Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX)

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    tanderra
    Jun 12 05:19 PM
    Dryships Ahoy - Cramer's Lightning Round (5/5/08) [view article]
    BDX, up or static? That is my dilemma. I bought the stock when it was only 27, but only 40 shares. The question now is hold for further gain or sell and re-invest in a stock with more upside potential. On the upside the baby boomer health needs should help this stock go higher. I have noticed that it tends to 'spike' (a little) when quarterly earning reports come out. I think for now I'll wait until it goes over 90 and then sell. Any ideas out there? Reply
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    tanderra
    Jun 12 05:13 PM
    Dryships Ahoy - Cramer's Lightning Round (5/5/08) [view article]
    BDX, up or static? That's the dilemma for me. I bought at 27, but only 40 shares. It's been over 90 recently and seems to spike (some) when quarterly earnings are reported. I need cash for other buys so the question is: hold on for a bigger return (with the baby boomers retiring this stock should have a good long term return) or take the $ now and re-invest in something with greater potential. Right now I'm thinking, wait for it to go back above 90 and then sell. Any ideas out there? Reply
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    Whisper On
    The Wind
    Jun 11 07:22 PM
    Stocks That May Take a Hit When (If) Oil Hits $150 [view article]
    Sorry, I meant "If THE auto manufacturers go..." not "If 'they'..." should have used my grammar checker! Reply
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    Whisper On
    The Wind
    Jun 11 07:21 PM
    Stocks That May Take a Hit When (If) Oil Hits $150 [view article]
    If they auto manufacturers go, they will take a lot more than this bunch with them. The list could multiply by a bunch... it would not be pretty. Reply
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    Jun 11 11:44 AM
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    Stocks That May Take a Hit When (If) Oil Hits $150 [view article]
    Don't wait for $150 oil. You can short-sell SUN, TSO, GM, CAL and TSN right now. Check out the website for more info. Reply
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    cal48koho
    Jun 11 11:11 AM
    Stocks That May Take a Hit When (If) Oil Hits $150 [view article]
    A rather curious group. Any company with cheap energy at the core of its business model will be at risk as the price of energy climbs. DUH. Some companies will survive by changing their model. A lot wont or can't. How about a new list when oil hits $250. Reply
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    Philly Jim
    May 07 02:23 AM
    Dryships Ahoy - Cramer's Lightning Round (5/5/08) [view article]
    Cramer is a trend analyst, recycles data and offers opinions for short traders. Reply
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    europeaninve
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    May 06 12:37 PM
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    Dryships Ahoy - Cramer's Lightning Round (5/5/08) [view article]
    DRYS - Cramer abandoned the Drybulk Shippers in December. He got out at a great time because they all tanked. He did miss their next great move up since mid January, a 50 - 60 per cent jump. But we are glad to have him back on board. Truly the most exciting and least talked about sector in the market place. Reply
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    Niksurfs
    Apr 14 12:15 PM
    China Biotech Week in Review: News on All Fronts [view article]
    I would rate it a buy here. WYETH just gave up a key piece of information in that it can take 9 months to get a permit in China to create an R&D facility within the PRC. That as opposed to 30 days for permits in US & Europe. Given the economic gains (essentially cost savings) and workforce available not to mention the access to Chinese proprietary remedies it seems to me there is tremendous room for continued growth.

    WX is building more and new facilties Wyeth will increase CRO outsourcing from 25% to 30%, Pfizer and others which need to develop a fatter pipeline of products need the same economy of scale for R&D.

    Despite lofty valuations, I am confident this is a long term hold with great potential. I have a healthy position about to get larger at these prices. I recently bought trading shares and cashed them in on the last dip. The break below 19 gives us another opportunity.

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    SoCal Scott
    Apr 13 08:22 PM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    Did I miss something? Didn't NUE cut its dividend this year? I'm a big fan of dividend stocks, but this company's numbers in terms of dividend growth are misleading: there was a HUGE divy increase followed by a year in which the divy remained virtually unchanged, followed by a significant cut to its current level.

    If you want to talk overall (i.e. cumulative) returns, that's a different story, but this stock does not belong on this list.     Reply
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    SeekingAlpha
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    Apr 06 05:19 AM
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    General Discussion on BDX
    Is this a buy or a sell? Reply
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    Apr 04 04:45 PM
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    Dollar Cost Averaging This Recession [view article]
    My analysis shows that the losses that you forgo in a bear market are far less than the gains that you miss in a bull market using DCAV.

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    User 118604
    Mar 31 04:23 AM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    Mixter, you speak the truth about the arrogance of this bank. I too stopped using the bank to do everyday banking based on their business model. However, as an investment, they seem to be doing just fine. From the customer service stand point, they are terrible and have caused me to move to more friendly and response banks.

    As for the subprime mess that we are in, I suspect that many banks including B of A will be soon chopping their dividends. Right now they have an ideal set up with the Feds giving them cheap money and keeping loan rates high. That is one way or them to cover the pending losses resulting from the sub prime loans made by them.

    I do not see where they will gain much from the Country wide take over- at least in the short run. Maybe in the long run if the current banking crisis doesn't blow up into a full blown collapse this will turn out to be a good strategy for them to increase their exposure to the home mortgage market. We will come out of the housing down turn I believe, but in the immediate future, there will be some blood in the streets.     Reply
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    misterchan
    Mar 30 09:11 PM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    Very important - When you put in the Sell order the day before the stock goes x-div, PUT THE ORDER IN AFTER THE MARKET IS CLOSED. That way, you will get the div. Also, please excuse typos. Of course, if you don't want the div., you sell BEFORE the market closes. Whichever seems like a better deal. Reply
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    misterchan
    Mar 30 09:03 PM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    To Marol - There are many ways to make money from dividend stocks besides buying and holding. Which most of the above cimments emphasize. First, check dividends in the newspaper every nite. When you find one which pays quarterly, buy as much as you can if the price has not started to go up. Then, sell the day before it goes ex-dividend. You will usually have more profit than you would have if you had held the stock on its (sometimes) downward trajectory. Or you can do what I did last week - Buy the stock when it has just started to move up. A couple of days before the x-div. date, write about 30 out of the money calls (per 1000 shares) and the day before it goes x-div, put in a sell order at the market. You will get (usually) the first price of the day, which I did. The stock has already moved down where all my calls are profitable if I wanted to buy them back, but they are very safe. I love dividends. By the way, there are times when the stock does NOT go down after ex-div day. You can spend some time each week finding div. situations and making a list. Then you can jump from one issue to the other. Right now I own some HTE (a Canadian Royalty Trust) which I have been holding for awhile, but I write way-out of-the money calls close-in right before it goes ex. Pays a generous div. The market, these days, is not a place where I feel comfortable holding anything(with a few exceptions) for very long. My opinion - When you have a profit, take it. We're not going to the moon just yet. Reply
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