Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX)

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  • commenter
    Mar 29 10:54 AM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    I wouldn't own Bank of America stock if you paid me to accept it as a gift, and it paid a 100% dividend. They are the most arrogant, hateful, self-serving bunch of louts I have ever done business with. They could not care less if you deposit money with them. They charge fees no other bank would even consider charging. It would not surprise me if they installed pay water fountains and pay toilets for their customers to use!

    I took $300,000 out of their bank to open an account with a competitor and it didn't bother them one bit. What's a peanut account to them? Of course, there just might have been a lot more money to deposit later on, but that doesn't matter to their elitist mind set.
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    Mar 29 09:18 AM
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    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    i cant c the future but FRO has been great for dividends. seems well run &nobody has figured out a way to pave over the ocean.i am not connected to wall st or this co. Reply
  • commenter
    Mar 29 09:18 AM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    I feel that SGP is a better drug company than PFE because it has patent protection out several years. Reply
  • commenter
    Mar 29 09:16 AM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    Well, PFE with it's rather (non) robust pipeline is in trouble and I don't see it in the Aristocrat field. Reply
  • commenter
    Mar 29 09:04 AM
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    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    By 'index performance' I mean the Dividend Investors Index Reply
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    Mar 29 09:03 AM
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    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    Take a look at www.dividendachievers..../. In particular, take a look at the list of "licensed products". Compare the Powershares PFM with Vanguard's VIG. Note also the comparison of the index performance with that of the S&P 500 over 10 years. S&P wins. Reply
  • commenter
    Mar 29 08:44 AM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
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    Can anyone give me a link to and ETF/ETFs, that have all the 12 companies above listed in their portfolio.

    If you can't, give me a link to a site that I can find out this information.

    Thank You

    Cajun


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  • commenter
    Mar 28 04:32 PM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    3 of these companies are Buffett picks. Reply
  • commenter
    Mar 28 12:28 PM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    I work for a Nucor subsidiary and I can't say enough good things about upper management and how well this company is run. The treatment of employees is extremely fair and done with a great deal of integrity. I personally can see why Nucor is the top player in many of its downstream operations. We strive to "Take Care of Our Customers". I do own company stock and recommend the stock to everyone I know. Reply
  • commenter
    Mar 28 12:25 PM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    THANKS. MOST ALWAYS FIND UNEXPECTED GOODIES ON ALPHA.
    HELPS ME FEEL 'INFORMED'.
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  • commenter
    Mar 28 12:00 PM
    Dividend Aristocrats: Top Dividend Growers [view article]
    Very informative. Thanks for it. Reply
  • commenter
    Mar 26 11:03 AM
    Dollar Cost Averaging This Recession [view article]
    I would think the companies track your basis, to make their service simple to use. Reply
  • commenter
    Mar 05 12:11 PM
    Dollar Cost Averaging This Recession [view article]
    It would be tax form madness to do it this way for anything other than some kind of tax-deferred retirement account.

    For a taxable account, consider a simpler strategy; let a chunk of cash build up in the account and use your broker's trading software to set up a buy triggered by reaching your preferred low price-point. You may not reach that price point, but if you get close enough to suit you you can step in and execute the buy manually. Buying a chunk at a reasonable discount once a year beats dealing with tax complexity for multiple share purchases (actually, the later selling is the problem).
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  • commenter
    Feb 14 10:25 AM
    Highest, Lowest Short Interest as a Percent of Float [view article]
    Holy crap that's a lot of short interest on NTRI... Reply
  • commenter
    Jan 29 05:40 PM
    Recession Stock Picks From Morgan Stanley's Douglas Cohen [view article]
    I certainly agree with you about Suncor (SU), and Conoco (COP). This is a portion of an article I read today, from seeking alpha, quoting Byron Wein (I copied short bio on him for you readers out there): " My view is that people underestimate the seriousness of the energy situation. We are only finding oil at a rate equivalent to replacing the oil production that erodes every year as a result of the existing wells getting tired.

    In addition to that, China and India are consuming less than two barrels of oil per person per year while we consume 26 barrels, Western Europe consumers 13 to 15 barrels, Japan, Korea the same amount. As China and India increase their consumption, even if the two and a half billion people there only increase their consumption a quarter of a barrel of oil per year, there's no way the world can meet that demand. So I think the price of oil is going a lot higher."

    "Oil is going to probably $125 a barrel. I forecast that it would go to $80 last year. "

    Byron Wein's updated bio a/o 9/27/07:
    Westport’s Pequot Capital Management, Inc., today announced that Byron R. Wien, managing director and senior investment strategist at Morgan Stanley, will join the firm Dec. 1 as chief investment strategist.

    Wien will work closely with Arthur J. Samberg, Pequot chairman and CEO, and the firm’s investment team to develop global macro-investment strategies, an announcement said. He Mr. will work out of Pequot’s New York office.

    Wien is a seasoned strategist who brings over 40 years of experience in the global financial markets. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1985, he was a portfolio manager for 20 years, primarily at Weiss, Peck and Greer, where Samberg was also a partner.
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