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- Bond Expert: Friday Outlook
- Huge Opportunity - Fast Money Midday (8/14/08)
- Wednesday Options Outlook: KRE, STI, WPI, IYR, BGG, SWY
- Dividend Investment Myths
- 3%+ Yielders with Ex-Dates in the Next Month
- Briggs and Stratton: Things Can Only Get Better
- R. Brent Byrne On Dividend-Paying Small Cap Stocks
- Briggs and Stratton: Weathering the Storm (Or Lack Thereof)
- Cushy Departures in a Troika of Friday Filings
- Why Dividends Matter -- And Some Yield/Growth Picks
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General Discussion on BGG
Wish I knew. You can't count on management guidance. There is a reasonable probability that the dividend will be cut when revenue falls short of their "econometric"... model. Now they can't make money with the Czech plant due to currency exchange rates. These guys get paid well to stay on top of these things, but they clearly do not.Taking the president role from Mr. Shiely seems like window dressing - I am not confident it will do anything to increase shareholder value.
I am ready to dump the stock, but I have been here before with other equities, and something great happens after I bail out. Some type of catalyst has to come along to this company that is at prices it first reached in 1994. Would anyone want to buy them? Reply
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. ReplyHarrington
Huge Opportunity - Fast Money Midday (8/14/08) [view article]
I would agree. I think financials are not the way to go given the current circumstances. As far as the biotech, an ever so expanding industry, buy is the keyword.allaboutstocksandfinan... Reply
Wednesday Options Outlook: KRE, STI, WPI, IYR, BGG, SWY [view article]
re STI -- I think the bears are wrong on SunTrust. Insiders are buying. Did not cut dividend, so 7% yield while waiting for rebound not too shabby. Yesterday, a large local branch in Miami Beach had crane put new signs up on the building and at entrance-way. That's an easy place to cut expenses, but they chose not to do that. Kind of reminds me of 'window/landscape dressing' when selling a property. I smell a buyout offer coming 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
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Why Dividends Matter -- And Some Yield/Growth Picks [view article]
Look at the list of recommended stocks in the comment below, left in April. Isn't this a great example of how buying stocks because of their dividend yield can be a mistake? Three of the stocks are large cap financials, which were subsequently creamed.On Apr 28 10:39 PM Anonymous wrote:
> Missed out the main companies which have had the best stock gains
> and sport a higher yield
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> Altria MO has around 4%
> JP Morgan has around 4%
> Bank of America around 4%
> Citigroup around 4% Reply
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General Discussion on BGG
Is this a buy or a sell? Reply