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  • Why Isn't Paypal More Successful? [View article]
    I have been using PayPal since 2002 and also have not had any problems. Once, I had to dispute a charge with an eBay seller, and it did take awhile to resolve, but with a credit card, it would be virtually no different. For consumers, making purchases, as this article is intended to be about, PayPal provides a convenient straightforward way to make payment. Add to that the fact that casual, non-business PayPal users can send each other money at no charge and you have a good service for users in many countries. I think the primary complaint people have is from the selling end of PayPal. Any disputes will almost certainly be ruled in favor of the buyer, and yes, the fees are high and going higher. These days, everyone has outsourced customer service, so nothing new there. All in all, PayPal works just fine. The same people who steer clear of it without any personal experience are the same ones who are frightened to do any online banking and would prefer to be a victim of the USPS ever increasing postal rate hikes.
    Better to take your chances with PayPal....
    May 27 12:52 pm |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Is Health Care Properties a Buy? [View article]
    Absolutely correct, according to Edgar-online.
    Discrepancies in reported earnings are not a good thing for the average investor who is trying to make an accurate assessment of a corporation's vitality. I
    was just stating what I observed at this yahoo source:

    finance.yahoo.com/q/ae...

    Another culprit, MSN lists their quarterly earnings as adding up to $1.81 and then on the same page posts it at $1.82!

    moneycentral.msn.com/i...

    so, as you can see, none of these vaunted websites are in much of an agreement on the earnings of HCP. I wonder why that is

    However, either way, a REIT is required to pay about 90% of it's earnings in the form a dividend and in some
    cases may choose to pay out more than 100%. So, it could very well be business as usual.
    Mar 10 12:31 pm |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Is Health Care Properties a Buy? [View article]
    somewhere these EPS figures have gotten skewed. According
    to Yahoo Finance, the last 4 quarters' reported earnings numbers were as follows. Mar.08 - $.56, Jun.08 - $.51.
    Sep.08 - $.71, Dec.08 - $.48. The FY ends in Dec. so the total was $2.26, not $1.79. For FY'09 they are estimated to show $2.21 and for 2010, $2.30. The technicals on this stock are terrible. Imagine that!

    Is the dividend safe? perhaps, but the better question is:
    Is the real estate market safe?
    Mar 09 15:47 pm |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
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