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Canadian National Railway Co. (CNI)

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  • Dividend Progress Report: October 2009 [View article]
    I believe D4L dividend stocks are mostly in 401K and IRA accounts so I would guess the surcharge tax would not affect those. If you are... More »
    Comment by gmwright
    Nov 10 09:05 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Dividend Progress Report: October 2009 [View article]
    I read today that the House health care bill passed this past Saturday was written to apply the 5.4% surcharge tax to modified adjusted... More »
    Comment by stink726
    Nov 9 20:02 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Dividend Progress Report: October 2009 [View article]
    David: You are correct on the YOC. On of the ironies is that you have to go back several years to see the real story. The 2008 market... More »
    Comment by Dividends4Life
    Nov 9 08:18 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Dividend Progress Report: October 2009 [View article]
    Thanks. The reason I asked is that you may not be giving yourself enough credit for the yield on cost of the overall strategy. You are... More »
    Comment by David Van Knapp
    Nov 8 19:37 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Dividend Progress Report: October 2009 [View article]
    David: Purchases are primarily new money. As you noted, it also includes reinvested dividends and any sold securities. It is roughly 90%... More »
    Comment by Dividends4Life
    Nov 8 16:49 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Dividend Progress Report: October 2009 [View article]
    Thanks for sharing. Question: Do you add new money (from the outside, not from dividends) to this account? Given your age, I'm assuming... More »
    Comment by David Van Knapp
    Nov 8 11:34 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Canadian National Railway: All Aboard [View article]
    how do you (or the street for that matter) typically look at the asset values of such companies (i.e. rolling stock, land, buildings... More »
    Comment by Tyguy
    Nov 4 15:47 pm |
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  • Dividend Analysis of Canadian National Railway Company [View article]
    how do you (or the street for that matter) typically look at the asset values of such companies (i.e. rolling stock, land, buildings... More »
    Comment by Tyguy
    Nov 4 15:24 pm |
    Rating: 0 0
  • Buffett’s Burlington buy – passengers, not freight? [View instapost]
    Thanks, appreciate the good feedback. Rail cannot compete effectively with barge traffic on the Mississippi that is moving product for... More »
    Comment by AlphaFound
    Nov 4 08:55 am |
    Rating: +1 0
  • Buffett’s Burlington buy – passengers, not freight? [View instapost]
    Tim, I know that Buffet is famous for taking the "long view", but I'd guess that passenger rail might well exceed even his vision for... More »
    Comment by Old Trader
    Nov 3 22:26 pm |
    Rating: +1 0
  • O Canada (Part II): There's Gold in Them Thar Hills - and Plains [View article]
    google jim willie and his article on barrick, then you'll know why you should short these guys, On Oct 07 10:48 AM Old Trader... More »
    Comment by el dante
    Oct 27 10:36 am |
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  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Yes. Every time I read about the dark pools, I want to break things... Like the necks of those abusing us via them. This entire... More »
    Comment by tripleblack
    Oct 21 12:45 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Eli: You do a great job of concisely putting specifics in context. The King/Volker/"noone is listening" article is an example. Thanks.
    Comment by bbowen7
    Oct 21 12:31 pm |
    Rating: +2 0
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    "Shedding light on the dark pools... the SEC will reportedly today propose slashing the percent of daily volume in a company's shares... More »
    Comment by Joseph L. Shaefer
    Oct 21 10:08 am |
    Rating: +9 0
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    Sadly for me, investing in GS is like investing in PM or MO. It just doesn't sit that well with me since I can't seperate my moral views... More »
    Comment by gmwright
    Oct 21 09:44 am |
    Rating: +7 0