cut in GE's dividend might not have taken place until June, but they announced the cut in Feb. if memory serves.......so, I cast doubt on the entire study as being any more accurate............
What To Do When Your Stock Cuts Its Dividend [View article]
My cost is under 10 a share, though I've added more in the mid teens later when I received additional funds from a rollover. GE announced the cut in Feb of 09, that's the date that is important, not your error.
Genuine Parts Company Dividend Stock Analysis [View article]
I've sold about 3/4's of my position over the last few months, to me it is overvalued, though I really like the company, but a forward growth rate of less than 10%, selling upper teen's PE, and dropping yield leads me to search for better current opportunities. My positions are under 29 and it has been a great ride so I will continue to hold a small position of about 1%.
Don't Expect Pitney Bowes To Slash Its Double-Digit Dividend Yield [View article]
Back in my working days, Baseline, a great program by the way, did not allow me to use their graphs, 'ya might wish to check if its ok.
By the way, I'm long PBI, higher prices I'm said to say -- and only underwater stock in my portfolio -- but pretty confident, like you, that the dividend is covered, but will understand if they decided to reduce it, hopefully not. Good article.
Dividends: Should I Reinvest Or Not? [View article]
Early on I did reinvest dividends on one stock. When I finally went to sell it, it took hours and hours to calculate the cost. Never again.
Besides, I don't like to just buy, I buy value when it presents itself according to my valuation methods, so I figure I can always put my money to better use myself than just averaging in when the dividend is paid. However, for the vast majority, just buying and staying the course is the secret so many never seem to learn...............
Protected Principal Retirement Strategy: 'Float' Like A Butterfly [View article]
I like the idea of floating rates at these levels of long term interest rates. However, if I wanted principal protection, I would also want a rating much higher than those mentioned, as I may be swapping interest rate risk for credit risk.......I'd forgo high yield for quality.......
It's a good time to buy 2015 Apple (AAPL) LEAPs at a $500 strike price, thinks Bill Miller, who went on CNBC to make a bull case for the fruit company. Miller observes Apple now trades at a lower forward EV/EBITDA multiple than Safeway, Kroger, and H-P, and expects the company to "do something fairly dramatic on capital allocation." Others have also argued in favor of buying Apple LEAPs to gain leverage. The Jan. '15 $500 LEAPs currently have an ask of $45 (they rose sharply following Miller's recommendation). [View news story]
MY thoughts exactly! Or is the "editor" misinformed of Apple's business?
Duke Energy: Key Takeaways From The Analyst Day [View article]
Hmmmm, a slow growth rate and overvalued on a historical basis leads me to believe, that with a steady PE valuation the stocks at best provides for a 6-7% total return. A return to normal valuation would wipe that out. I'm long, but looking for a replacement somewhere besides electrics.
I don't disagree with the article,......in general, however, I believe that one needs to look deeper to see the actual performance of dividend vs. non-dividend stocks for becoming all hot and bothered. For instance, do electric utilities perform as well during raising rates or worse than declined rates, or do they perform at all. I can only recall the electric's huge decline during the seventies, no doubt inflation paid a part, but rates rose because of inflation. How much of the performance comes from lower yielding, but fast growing dividends. No way, that I am against dividends, quite the contrary, I live off of them to a large degree, but I think one needs to dig deeper, especially if their portfolio is deep into income and not growth, or utilities and not general industrial type of companies.,,,,,
I no longer subscribe to Ned Davis, as I am now retired, but he also has many studies aimed at group performance, which might shed light on the sector allocation performance.
How Much Money Will You Need To Retire? [View article]
One needs a budget that outlines his spending, then one needs to add in items which are non-recurring, such as a painting the house, a new AC/Heating unit, etc. Budget all the items that are likely to happen, and then budget for "unforeseen". Then budget for inflation and then have an account somewhere, which should be at least 10% of financial assets sitting in a account only for the totally unexpected, hopefully never used. And don't forget about Long Term Care insurance. This for just a starter. I wrote an article about the details of budgeting here....http://seekingalpha.co...
Luckily, I was fortunate that I worked as a broker with Mother Merrill for 11 years while he was the chief market analyst and looked forward to his Monday letter each week. After I left to join the buy side I made it so that my Merrill broker knew that I wanted at least an annual meeting with Bob, one on one. I usually made it to two, with several phones calls each year. He had the ability to make sense out of chaos.
Understand Your Trading Personality And Win [View article]
Nice article.
It's Okay To Wait For A Dividend Cut Before Selling [View article]
It's Okay To Wait For A Dividend Cut Before Selling [View article]
What To Do When Your Stock Cuts Its Dividend [View article]
What To Do When Your Stock Cuts Its Dividend [View article]
I loaded up on GE at the lows.
Genuine Parts Company Dividend Stock Analysis [View article]
Don't Expect Pitney Bowes To Slash Its Double-Digit Dividend Yield [View article]
By the way, I'm long PBI, higher prices I'm said to say -- and only underwater stock in my portfolio -- but pretty confident, like you, that the dividend is covered, but will understand if they decided to reduce it, hopefully not. Good article.
Dividends: Should I Reinvest Or Not? [View article]
Besides, I don't like to just buy, I buy value when it presents itself according to my valuation methods, so I figure I can always put my money to better use myself than just averaging in when the dividend is paid. However, for the vast majority, just buying and staying the course is the secret so many never seem to learn...............
Protected Principal Retirement Strategy: 'Float' Like A Butterfly [View article]
It's a good time to buy 2015 Apple (AAPL) LEAPs at a $500 strike price, thinks Bill Miller, who went on CNBC to make a bull case for the fruit company. Miller observes Apple now trades at a lower forward EV/EBITDA multiple than Safeway, Kroger, and H-P, and expects the company to "do something fairly dramatic on capital allocation." Others have also argued in favor of buying Apple LEAPs to gain leverage. The Jan. '15 $500 LEAPs currently have an ask of $45 (they rose sharply following Miller's recommendation). [View news story]
Duke Energy: Key Takeaways From The Analyst Day [View article]
3 Charts, 3 Busted Dividend Myths [View article]
3 Charts, 3 Busted Dividend Myths [View article]
I no longer subscribe to Ned Davis, as I am now retired, but he also has many studies aimed at group performance, which might shed light on the sector allocation performance.
How Much Money Will You Need To Retire? [View article]
Visualizing Bob Farrell's 10 Rules [View article]