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  • Buffett's Lessons: More Appropriate than Ever [View article]
    A good reminder to re-read a book that should be on every investor's shelf.
    Jul 29 03:43 am |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Time to Reenter GE [View article]
    Uh oh. Looks like there might be more bad news on the horizon for the GE dividend.

    GE Dividend's Safety is Anyone's Guess
    www.thestreet.com/stor...
    May 20 13:35 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Time to Reenter GE [View article]
    On May 19 09:57 AM Wisdom vs. Information wrote:

    > GE only missed one dividend, the return will certainly not be 3.0%.
    > you dopes you need read more and blog less

    GE have announced that the dividend is being reduced to 10¢ from Q3 2009, with no suggestion that it will be raised again any time soon. They did not "miss" a dividend, they have cut the dividend going forward.

    It is very unlikely that they will raise the dividend directly back to 31¢. Much more likely is 4 quarters of 10¢ followed by increases of 10-20% each year over the coming years. It will take a long time for the dividend income to return to what it was previously.
    May 20 04:51 am |Rating: +2 0 |Link to Comment
  • Time to Reenter GE [View article]
    > Where is the evidence for the dividend cut?

    Announced by GE at the end of February:

    online.wsj.com/article...
    May 19 06:30 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Time to Reenter GE [View article]
    >even with the last dividend cut the stock yields over 9%

    You need to check your numbers. With a quarterly payout of $0.10 against a stock price of $12.86, the yield on this stock is 3.1% after the dividend cut, not 9%.
    May 17 09:45 am |Rating: +14 -2 |Link to Comment
  • In Praise of Suze Orman [View article]
    Must she be so annoying? I can't figure out who is worse -- Orman or Cramer. They both drive me nuts.
    Feb 11 16:38 pm |Rating: +10 -5 |Link to Comment
  • Why I Couldn't Ignore GE [View article]
    Conventional wisdom says that your 92-year-old mother should have cashed out her stocks decades ago. Stocks can (and do, as history has taught us) go down as well as up, and if you can't afford to hold out for at least a five-year horizon, you should not be invested in the markets.

    As a considerably younger investor, I look at the current time as the opportunity of a lifetime to establish a sound investment portfolio at great prices. In 30 years, I am confident that it will matter not one bit whether I bought at $15, $17, or even $25. I am confident that this blip will pass, that GE will continue to generate good profits with all its businesses, and that I will retire with a substantial nest egg thanks to my decision to invest today.

    Disclosure: Long in GE
    Nov 16 08:00 am |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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