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Tim,
I agree, Chambers was reluctant to pay a dividend, and that in my opinion would have done more to prop up the share price than paying what appears (in my eyeball estimate) to be somewhere around $30 per share for the buybacks the past ten years or so.
I can't agree that borrowing money to do a buyback is a good idea however, especially given CSCO's history.
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And how much did it pay for those retired shares?
Or better yet, how has the stock price benefitted? It was trading over $30 per share in 2007. It was trading at $19 in 2003 for that matter. It's gone nowhere in ten years, just money down the drain.
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Their financials are a bear to decipher and the shorts use that (and its status as an MLP) to their advantage. STON's thinly traded for the most part, so it's also easily manipulated by a string of negative SA articles. I view it as a speculative play. because of all these uncertainties, but it's been a very profitable one.
My Mad Method: What Next To Buy, And Why - August, 2012, Revised [View article]
JD,
I didn't mean to imply YOU were scared, I was speaking in generalities. I haven't paid much attention to STON today, but the last time I checked volume was up a bit, but nothing like the increase in volume generated by the other two articles.
Good luck with VNR, I own it as well (I acquired it through the merger with Encore Energy last year).
I also own AGNC, it's been hugely profitable for me both in dividends and in capital gains. And oddly enough, our friend, Paul Price is strongly against MREITs as well.
My Mad Method: What Next To Buy, And Why - August, 2012, Revised [View article]
JD,
I'm not disappointed in the least. I own a number of speculative issues and understand fully that not everything can be a winner.
What DOES disappoint me is seeing small retail investors get scared out of positions through intentional misinformation.
Ask yourself why someone with no position writes such articles and leaves comments about Bernie Madoff and Alan Stanford and Enron, pure cases of accounting fraud. The answer is simple, it's an intent to scare small retail investors and push a thinly-traded stock price.
BTW, that article was written last week... the 72-hour, I have no positions disclaimer turned into a pumpkin over the weekend.
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No one with money should ever run for politics. A more noble goal is to become rich while you're still in office.
12 Years After The Bubble - Cisco Is Ripe For The Taking [View article]
I agree, Chambers was reluctant to pay a dividend, and that in my opinion would have done more to prop up the share price than paying what appears (in my eyeball estimate) to be somewhere around $30 per share for the buybacks the past ten years or so.
I can't agree that borrowing money to do a buyback is a good idea however, especially given CSCO's history.
12 Years After The Bubble - Cisco Is Ripe For The Taking [View article]
Or better yet, how has the stock price benefitted? It was trading over $30 per share in 2007. It was trading at $19 in 2003 for that matter. It's gone nowhere in ten years, just money down the drain.
As for borrowing to finance buybacks, well...
http://bit.ly/Rl1Dqk
Sorry, but I'm unconvinced.
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The issue the shorts like to bring up is whether they're generating enough cash flow to pay the distribution without the equity raises.
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http://seekingalpha.co...
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I don''t see the stock improving until Chambers gets the boot.
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Another first comment alias trying to take down STON? Those who follow it know why it dropped, and it had nothing to do with STON.
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Aha, I see now there are several load classes of that fund.
The ticker Tallman referenced refers to the F2-class which was started in 2008.
My Mad Method: What Next To Buy, And Why - August, 2012, Revised [View article]
I didn't mean to imply YOU were scared, I was speaking in generalities. I haven't paid much attention to STON today, but the last time I checked volume was up a bit, but nothing like the increase in volume generated by the other two articles.
Good luck with VNR, I own it as well (I acquired it through the merger with Encore Energy last year).
I also own AGNC, it's been hugely profitable for me both in dividends and in capital gains. And oddly enough, our friend, Paul Price is strongly against MREITs as well.
My Mad Method: What Next To Buy, And Why - August, 2012, Revised [View article]
I left out the rest of my reply...
What I intended to say was develop your plan and stick to it.
Know why you buy and why you sell. If a stock no longer fills the bill, then sell and move on.
If an investment makes you uncomfortable and alarm bells ring, then by all means, sell. Just remember, someone's always on the other end, buying...
My Mad Method: What Next To Buy, And Why - August, 2012, Revised [View article]
I'm not disappointed in the least. I own a number of speculative issues and understand fully that not everything can be a winner.
What DOES disappoint me is seeing small retail investors get scared out of positions through intentional misinformation.
Ask yourself why someone with no position writes such articles and leaves comments about Bernie Madoff and Alan Stanford and Enron, pure cases of accounting fraud. The answer is simple, it's an intent to scare small retail investors and push a thinly-traded stock price.
BTW, that article was written last week... the 72-hour, I have no positions disclaimer turned into a pumpkin over the weekend.
My Mad Method: What Next To Buy, And Why - August, 2012, Revised [View article]
Ask Paul Price if he has a long PUT position on STON... anyone who follows NLY will know what this means.
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So who's lying?