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What Are Your Dividend Investment Goals?

I agree with all of the comments above. I've benefited from Dividends For Life as well as The Growth Investor, and I'm fortunate for discovering SeekingAlpha. Thank you very much!

Contrarian View: Does Bullishness Indicate a Top Forming?

Great comment about Seeking Alpha, bluesky 123. I couldn't agree more, and I have benefited from many of these articles. Another thank you to Seeking Alpha!

Methodology: Here's How I Pick Stocks

Thank you for your great article Jeff. You sound like a very sane and stable voice in these uncertain times. I've just added you to my "follow" list. Happy Birthday wishes to your wife and son!

Buy and Hold Isn't Dead Yet

Excellent article Mr. Dessauer. I too am happy to see you on SeekingAlpha. I do remember your appearances on Wall $treet Week and always respected your views. I added you to my "Follow" list, and I look forward to more of your articles. Thank you.

The 10 Best U.S. Dividend Stocks

Thank you Dividends4Life. I always look forward to your articles, which I think are very helpful in today's extremely turbulent times. I have personally benefited from many of your recommendations, very solid analysis, and thoughtful comments. You are a welcome antidote to all those doomers and gloomers out there.

Sell in May? Not This Time

Excellent advice from dividendmachine!


On May 30 12:41 PM dividendmachine wrote:

> As a person who has made their living allocating capital over the
> past 22 years I can say that there has not been as many great opportunities
> for a lare cap investor since the early 1990s.
>
> However back then CDS paid generous rates and real estate was not
> feared like it is now
>
> Besides logic doesnt dictate where the market is going in the short
> term anyhow
>
> In 1997 the market has gone up 37.6 and 23 percent the 2 years before.
> Instead of pul.ling back the market had 3 years of 33.4 ,28.6 and
> 21 respectively
>
> Buy great stocks at great prices and reinvest the dividends in other
> undervalued companies and use compound interest and reinvested dividends
> to build adividend machine that will give you financial independence
>

Beware of Ulterior Motives Behind Statements of Financial Experts

Thank you J.S. Kim for your great and thoughtful article. I just added you to my "follow" list and look forward to more of your very helpful articles.

Why Dividends Should Not Be Taxed

One of the best and most sensible articles I've read on Seeking Alpha. Well done Paul, I'm adding you to my "follow" list.

The Up-Tick Rule Reimplementation Is Bad for Markets

Excellent comment by Responsibilty!
That's also what these dangerous times call out for: More responsibility by everyone.
I also think longinvestor is onto something:
Taxing short-sellers more than long-term
investors. After all, there is already an incentive for having long-term gains. Why not institite a "short-selling" tax? This might encourage investors to think long-term.

Mark-to-Market Triggered This Recession; It Will Also Trigger the Recovery

Once again, a great article Jason, as well as a great comment by henarl. Of course mark to market is not the sole reason for our "financial instability", but as Jason points out, it is more than a coincidence that our problems atarted roughly the same time these rules were put into effect. Once our so-called financial stability returns, is the time for all you Monday morning financial quarterbacks to put your two cents in about how we go about maintaining
the stabilty.

CDS: The Sabotaging Asset

Great article Ryan. One of the best I've read about the CDS problem. And I think henarl's comment is great too! CDS's should be banned, and sooner than wipeout the holdings of innocent shareholders that hold many of these stocks in their IRA's, pension funds, etc, the greedy criminal buyers of CDS's should be wiped out first, along with the naked short sellers. Reading many of these comments over the last couple of weeks, I am amazed at how many people are attacking shareholders who believe in long-term investing, while at the ame time not criticizing the criminal tactics of people that are burning down our system.

The Wonders of Mark-to-Market: Simultaneously Well-Capitalized and Insolvent

Great job Gary Townsend! I wish there were more sensible folks like you. I hope President Obama,Tim Geither and Mary Shapiro are listening.

Would Reinstating the Uptick Rule Make It a Fairer Game?

Well written Sigmax. Everthing you're saying should be so obvious to those trying to solve our financial mess. Another thing that is contributing to this mass panic: Comments from Paul Krugman in op-ed columns continually using the term "zombie banks". Isn't that like pouring gasoline on the fire? Is anyone else bothered by these irresponsible, harmful in my opinion, remarks by of all things a winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics? To me Krugman sounds like a "zombie economist".

Trading the Mark-to-Market Modification (Updated)

Another great article GT McDuffy!
If only the powers that be are able to read your words of wisdom. Thank you.

3M: Excellent, Long-Term Dividend Stock

Don't feel bad danS, if you take a look at many of Marcap's comments, you'll see the same negativity throughout. I'm beginning to think Marcap is really enjoying this downturn.