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The Great American Economy? Take a Closer Look

Very good article,
Where is the money going to come from to fund social security, and
medicare when the huge amount of baby boomers start retiring?
These programs were designed for a workforce that was supported
by a large number of younger workers. That is not the case in
the near future. People are living longer, and healthier than in
the past, which will put an enormous demand on these
programs. Either the government will raise pay-roll deductions, or
tax wealthy retired people who have payed into the system
their whole lives.
The trend is for the government to borrow more from other
countries, instead of export goods. The debt keeps growing,
which will be passed onto the younger generations.
The real question is do we make painful choices now, or let
our children deal with the problems?

Microsoft: How About a Leveraged Buyback?

How about a special dividend again or an increase. That
would be a better use of our money. They have wasted
enough with the yahoo mess.
Buy backs only benefit the employees with options

Three Stocks To Be Held To Infinity and Beyond

I assume that if the dividends were re-ivested in shares that
the value would be five or six times the amount. Compounding
is the secret to building wealth over time. All three companes
have a long history of bumping up the dividend. I'm a buyer
on the dips, and own all three.

Four Long-Term Winners Selling at Deep Discounts

Good Article
I own THI, and GE
So GE missed a quarter, who cares. They will provide long
term investors with buckets full of dividends, and growth. Reading
last night that green energy will be bigger than the internet in
about a decade. Wind power dos'nt burn coal, and the US will
eat it up to stave off being tied to the middle east. Boone Pickins
and his billions invested into wind farms in Texas. When a oil
man looks to green energy, watch out!
"Tim's" is a small cap, and we know that the group has the
most potential for growth. They are moving into the US at
a moderate pace. In Canada they have a wide moat, as
buffit likes to say. Go ahead and bet against these two
companies, it's your loss.
Cheers

Pfizer Beats: Recommended at or Below $18

I keep thinking to myself that people who are sick, or use
viagra would go for quality, and not the "no-name" brands.
I'm not sure that PFE future is so uncertain, especially with
that hord of cash they can use to buy back shares,
look for smaller pharmas who have good options in the
pipeline, and of course bumping up the dividend.
People needs drugs, and the boomers are hitting that
stage in life when they have disposable income, and
are living longer. Health care, and indirectly drugs are
a growth area now and in the future.

GE: Too Tired For Growth, But Yield's Attractive

The auther has it all wrong, GE will grow as emerging markets
continue to grow. The financial side of the business is down
at the moment, but will rebound. Green energy, especially
wind power is here to stay, and will grow.
The dividend is safe and growing, because earnings will
grow.
Good thing the rating question has been removed from
the articles. The quality of some of these stories is
poor.

Will Tech Gleam Amid the Market Gloom?

Story is tooooooo long

The Best Safe-Haven Investments, and Some Potential Threats

This story is toooooooooooo long

The title is misleading

Kroger & Wal-Mart: Falling Prices and Rising Profits

I was thinking of selling some my shares after it touched almost
$60 the other day, but did'nt. It's hard to knock a company that
does well when the general economy has slowed down. We are
far from hard times, but people are spending less. WMT makes
money, and what's wrong with that.
The shares have had a good run since last summer, but
something keeps telling me that they could break thru the
$60 level. Will people continue to shop WMT after the
economy recovers ... Yes. So if they do well in good times and bad
then why sell.

TD Bank Increases U.S. Exposure

TD is looking for growth, and the Canadian economy can only
support so much growth. The US will grow when the current slow
period is over sometime in late 2008 or early 2009

Home Depot Continues to Impress on Dividends

Maybe if HD did'nt spend all that money on share buy backs then
they could increase their dividend yearly. They have raised it
different times of the year in the past. I would be happy if
they would keep to the same month every yearly increase. They
treat their shareowners the same as their customers, always
guessing.

A Contrarian Look at Pfizer

It's the nature of the business that Drug companies are out of favor.
They spend millions / billions on the pipeline to bring these drugs to
market. They get no credit for all the good they do, and people they cure.

I have owned the stock since 2004, so my downside is not as great as investors who have bought PFE thru the 1990's.

I'm not so sure that Lipator will be so out of favor. Most people who are sick want the best, and it's the market leader.

Are Commodities Holding Back the Canadian Loonie?

Canada has a small economy, even with all the oil reserves. What
the US dollar does has a bigger impact on where the loonie is
headed. Yes the fundamentals are good, but the US dollar is
going to come back, and the loonie will be below 90 cents in the next twelve months or so

Why I Traded Petro-Canada for Husky Energy

PCA (PCZ) has not reaised their dividend in a couple years, after showing good growth in the past. I agree they need to show
shareowners alittle "love". Long term it could do well, but who wants to
wait?

Investing in Non-U.S. Stock Markets

Interesting note to this is that Canada is close to the US, but their
economy is different in many ways. Canada has the second most oil
reserves in the world, jobless rate is at a twenty five year low, currently enjoys a government surplus, exports more goods than it
imports, stable government in power, and has a skilled workforce.
Has some great companies like POT, RIM, MFC, TD, CN, etc.
Because we are so close to the US, sometimes we are forgotten.
With the price of oil looking to stay high, and the demand to continue Canada could do very well in the next decade