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7 Attractive Dividend Stocks

@ Jeff J.

Maybe it's because your lawyer friends are dumb. Get a load of this: Due to five stock splits between 1978 and 2008, 100 shares of Johnson & Johnson bought in September 1978 for $ 82 apiece are now worth around $ 331.200.

How You Can Invest in the Pickens Plan

I have no clue what or where the Great Plains are, but we have tens of thousands of wind towers over here in Germany. They are ugly, deface the landscape, are noisy as hell and throw shadows that are half a mile long. House prices plummet whenever there is a wind farm developed nearby. Moreover, wind is an unreliable energy source. People will come to realize that wind power is only a pretty epensive fad and does nothing to relieve us from our dependence on oil and nuclear power. I would not bet my money on wind power stocks. Nonetheless I own GE stock, but for other reasons than wind power turbines.

Looking for the Perfect Dividend Stock

I don't like MCHP as a dividend play. The microchip business is highly cyclical and competitive. For how long will they be able to pay that gigantic dividend?

@Walt 17: Beg to differ. Some blue chips are able to increase their dividend substantially over long periods of time. Johnson & Johnson managed to increase the dividend at an average 14.4 % annually - for 30 years.

Looking for the Perfect Dividend Stock

Why would you own a stock with an annual dividend growth of merely 1 % (ConEd) when inflation has averaged 3.8 % annually since 1947?

8 Dow Stocks Likely To Outperform

You stock market genius, find out first whether it is Proctor & Gamble or Procter & Gamble. Why should we take you seriously?

By the way, what really matters is the dividend growth rate, esp. given the current inflationary environment. Of course, not a single word from you. And that guy wrote a book about stock-picking!

Three Stocks To Be Held To Infinity and Beyond

There's a rub in it. Don't forget that we had an incredible bull market from 1982 to 2000. That's why your three stocks soared the way they did. You could mention other examples as well. If you bought $10.000 worth of Philip Morris stock in 1980 and reinvested all dividends, you ended up a millionaire with a huge pile of Altria, Philip Morris International and Kraft stocks. Just don't expect that kind of extraordinary returns in the future.

Time To Start Buying Some Dogs?

@h2oworks

"GE and T I own and would like to buy them on serious dips."

GE has lost 27 % of its value year to date. Its dip can hardly become more serious.

Adding to My GE Position

Catching a falling knife! The Dow will plummet at least another 1000 pts. if oil continues to surge and Israel strikes against Iran. GE is a good investment, but the stock will be much cheaper a couple of weeks from now.

GE: More Bad News to Come?

I hope your bearish outlook is justified. That means that I will be able to pick up these top-quality shares at even lower prices. Over here in Europe, GE shares trade at levels not seen since 1997 - due to the weak dollar. What a shame that the dollar rebounded a little bit since its mid-March lows.