Stewie

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Ummmmmmm.........I don't think publicly posting a "make whole" offer is a real good idea. Although I wasn't foolish enough to buy either of those stocks I'll bet someone did. You may be getting more e-mails than you can handle.

"By the way Stewie, I am willing to reimburse you for the losses that you have suffered in the stocks in the list above from the profits that I earned from publishing this article. Please send me scanned copies with your actual trading transactions history in the abovementioned stocks from June 12, 2008. If they are also legally verified, I would be even happier. My e-mail is dividendgrowthinvestor at gmail dot com."

The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

"Nothing wrong with dividend." No one said there is anything at all wrong with dividend stocks. Look at this way the stock at the top of his list of "Aristocrats" (FITB) is down 20% since he posted this, and KEY is far worse. If he doesn't fell guilty about misleading amateur investors I have no use for him at all.

The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

"KEY lowered their dividend, so we delete that name from the list; the ones that don't cut are great bargains and their stocks will recover. Your list is a good place for intelligent investors to start Blooking for value."

Says the Black cat as it enters the slaughterhouse and is never seen again.

"However, longer-term passive bond investors ( people holding till maturity) do not really get much in capital gains." Duh, I think it's safe to say if you hold a bond to maturity you don't get any capital gain or loss. You are advising people on income producing securities and yet you have no concept of why the equities on your list are paying high dividends, nor do you have even a rudimentary understanding of the bond market.

Black cat, Value investing involves fishing out opportunities where the street has underestimated earnings and growth, not buying a beaten down company. The banks at the top of this list are all likely to cut their dividends and lose further share price. That's what makes this list an amateur production.

The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

How did KEY and FITB work out for you Dodromir.......Got anymore big advice for us.

The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

"By the way Stewie, try telling your clients that you are going to invest in bonds for the capital gains, and they will look at you as if you are coming from the woords." Hey Pal, every fixed income fund, portfolio, or trust is total return managed and its performance is quantified on a total return basis just like an equity fund. If you look at the stocks at the top of your list, they are all banks and everyone of them has suffered a huge capital loss in their fixed income portfolio. What do you think ABS's and MBS's are ? Do think fixed income just sits there and never trades or changes price ? The fixed income markets are as dynamic as, and in fact dwarf the equity markets in both size and scope. Professionals place huge bets and make huge capital gains or suffer huge capital loses in the Treasury Market every day. To be honest you have no clue what you are talking about.

The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

I really hope one of the regular contributors takes the time to write a researched rebuttal to this "Masterpiece of Stupidity".......

The 20 Highest Yielding Dividend Aristocrats

This is the worst article I have ever read. Your list is comprised mostly of battered stocks whose high dividends were only achieved through huge share price declines. I also love this comment "which unlike fixed income securities can also provide you with capital gains", fixed income changes in price and can provide capital gains as well. You have no clue what you are doing.