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  • Investing In Dividend Growth Stocks: My Portfolio Of 25 [View article]
    I'm not sure that the insiders who own - and have recently purchased - KMI would agree that it'll just be a "passing fad." But, time will tell, and we'll see.
    Dec 19 10:34 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Analysts Start Attacking Nokia Again [View article]
    I'd be curious to go back in time to see most analysts' sentiment surrounding Apple when the company was going through one of its more difficult periods (1997? 1998? Help me out here, please...). My guess is that there were few believers and, even if I'm wrong in that regard, certainly those who believed the company might not survive.

    The key is that few (analysts) have the foresight to see - to really look deep - into the future and extrapolate from the present what a company's future might hold. I'd bet that, of those who can, many are people like those reading SA - and not analysts.

    It's not hard to understand how many analysts could potentially be on the verge of missing the turn at NOK - much the same that many missed the turn at AAPL way back then. We'll see....
    Dec 11 08:48 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • The Best Use Of Corporate Profit (Cash) [View article]
    I'd love to be at that table. Could we invite Van Knapp, Chuck, RA Schwartz, FivePlus, and Norm Tweed? I'll bet that THAT conversation would yield much, much more than, say, Barron's annual Round Table.
    Dec 11 08:22 PM | 4 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 'Team Alpha': Adding CSX - An Undervalued Dividend Paying Stock [View article]
    Dividend Growth + Dividend Reinvestment = Hypercompounding!
    Dec 5 10:11 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Can Procter & Gamble Save Your Retirement Portfolio? [View article]
    @prairiedog55:

    Totally, absolutely agree re "the only way to invest savings.....etc."

    Keep the income coming in, check to see that your companies are growing their dividends at a reasonable annual rate, and of you do not need the current cash flow, reinvest all dividends.

    Do not try to reinvent the wheel with your extremely hard-earned money.

    Simple. Period.
    Dec 5 07:08 AM | 3 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Should I Buy High-CAGR Dividend Growth Companies? [View article]
    Robert -

    For me, it was the *author* that drew me to the article (not meant to be a slight to DVK's previous comment - you're both invaluable to SA readers).

    Glad to see you're writing more, Robert. Excellent article. I wasnt clear on the "bumpiness" thing until I read this piece.

    -GM
    Dec 2 09:43 PM | 3 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • The Implication Of Ballmer's Comments For Nokia [View article]
    Everyone is new to SA at some point. Just because it's this person's first comment doesn't mean that the validity or value of their comment is diminished in any way. I welcome any and all comments, be they new people or regulars, as long as they add something of value to the conversation.

    As far as I can see, there is nothing wrong with User 265852's comment.
    Nov 29 06:08 AM | 4 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Goldman Sachs And Morgan Stanley Are Backing The Truck Up For Nokia Shares [View article]
    "but if it is indeed a superior product, these pundits will gradually start using it and singing its praises."

    And, in that vein, Zhang, see yesterday's New York Times, in which David Pogue glows about the 920 in a review he wrote. I apologize for not providing the link, but do take a look at the NYT's site.
    Nov 22 06:14 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Putting A Potential Jump In Dividend Taxes Into Perspective [View article]
    David -

    Here's another variation I've seen of the "worry" quote which, imho, nails it:

    "Who says worrying doesn't work? Everything I worry about never happens."
    Nov 16 07:51 AM | 5 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Yield Vigilantes And How To Join Them [View article]
    If the company paying 3% raises its dividend each year AND you reinvest those dividends (what I commonly refer to as "hypercompounding"), you stand a decent chance of assuaging the threat of 3% inflation.

    Thus, it is not a wash.
    Nov 10 06:24 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Is Total Return A Useful Metric For Income Investors? [View article]
    Robert -

    You could write for Barron's. Your analogies and explanations of the how's and why's of dividend investing will easily be more beneficial to investors than an article that touts the (extremely backward-looking) "Best 25 Dividend Funds."

    Good article, with all salient points nicely articulated.
    Nov 7 08:06 PM | 4 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Who Is The World's Biggest Dividend Investor? [View article]
    Nice article, Robert, approaching a common theme (div investing) from a different angle (who's the biggest - and should we follow exactly what he does or not?)

    I agree with all of your responses to your own questions at the end of the article!

    A request: write more often! :-)
    Nov 5 06:41 AM | 6 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Retirees Beware Of The Many Dangers Of Holding Overvalued Stocks [View article]
    Chuck -

    As always, valuable information. I'm a satisfied user of Fast Graphs, and find your charts extremely easy to understand.

    Thank you!
    Oct 31 10:31 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • How Can I Know If My Stocks Are Fairly Valued? [View article]
    Hi Chuck,

    With regard to fair value/valuation, would you please explain how the MLP (Income Valuation Line) and FFO features on Fast Graphs can help determine if an MLP is under/overvalued, as well as the proper way to use these added features?

    Thank you very much!
    Oct 28 07:35 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Waiting For Godot: Time To Sell Nokia Stock [View article]
    "On a chart, you should see every place the stock stopped as it fell, each level was support, and on the way back up each of those levels will be resistance."

    You are exactly correct, Ewmpsi.

    Long NOK
    Oct 27 05:03 PM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
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