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      <title>Team Alpha Retirement Portfolio: Going Long In A Scary Market</title>
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        <![CDATA[chowder--have you ever considered WR? I've been holding out on buying utilities for the past 9 months due to overvaluations, but I may break soon on recent weakness (both utilities and mine!). am considering LNT, SO, and WR especially. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:12:04 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[chowder--have you ever considered WR? I've been holding out on buying utilities for the past 9 months due to overvaluations, but I may break soon on recent weakness (both utilities and mine!). am considering LNT, SO, and WR especially. ]]>
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      <title>Dividend Growth And Me, An Anniversary Story</title>
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        <![CDATA[Hi Mike--like you, I'm also coming upon my 1 year anniversary of investing in a few months, but I still often feel like a pup in the woods! <br/><br/>re. price volatility, what made you decide to stick with stocks like INTC and RDS-B, but jettison stocks like HRS and GD? all of them have been bruised and battered at times throughout the last year--esp INTC--but they all also pay you a dividend to wait. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:50:35 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Hi Mike--like you, I'm also coming upon my 1 year anniversary of investing in a few months, but I still often feel like a pup in the woods! <br/><br/>re. price volatility, what made you decide to stick with stocks like INTC and RDS-B, but jettison stocks like HRS and GD? all of them have been bruised and battered at times throughout the last year--esp INTC--but they all also pay you a dividend to wait. ]]>
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      <title>Survey Says... These Are Dividend Growth Investors' Most Widely Held Stocks</title>
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        <![CDATA[I also find it interesting that some investors will take on the risk of investing in mREITs, but not investing in banks. perhaps its the draw of yield? I'm the opposite, as I own many banks but no mREITs. I wonder if younger DGIers such as myself are more likely to invest in banks, since we weren't as actively investing back in 2007-8. I am long WFC, JPM, RY, and BAC (obviously not a dividend stock). <br/><br/>do you have any insight into the exclusion of TGT...any reason why?]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:45:15 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I also find it interesting that some investors will take on the risk of investing in mREITs, but not investing in banks. perhaps its the draw of yield? I'm the opposite, as I own many banks but no mREITs. I wonder if younger DGIers such as myself are more likely to invest in banks, since we weren't as actively investing back in 2007-8. I am long WFC, JPM, RY, and BAC (obviously not a dividend stock). <br/><br/>do you have any insight into the exclusion of TGT...any reason why?]]>
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      <title>Condition Of The Market - April 2013</title>
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        <![CDATA[chowder--stupid question, but do the stages of price movement apply to more cyclical stocks as well? I bought CAT sub $80 the other day on above average volume, but as a much more volatile stock, I'm wondering if the price movement doesn't necessarily adhere to the same fluctuations as some of the consumer staples stocks you listed above.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:20:49 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[chowder--stupid question, but do the stages of price movement apply to more cyclical stocks as well? I bought CAT sub $80 the other day on above average volume, but as a much more volatile stock, I'm wondering if the price movement doesn't necessarily adhere to the same fluctuations as some of the consumer staples stocks you listed above.]]>
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      <title>Buy Caterpillar On 25% Pullback</title>
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        <![CDATA[I've only owned CAT for the past year, but buying around 80ish and selling around 100ish has yielded fairly good returns. I monitor very closely, but I like owning a stock that trades within a well-defined range.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:24:13 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I've only owned CAT for the past year, but buying around 80ish and selling around 100ish has yielded fairly good returns. I monitor very closely, but I like owning a stock that trades within a well-defined range.]]>
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      <title>What Stocks Are Most Commonly Held By Dividend Growth Investors?</title>
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        <![CDATA[I don't own WM, SYY, CB, CINF, LEG, EXC on your list--most b/c of low dividend growth]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:41:19 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I don't own WM, SYY, CB, CINF, LEG, EXC on your list--most b/c of low dividend growth]]>
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      <title>3 Healthcare REITs With Mispriced Risk</title>
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        <![CDATA[Brad, I'm also curious about MPW. it still seems a bit frothy, but was thinking of putting in a limit order if it drops some more. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:22:23 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Brad, I'm also curious about MPW. it still seems a bit frothy, but was thinking of putting in a limit order if it drops some more. ]]>
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      <title>Is Dividend Investing The Perfect Strategy For Any Age Group?</title>
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        <![CDATA[no, i'm looking for one that's not a spec play. one that could potentially be buy and hold onto for decades long term investment.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:39:19 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[no, i'm looking for one that's not a spec play. one that could potentially be buy and hold onto for decades long term investment.]]>
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      <title>Is Dividend Investing The Perfect Strategy For Any Age Group?</title>
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        <![CDATA[RS--<br/><br/>If you had to choose one of these young &amp; restless stocks as a must own--which would it be? I only have room for a little spice in my portfolio, and I am looking for a stock which I could potentially hold onto for long term capital appreciation, (like MSFT) not a speculative play.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:31:11 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[RS--<br/><br/>If you had to choose one of these young &amp; restless stocks as a must own--which would it be? I only have room for a little spice in my portfolio, and I am looking for a stock which I could potentially hold onto for long term capital appreciation, (like MSFT) not a speculative play.]]>
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      <title>Dividend Growth Investing: A Strategy For Young Investors, Too</title>
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        <![CDATA[I have no problem adding a little &quot;spice&quot; to my portfolio in theory, but you need absolutely stellar timing to buy and sell those aggressive growth stocks, because you can't measure their valuations simply by looking at earnings. Many investors bought FB near the IPO at 38 or ZNGA at 14, and are still underwater. Even though I'm young and don't mind being aggressive--with a full-time job, I don't have the time, energy, or knowledge to compete with day and swing traders who are in and out of those stocks a dozen times a day. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I have no problem adding a little &quot;spice&quot; to my portfolio in theory, but you need absolutely stellar timing to buy and sell those aggressive growth stocks, because you can't measure their valuations simply by looking at earnings. Many investors bought FB near the IPO at 38 or ZNGA at 14, and are still underwater. Even though I'm young and don't mind being aggressive--with a full-time job, I don't have the time, energy, or knowledge to compete with day and swing traders who are in and out of those stocks a dozen times a day. ]]>
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      <title>Dips And Pullbacks: Opportunities Or Sucker Punches?</title>
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        <![CDATA[and thank you sen-sei...I feel like I'm ready to start catching flies with my very own set of chopsticks! (hopefully I'm not the only one who watched Karate Kid growing up!)<br/><br/>so let's say there was the same price action back in June 2013 for JNJ, but no volume surge...would that have been reason to hold off on a purchase at that point in time?<br/><br/>I'd ideally like to grow into an investor who uses fundamental analysis to choose the stocks I buy and some basic technical analysis to choose the price I buy it at. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:47:48 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[and thank you sen-sei...I feel like I'm ready to start catching flies with my very own set of chopsticks! (hopefully I'm not the only one who watched Karate Kid growing up!)<br/><br/>so let's say there was the same price action back in June 2013 for JNJ, but no volume surge...would that have been reason to hold off on a purchase at that point in time?<br/><br/>I'd ideally like to grow into an investor who uses fundamental analysis to choose the stocks I buy and some basic technical analysis to choose the price I buy it at. ]]>
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      <title>You Should Own The 4 Horsemen Of Southern Utilities</title>
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        <![CDATA[Very interesting, I've always wondered which states were most utility friendly. never figured that CA was one of them. thanks!]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:52:44 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Very interesting, I've always wondered which states were most utility friendly. never figured that CA was one of them. thanks!]]>
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      <title>Get Bond-Like Returns From Uncommon Stocks</title>
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        <![CDATA[Thank bob/pistachio--I've looked at all but SSEZY, but do not own any. will definitely take a closer look at that one. SO is at the top of my list, just hoping for a pullback in price. thanks!]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:42:07 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Thank bob/pistachio--I've looked at all but SSEZY, but do not own any. will definitely take a closer look at that one. SO is at the top of my list, just hoping for a pullback in price. thanks!]]>
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      <title>Dips And Pullbacks: Opportunities Or Sucker Punches?</title>
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        <![CDATA[around mid-June of last year I decided I wanted to buy JNJ, and set a limit order of $62--based on its recent price action at that time. It never  dipped back to $62, and has instead gone up ever since without a significant pullback. In hindsight, I know it was undervalued at the time, and should've been less stubborn about my buy price. But hindsight is 50/50--so practically speaking, I probably need to reset my buy price if I still want JNJ. A 22% drop from $80.85 will probably take a very long time. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:31:55 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[around mid-June of last year I decided I wanted to buy JNJ, and set a limit order of $62--based on its recent price action at that time. It never  dipped back to $62, and has instead gone up ever since without a significant pullback. In hindsight, I know it was undervalued at the time, and should've been less stubborn about my buy price. But hindsight is 50/50--so practically speaking, I probably need to reset my buy price if I still want JNJ. A 22% drop from $80.85 will probably take a very long time. ]]>
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      <title>Dips And Pullbacks: Opportunities Or Sucker Punches?</title>
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        <![CDATA[mike--do you reset your price targets if the stock on your shopping list blow past them? I missed out on JNJ at 62 as well, so if I were to set a limit order now, I might readjust it to a more reasonable $70. I'm not well-versed in technical analysis, but I find that looking at simple moving averages and support/resistance can help in determining buy prices for individual stocks. Like anything else, it's not foolproof, but take AAPL for example. It's basing nicely right now above 450 (above its 50 day moving average), and I'd probably buy a small position if I didn't already buy too much on the way down (not using TA!)]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:02:45 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[mike--do you reset your price targets if the stock on your shopping list blow past them? I missed out on JNJ at 62 as well, so if I were to set a limit order now, I might readjust it to a more reasonable $70. I'm not well-versed in technical analysis, but I find that looking at simple moving averages and support/resistance can help in determining buy prices for individual stocks. Like anything else, it's not foolproof, but take AAPL for example. It's basing nicely right now above 450 (above its 50 day moving average), and I'd probably buy a small position if I didn't already buy too much on the way down (not using TA!)]]>
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      <title>Get Bond-Like Returns From Uncommon Stocks</title>
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        <![CDATA[If anyone has any undervalued utility stock recommendations (no EXC pls!), I'm all ears! I've been searching high and low for one to buy, but just can't seem to find any. The search continues...]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:54:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[If anyone has any undervalued utility stock recommendations (no EXC pls!), I'm all ears! I've been searching high and low for one to buy, but just can't seem to find any. The search continues...]]>
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      <title>What Makes International Dividend Investing Attractive Right Now</title>
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        <![CDATA[I would like the stock market fairy to have RDS.B pull back 3 more times so I can have my remaining limit orders issued. Then I would like a special dividend to be issued, a dividend increase of 15%, and then, only then...do I give RDS.B permission to shoot to the moon!]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:18:08 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I would like the stock market fairy to have RDS.B pull back 3 more times so I can have my remaining limit orders issued. Then I would like a special dividend to be issued, a dividend increase of 15%, and then, only then...do I give RDS.B permission to shoot to the moon!]]>
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      <title>Dividend Investors - Don't Just Stand There - Do Something</title>
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        <![CDATA[lol, probably near me! 1 bedroom condos in my building? back up to $500k! yikes!]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:23:48 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[lol, probably near me! 1 bedroom condos in my building? back up to $500k! yikes!]]>
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      <title>The Special Dilemma For Altria Stockholders</title>
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        <![CDATA[I'm less in favor of penalizing people and more in favor of giving extra credit to people who engage in healthy lifestyles. Sort of how your auto insurance gives you a credit if you haven't been in an accident in x # of years, you can get your health insurance premiums reduced if your BMI and cholesterol levels are under such and such #s. I do all the right things, but unfortunately since I'm an individual policyholder who pays for my own health insurance, my insurance rocketed 30% a month this year. Simply because health insurers can do so in the state of California without pushback from regulators. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:10:45 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I'm less in favor of penalizing people and more in favor of giving extra credit to people who engage in healthy lifestyles. Sort of how your auto insurance gives you a credit if you haven't been in an accident in x # of years, you can get your health insurance premiums reduced if your BMI and cholesterol levels are under such and such #s. I do all the right things, but unfortunately since I'm an individual policyholder who pays for my own health insurance, my insurance rocketed 30% a month this year. Simply because health insurers can do so in the state of California without pushback from regulators. ]]>
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      <title>Dividend Investors - Don't Just Stand There - Do Something</title>
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        <![CDATA[dk--I think it's less about being younger/older and more about investing style/goals. However, I do know that many young people these days don't even know what pensions are (obviously there are still exceptions for certain sectors/jobs/industries), much less expect to receive them. They seem like a quaint, antiquated notion that have faded away with the notion of staying at any one company for more than 5-10 years. I'm in my early 30s, and I don't have a single friend that is still at the same company when they graduated college. So I think that it's even more imperative that we rely on our own investments to see us through retirement. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:56:14 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[dk--I think it's less about being younger/older and more about investing style/goals. However, I do know that many young people these days don't even know what pensions are (obviously there are still exceptions for certain sectors/jobs/industries), much less expect to receive them. They seem like a quaint, antiquated notion that have faded away with the notion of staying at any one company for more than 5-10 years. I'm in my early 30s, and I don't have a single friend that is still at the same company when they graduated college. So I think that it's even more imperative that we rely on our own investments to see us through retirement. ]]>
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      <title>What Makes International Dividend Investing Attractive Right Now</title>
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        <![CDATA[thanks for the article, Tim! I've been long CVX, XOM, and COP for awhile, but I couldn't resist the siren call of RDS-B last week...I'm a sucker for a good bargain! I think it's a good 2nd tier energy play, though I don't know if I'll bring it up to a full position like CVX/XOM.<br/><br/>do you think Canadian banks also present good international value? I've been tempted by the likes of BNS, TD, RY, BMO, etc. Many are still below their historic PEs, despite a recent run-up in price. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:18:45 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[thanks for the article, Tim! I've been long CVX, XOM, and COP for awhile, but I couldn't resist the siren call of RDS-B last week...I'm a sucker for a good bargain! I think it's a good 2nd tier energy play, though I don't know if I'll bring it up to a full position like CVX/XOM.<br/><br/>do you think Canadian banks also present good international value? I've been tempted by the likes of BNS, TD, RY, BMO, etc. Many are still below their historic PEs, despite a recent run-up in price. ]]>
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      <title>How To Pick A Value Investment For Dividend Growth And Success</title>
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        <![CDATA[CAT is a strange beast, in that it's been chronically undervalued for some time. I bought at $87 last year, not realizing that it frequently trades in a price range down to $80. I had planned to sell at $100 this year, but it never quite got there.<br/><br/>What other stocks have been undervalued by the market in recent history? AAPL, TEVA, and INTC come to mind...]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:14:11 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[CAT is a strange beast, in that it's been chronically undervalued for some time. I bought at $87 last year, not realizing that it frequently trades in a price range down to $80. I had planned to sell at $100 this year, but it never quite got there.<br/><br/>What other stocks have been undervalued by the market in recent history? AAPL, TEVA, and INTC come to mind...]]>
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      <title>Dividend Investors - Don't Just Stand There - Do Something</title>
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        <![CDATA[I don't consider RDS-B (beta .97) and HRS (beta 1.01) to be particularly high beta stocks (RY is higher at 1.29), but I don't buy stocks based specifically on beta anyway. I'd rather buy an undervalued stock with a slightly higher beta than an overvalued stock with a lower beta. Now that may mean RDS-B, HRS, and RY fall another 10% in an overall market correction as opposed to GIS which might fall only 5%, but I think the upside could potentially be greater as well. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:35:55 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I don't consider RDS-B (beta .97) and HRS (beta 1.01) to be particularly high beta stocks (RY is higher at 1.29), but I don't buy stocks based specifically on beta anyway. I'd rather buy an undervalued stock with a slightly higher beta than an overvalued stock with a lower beta. Now that may mean RDS-B, HRS, and RY fall another 10% in an overall market correction as opposed to GIS which might fall only 5%, but I think the upside could potentially be greater as well. ]]>
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      <title>Dividend Investors - Don't Just Stand There - Do Something</title>
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        <![CDATA[let's just hope I don't morph into a greedy, fearful pig with an itchy hoof. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:16:20 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[let's just hope I don't morph into a greedy, fearful pig with an itchy hoof. ]]>
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      <title>Dividend Investors - Don't Just Stand There - Do Something</title>
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        <![CDATA[mike--so you don't see the downturn as HRS as reason to buy more? It's a stock I've had on my list for the past year, so I'm actually psyched that it's dipped to a price where I think it's pretty undervalued.  I think that good companies can periodically go through phases of price volatility, take MCD last year. But now it's recovered nicely. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:37:49 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[mike--so you don't see the downturn as HRS as reason to buy more? It's a stock I've had on my list for the past year, so I'm actually psyched that it's dipped to a price where I think it's pretty undervalued.  I think that good companies can periodically go through phases of price volatility, take MCD last year. But now it's recovered nicely. ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Bob--For many people, doing nothing is the best course of action! For me personally however--my biggest flaw as investor is being overly prudent. My biggest mistake/regret over my past year of investing is doing nothing, not leaping on opportunities to buy. Almost every stock I thought was too expensive at the time (though not overvalued) has gone up since. But I'm in the accumulation phase of investing, so for me it's a different story. That's why I nibbled on a couple of starter positions this week, including HRS, RDS-B and RY--even though I'm convinced the market is going down from here.<br/><br/>Ironically, my second biggest flaw as an investor is selling too easily. Lol, how do I resolve the two?!]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:32:54 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Bob--For many people, doing nothing is the best course of action! For me personally however--my biggest flaw as investor is being overly prudent. My biggest mistake/regret over my past year of investing is doing nothing, not leaping on opportunities to buy. Almost every stock I thought was too expensive at the time (though not overvalued) has gone up since. But I'm in the accumulation phase of investing, so for me it's a different story. That's why I nibbled on a couple of starter positions this week, including HRS, RDS-B and RY--even though I'm convinced the market is going down from here.<br/><br/>Ironically, my second biggest flaw as an investor is selling too easily. Lol, how do I resolve the two?!]]>
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      <title>Team Alpha Retirement Portfolio: Time To Focus On Ford</title>
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        <![CDATA[I bought F at $10, hoping it gets below $12 to add some more. do you believe that there's any seasonality with Ford's stock price?]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:26:30 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I bought F at $10, hoping it gets below $12 to add some more. do you believe that there's any seasonality with Ford's stock price?]]>
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        <![CDATA[AAPL does seem to be forming a nice base at these levels. I'd be a buyer right now if I didn't already have a full position!]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:15:40 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[AAPL does seem to be forming a nice base at these levels. I'd be a buyer right now if I didn't already have a full position!]]>
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        <![CDATA[McAttack--I don't think you need to buy everything all at once. Figure out which stocks you either want the most and/or are most undervalued, then figure out the price you want to pay for each stock (which for me is always below the market price), then set limit orders. In my experience, it will take some time for you to accrue all 15 positions. Plus, the market always seems to pull back at least 5-6%, if not more, at least once or twice a year. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:39:45 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[McAttack--I don't think you need to buy everything all at once. Figure out which stocks you either want the most and/or are most undervalued, then figure out the price you want to pay for each stock (which for me is always below the market price), then set limit orders. In my experience, it will take some time for you to accrue all 15 positions. Plus, the market always seems to pull back at least 5-6%, if not more, at least once or twice a year. ]]>
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      <title>The Wisdom Of Not Reinvesting Dividends</title>
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        <![CDATA[I've noticed others comment that DRIPPING is better for smaller investors, but I think of DRIPPING as good for any investor who is in the process of building up positions--no matter how much money they have to invest. I guess I'd call myself an &quot;active DRIPPER,&quot; meaning that I don't just automatically turn on dividend reinvestment; I pick and choose when to turn it on and off, depending on the individual stock and how much of it I own. <br/><br/>I also think in some ways DRIPPING serves as a hedge against the more emotional aspect of investing--that part of us that can't stand buying a stock for more than we originally paid for it, or that part of us that's too scared to buy a stock that drops right after we buy it. For example, when I bought AFL at $39 last year, it quickly shot up to $46 shortly thereafter. I was darned if I was going to buy a stock for $46/share if I'd just spent $39/share on it--even if I knew it was still undervalued. I had other stocks on my shopping list that hadn't leapt up in price. So DRIPPING allowed me to still invest a bit more in AFL, and now $46 looks like a steal--even if I didn't know it then. I'll eventually turn off my AFL drip when it becomes more fully valued, but for now I'm happy to keep it on.]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:42:17 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[I've noticed others comment that DRIPPING is better for smaller investors, but I think of DRIPPING as good for any investor who is in the process of building up positions--no matter how much money they have to invest. I guess I'd call myself an &quot;active DRIPPER,&quot; meaning that I don't just automatically turn on dividend reinvestment; I pick and choose when to turn it on and off, depending on the individual stock and how much of it I own. <br/><br/>I also think in some ways DRIPPING serves as a hedge against the more emotional aspect of investing--that part of us that can't stand buying a stock for more than we originally paid for it, or that part of us that's too scared to buy a stock that drops right after we buy it. For example, when I bought AFL at $39 last year, it quickly shot up to $46 shortly thereafter. I was darned if I was going to buy a stock for $46/share if I'd just spent $39/share on it--even if I knew it was still undervalued. I had other stocks on my shopping list that hadn't leapt up in price. So DRIPPING allowed me to still invest a bit more in AFL, and now $46 looks like a steal--even if I didn't know it then. I'll eventually turn off my AFL drip when it becomes more fully valued, but for now I'm happy to keep it on.]]>
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