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  • Determining Potential in Health Care Stocks [View article]
    Just a quick note: JNJ is now less a "pharma"...and more of a mini-healthcare fund. Less than half of its sales come form pharmaceuticals
    Oct 31 17:28 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Three Companies with Sustainable Dividends [View article]
    Why not enhance your "analysis " a bit by at least mentioning what each company's business is! ;-)
    Oct 28 08:42 am |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Gold Not Faring Well Against Inflation [View article]
    Here is a reaseoned, well thought refutation to your POV:

    boards.fool.com/Messag...

    Cheers!
    cocomurph
    Oct 08 08:29 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • The Five Economic Horsemen [View article]
    "The current presence of three, or possibly four, of these signs has me thinking very carefully about my assets, my family's needs, and how we will manage the changes ahead. When the fifth horseman arrives, it will bring a new reality for all of us, and I intend to be as ready as possible."

    How exactly will you get "as ready as possible"?

    Thanks!
    Aug 31 08:51 am |Rating: +3 0 |Link to Comment
  • 51.68% in 165 Days [View article]
    "...The biggest rally during the '29 to '32 period was 46.77% over 148 days. The current rally is up 51.68% over 165 calendar days. ..."

    Looks pretty darn ( statistically ) similar to me! The exact opposite of your conclusion...suggest you brush up on your math!
    Aug 22 09:07 am |Rating: +6 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Beware the Buffett Effect: Part II [View article]
    Buffet doesn't time the market; he simply "times companies"...i.e. he waits for selected good companies to go on sale. It just so happens that this occurs more in down markets than bad. When good companies go on sale in great markets, he buys too.
    Aug 18 08:03 am |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Two Big Bounces: 1929 vs. 2009 [View article]
    Can you say "data mining"?!
    Jul 29 07:32 am |Rating: 0 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Kinder Morgan's Dividend Payout Rate Is Unsustainable  [View article]
    "Based upon this critical distinction, MLPs yield is based on earnings just as much as it is upon cash flows..."

    Absolute bull! Trying to defend the original article's yield calculation ( "dividend" divided by EPS ) is totally wrong. If the point you'd like to make is that the KMP's coverage of it's "distribution" might be lower in the future due to less distributable cash flow...fine. Do the math right!!
    Jul 29 07:16 am |Rating: +3 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Kinder Morgan's Dividend Payout Rate Is Unsustainable  [View article]
    "To gauge the sustainability of the dividend, an invaluable ratio is the payout ratio that compares earnings per share to dividend per share...."

    Traditional "payout ratios" ( derived from looking at dividends versus earnings ) are NOT the proper measurement for MLP's ( Master Limited Partnerships ) "unit contribution" sustainability , since they are required to payout a high percentage of their cash flow in order to qualify for special tax treatment.

    I suggest you do your homework as to the difference between C-corp stocks and MLP's before writing about them again!
    Jul 28 07:50 am |Rating: +26 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Burger King: $1 Double Cheeseburger May Change the Game [View article]
    $1 Cheesburger promo as a "gamechanger"?! Get some perspective, my friend!
    Jul 09 09:54 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • 23 High Quality, High Dividend Stocks [View article]
    Your definition of "high quality" sure is thin...a Stock Scouter rating is essentially the only "quality" parameter you use. In investing, there is no "free lunch" ( i.e.7.5% dividends from what most consider really "high quality" stocks, i.e. JNJ. PEP, PG, etc ). I think you are misleading the novice investor... a better headline might be "23 High Dividend Stocks"

    You can "trade on"...I'll continue to invest in REAL high quality, dividend payers/dividend growers
    Jun 26 08:39 am |Rating: +12 -3 |Link to Comment
  • Eli Lilly: Dividend Stock Analysis [View article]
    "...The dividend payout ratio remained above 50% since 2002. ..."

    Contrast this statement with the chart....something seems amiss.

    Murph
    Jun 22 12:02 pm |Rating: 0 -2 |Link to Comment
  • What Color Will the Next Tax Increase Be? [View article]
    "...Economically we are in 1932-33 as near as I can tell...."

    Based upon what? Unemployment rate? Nope! GDP decline rate? Nope!

    Media hype? Yep!

    "Don't bother me with facts, I know what I believe..."
    Jun 18 08:10 am |Rating: +1 -2 |Link to Comment
  • One Thing You May Not Know About the Obama Tax Cuts [View article]
    Let's see...the top 5% of households pay, what, 90-95%(?) of federal taxes, and get 13.3% of the dollar value of the tax cuts....you're right...it's not fair....to them!
    Jun 10 09:03 am |Rating: +2 -2 |Link to Comment
  • Buffett Gets 'Comeuppance' After Gold Outperforms  [View article]
    Can you say " data mining "?! I keep about 5-7% in gold/silver as a hedge, but to try and gather data selectively to prove a pre-conceived point is disingenuous
    Jun 06 10:34 am |Rating: +2 -2 |Link to Comment
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