cyerman

Time For Wall Street to Get Back on the POT

If Billy Doyle were such a hot POT manager why doesn't he sweeten the POT by putting some of this mega growth loot back in the POT - the POT called shareholder dividends?

The current minuscule dividend in light of all all this prosperity does not provide a dividend protection backstop if the stock were to go south in a serious way or a reason to buy POT based on growing substantial dividends. And it places the entire investment rationale on POT's capital appreciation based on EPS^ and similar POT financial measures. Come on Doyle, broaden the stocks appeal and loosen up on the purse strings. Failure to do so just opens the stock up to more speculation, manipulation and sector rotation because there is no dividend protected bottom no matter how, er, juicy the earnings may prove out. (Yes, yes I have heard about the financials and their fancy and funny money dividends not protecting their stocks from the actions of their fantastically talented and poorly regulated managers. Hopefully there are no CDO equilavents on the horizon for fertilizer. One big pile of it courtesy the banks, hedge funds and private capital folks is quite enough, thank you.)

Hey, Mr. POT CEO: Begin a 30 year record of increased dividends to your owners beginning 4Q08 starting from some substantial perspective - say 3% or better.