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Which Dividend Stocks Are Relatively Safe?

You overlooked AT&T. Good old T.

Answers to Recent Questions: Taxes, K-1s, MLPs, and Why These 7 Pipeline Companies

Thanks very much for a succintly written, very informative article on MLP's that also clears up much of the misinformation out there.

Canadian Natural Resources Sees First Welcome Cash from Horizon

Road Runner: You obviously don't know who Kurt Wulff is......and are unfamiliar with his very expensive independent McDep Oil and Gas Investment Research.

He's not trying to impress you. On Seeking Alpha we are getting his month old stock notices that his subscribers pay big bucks to receive a month earlier. If you don't understand them, I hardly think that's his fault.

Sell in September? Time for a Reality Check

If not in September, there's always October.

Stocks that Could Benefit from Health Reform

Seems to me that tort reform along with many other things play a role. The problem is multi-faceted and needs a multi-faceted approach.

Hedge Fund Holdings: Seth Klarman, David Einhorn, Marty Whitman

I am maintaining my position in LINE also. The only reason to sell it is to take profits...but why not hold onto it? Love those dividends.

Enterprise Products Partners, Linn Energy: Petroleum Profits Without the Drama

Before you buy any MLP, check on what can happen if you own them in an IRA. I'm not a tax accountant, so I'm not the one who should explain it. It is very easy to find out why you should not hold an MLP in an IRA....just google it and do a little research on your own.


On Aug 03 09:20 AM jerdawg wrote:

> Nice article. Are LINE and EPD OK to hold ir IRAs?

Natural Gas May Be Just the Solution for This Economy

You're absolutely right...send your opinion to your congressmen.


On Jul 20 08:51 AM Michael Fitzsimmons wrote:

> US produced natural gas is abundant, clean, and cheap. It is a testament
> to failed US energy policy that a country that has 5% of the world's
> population, uses 25% of the world's oil, and is importing 65-70%
> of that oil does not switch to natural gas transportation. Natural
> gas is the only US produced fuel capable of being scaled up to solve
> the economic, environmental, and national security issues the US
> faces due to its foreign oil addiction. The American people should
> demand prudent energy policy from an American government which seems
> more content following wrong-headed pentagon/petroleum strategy of
> fighting oil wars to obtain access to oil as the country goes bankrupt
> in the meantime. Oil is at the heart of a weakening US. Meanwhile,
> we have all the natural gas we need right here. What we need is prudent
> and pragmatic energy policy and for folks to stop lumping natural
> gas in with oil and coal as a "fossil fuel". Natural gas is much
> cleaner and cheaper than either of them when all costs are added
> in (environemntal, health, military, subsidies). But, Congres is
> bought off by oil and coal lobbies. So, here we sit...addicted to
> foreign oil and coal. It is a ridiculous situation to be in entering
> the era of peak oil. You'd think $145/barrel oil and $4.50/gallon
> gasoline would have taught the American people something. It hasn't.
> So, we'll see it again - sooner than most people think. Here is an
> energy policy that could save this country:
>
> thefitzman.blogspot.co...

Power Plays on Energy Management

Plug in your TV, VCR, DVD player and Cable Box to a power strip and turn the switch to off at night when you're through watching. Why pay to run your DVD and Cable Box all night?

Plug your Computer, speakers, printer, etc into a power strip and turn it off at night for the same reason.

Making Natural Gas Transportation a Reality

Write to your congressmen. This article has a lot of good information that can be paraphrased in a good advocacy letter.


On May 06 12:02 PM blu wrote:

> Mr. Fitzsimmons,
>
> I am aboard your bandwagon with one caveat to your statement:
>
> "If natural gas transportation doesn’t begin to take root soon in
> the US, peak oil and high energy prices will whack the US economy
> again. "
>
> I'm afraid it is already too late to prevent the high energy costs
> from whacking the US again.
>
> That doesn't mean we don't continue to push for NG transportation.
>
> It is hard to get this administration onboard because this concept
> is built upon common sense.
> There's a huge shortage of common sense in Washington, D.C.

My Dividend Portfolio: The Good, The Bad

If you're a dividend investor, why are you still holding those stocks that have discontinued their dividends? Sell them and put your money to work. Buy MLP's that do storage and transportation such as ETP, EPD, PVR, MMP, making them less susceptible to energy prices. They are increasing their dividends.

The K1's are just not that big a deal.

Or some closed end funds, such as IGD and ERH faithfully pay dividends monthly.

AT&T vs. Verizon - Which Is Better Positioned for the Future?

I have solved the dilemma...I own both.

Three Stocks That Pay Monthly Dividends

Not all monthly dividends paid out by Closed End Funds fluctuate. If the CEF has a managed distribution policy, the dividend is the same every month. There are dozens of CEF's that have monthly distribution policies. This article names only three of them, when there are many many many more. Check out etfconnect.com or the Closed End Fund Association website: cefa.com

H.R. 1835: Legislation for Natural Gas Transportation

WRITE to your congressmen if you want it to happen. It will take support from constitutents to make it a reality.


On Apr 05 10:15 AM koolsool wrote:

> I hope HR1835 has a chance for going forward because the domestic
> nat gas producers & service industry are going to take a big
> hit from Obama's budget. People should read the article published
> by The Motley Fool on March 25th, titled "Obama's Plan To Punish
> Big Oil Will Backfire". His budget will eliminate $31.5 billion of
> tax incentives that domestic nat gas production now receive. The
> hardest hit will be the shale producers, all the domestic new technology
> stuff that should be encouraged. Maybe if the "Nat Gas Act" passes,
> it will offset the damage done by Obama's budget. A company that
> I like alot to benefit from nat gas transportation is Fuel Systems
> Solutions FSYS.

Peak Oil: China vs. USA

What an excellent discussion.

I also wonder why executives are not getting on the bandwagon for natural gas trucks and busses. Natural gas is an excellent interim reduction on our importation of foreign oil, buying us time to develop and implement cleaner alternatives. If we can't get enough natural gas from the US then at least we can import it from Canada...much better than from the middle-east!

I'm going to read HR 1835, and write to my congressmen. It's so easy to do these days using the internet.