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Bill Gross: Fed on Hold Through 2010

I've owned VFIIX (GNMA) for a long time. I'm still getting over 4% yield. I am also seeing the price go up & up & up. When the yield goes below 3%, I will sell, collecting the high NAV price. Same as with Long Term Treasuries at the end of last year. What's wrong with that?

Why I'm Still Buying Johnson & Johnson at These Levels

I like articles that focus on one stock and why or not it may be a "buy" consideration. The article and the following comments are all worth reading and consideration. I own JNJ and am happy with the investment. It' never good to hear that people running a company may be less concerned about their workforce than themselves and it's a shame that it's so common.

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

I own JNJ & MCD and reinvest the dividends.

I have PG, EMR and PEP on my radar, but they look too expensive at this time.

I would appreciate some data/opinions on entry point prices for these.

Side note: Is there a way to be notified by email on Seeking Alpha, when someone updates a "post" like this one vs. Having to refresh and recheck the page?

Thanks

10 Dividend Stocks for Enterprising Investors

Good stuff. I've been watching BP and think it might be a good buy at $48. One thing that concerns me and is the PE of 20.


On Nov 07 12:24 PM GimliJan wrote:

> I looked forward to reading this article and came away disappointed.
> I try to follow the value investing philosophy of Benjamin Graham,
> Warren Buffet, etc. but also need growth.
> I have watched Pfizer, Bristol-Meyers, Merck and Dupont since I started
> investing last November. None of them has impressed me with their
> performance versus the dividend stocks and MLP's I purchased and
> hold or held. (Buy and Hold is not dead as advertised by many pundits).
> I have not run the calculations to see how many of the metrics described
> my choices met, but all except one met my three most important metrics.
>
> 1.) They pay a dividend that has been consistent over a long time.
>
> 2.) The stock price has shown growth or at least stability. Stability
> measured by how the stock price has performed in it's industry group
> and market.
> 3.) I have made or am making a profit!
> You will see that I have a mix of SuperOil. MLP's Pipeline Operators,
> Canadian Energy Trusts, Technology & Utility Stocks.
> I plan on holding these long term and adding overseas dividend companies
> and US companies in the Food, Agriculture, Water Utilities sectors.
>
> I have other speculative holdings in my portfolio in Pharmacuetical
> stocks that are smaller companies that have huge growth potential
> on drug approvals.
> Teppco (TPP now a part of EPD) Bought from $18.92 to $35
> Converted to EPD stock at 1 to 1:24 at $28.85 a share. Cash Distribution
> for TPP was 8.9%, for EPD is $2.21 / 7.75%
> Kinder-Morgan Energy Partnership (KMP) Bought at $47.74 Current Price
> $55.07 Cash Distribution $4.20 / 7.63%
> Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGH) Bought at $9.38 Current Price $9.55
> Cash Distr $0.79 / 8.23%
> Provident Energy Trust (PVX) Bought at $6.50 Current Price $6.55
> Cash Distr $0.70 / 10.52%
> Microsoft (MSFT) Bought at $21.82 Current Price $28.52 Dividend $0.52
> / 1.82%
> Intel (INTC) Bought at $16.24 Current Price $18.93 Dividend $0.56
> / 2.96%
> Ituran Control (ITRN) Bought at $8.63 Current Price $12.60 Dividend
> $0.17 / 1.35%
> Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) Bought at $15.94 Current Price $16.05 Dividend
> $0.96 5.98%
> Corning (GLW) Bought at $15.85 Current Price $15.30 Dividend $0.20
> / 1.31%
> British Petroleum (BP) Bought at $35.50 Sold at $57.95 & 57.20
> Dividend 6.8%
> I sold BP last week due to anticipation of a market correction. I
> plan on buying back in at a lower price.
> GE Bought at $16.05 Sold $14.91 (Only Loss on Stock Price) Dividend
>
> I owned GE until last week when I felt an overdue market correction
> would wipe out my small profit so I cashed out to buy back in at
> a lower price.

10 Dividend Stocks for Enterprising Investors

Chart - PNY, ETP, EPD, OKS, KMP - I guess PNY is not an MLP which is advantageous in some ways, but I like the high dividends form the MLPs and my CPA deals with the tax difficulties associated with MLPs in an IRA. Must be 3 letter acronym day, ehh?


On Nov 07 11:27 AM Allan J. Mortenson wrote:

> I love my Pony - PNY - Piedmont Natural Gas. The territory keeps
>
> growing, the customer base also grows, and the dividend increases
>
> keep coming. Besides, they give a .0562% discount on reinvested<br/>d...

10 Dividend Stocks for Enterprising Investors

VZ & T both IMHO


On Nov 07 12:07 PM User 482351 wrote:

> No mention of Verizon?

Cramer's Mad Money - Hey Big Spenders (11/5/09)

KFT is at a good entry point if you want to buy it now. Compared to K and GIS, my 2 cents is that KFT is not the best company of this threesome.

Cramer's Stop Trading! The Fall of Wal-Mart?(11/3/09)

T is at a great entry point, has a good yield, is one of the top 2 telecoms... It is at it's 200 day MA. Hmmm - what to do?

8 Dividend Stocks with Wide Moats

I just wanted to say thanks for this.

I don't know if you will see this, but if you do, taking PM as an example - it crossed above it's 200 moving average a while back - looking at a 1 year chart and has been staying above the 20 & 50 day averages. So, I'm not exactly sure what a next good point of entry might be. Would you just wait until the 20 dips below the 200 and back up again before purchasing?

Thank again.


On Oct 22 10:33 AM mbkelly75 wrote:

> Points of entry and exit can be pretty easy to see and take advantage
> of by using Moving Averages. I use 3 of them to help me judge the
> timing: 1) 20 day, 2) 50 day and 3) 200 day. When the 20 day crosses
> the 200 day - either up or down (Golden Cross or Death Cross) the
> time to buy or sell is obvious. The 50 day is used to let me know
> when something is happening that I need to pay attention to. I also
> make use of a 25% Trailing Stop in case of sudden drops.

8 Dividend Stocks with Wide Moats

Are these stocks at good entry point prices today or do you have a recommended price to get in?

9% Yields Still Available on Municipal Bond Funds

Ah ha! Garrett Thank you very much. I learned something today & appreciate it very much.


On Oct 09 02:52 PM Garrett Beauvais wrote:

> On Yahoo! Finance choose "ETF profile" from the navigation in the
> right column: finance.yahoo.com/q/pr... -- look on the
> bottom left under "Fund Operations" -- LQD has an expense ratio of
> 0.15% which is among the lowest for ETFs (about the same as treasury
> ETFs and far less than 0.4% for JNK and 0.5% for HYG).

9% Yields Still Available on Municipal Bond Funds

How can I see the fees/expenses for a specific ETF? I'm looking at Yahoo Finance symbol LQD as an example. Thanks for any help.

Are High Dividends Sustainable?

207749's last line said -

"Give me a better idea in these uncertain times for oldsters?"

What are your thoughts on where an oldster should have his/her money invested at this time?


On Oct 04 06:57 PM User 207749 wrote:

> I hate to break this news to you..By time you know there is a problem,
> it's too late. The money has already left! I am a senior investor
> and have been down this same road many, many times. We are the last
> to hear when things go wrong.
>
> Now, if you want to sit at your computer ever minute of the trading
> day, maybe...just maybe you can save yourself a few points. But,
> the big downward hit will still have passed you by!.

Are High Dividends Sustainable?

Reinvesting dividends is the only way to benefit from compounding. If prices go down, you get more shares at dividend payout time.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Maybe it works just as well if you take the cash and keep your portfolio balanced by adding to good stocks or investing in additional new dividend paying stocks.

Still learning.


On Oct 04 06:00 PM a. palmer jr. wrote:

> I wouldn't DRIP anything right now. Of course I'm not an expert stock
> trader or even a good amateur, but all my dividends go into a money
> market account until I get enough money to buy something else when
> it's cheap! I believe that in the future there will be plenty of
> cheap!

Which Dividend Stocks Are Relatively Safe?

U.S. Dividend Stocks = good.

U.S. Dividend Stocks doing business internationally = better.

Of course all of your criteria above applies.

Thank you for this good, easy, straight forward methodology & the list of stocks that meet this criteria.