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  • Don't Get Suckered By This Popular High-Yield Investment [View article]
    @claude.....

    While I think that there remains a hard core of a couple of dozen or so objective authors on SA (Tweed, Van Knapp, Crosetti, Goren, White, Carnavale, to name a few) I agree that there are too many unqualified authors, not to mention those who shamelessly pump or slam stocks, depending on their agenda.

    Others' bios just happen to mention that oh, by the way, they have a newsletter to peddle. Some are doing it for the income, which can be substantial, depending on the number of followers.

    Many, students, with fewer followers than I have, are authoring now, with slipshod research and data lifted verbatim from other sources.

    To say that SA has lowered the bar on authorship is probably an understatement. The site has swollen and is definitely not as useful than it was a few years ago when I became involved. Bigger is not necessarily better. Heck, I'm even thinking of writing an article!
    Apr 30 11:22 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Looking For Dividend Growth? Try These 8 Regional Banks [View article]
    While I give you credit for ferreting out a tiny bank such as BHB, it's too thinly traded, averaging only 4,600 shares daily. A relatively small 500 share order would constitute over 10% of the trading volume. This stock really doesn't belong in the same article with the others.
    Apr 29 09:49 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Buy Raytheon For Dividend Growth During The Summer Market Pullback [View article]
    I like RTN also for the fact that they seem to be more diversified into civilian applications than some of the other defense contractors.
    Apr 28 10:47 AM | 6 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Equity CEFs: How To Buy The Dow Jones Industrial Average At A -6% Discount [View article]
    I always learn something new from your CEF articles. Thanks, Douglas.
    Apr 28 10:43 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Don't Get Suckered By This Popular High-Yield Investment [View article]
    Mr. Wyatt,

    I think it would come as news to NLY shareholders that their stock is yielding "above 15%". At last glance is was somewhere north of 11%. A slip of the pen, hopefully?
    Apr 27 09:56 AM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Exelon Corporation (EXC) declares $0.31/share quarterly dividend, 41% decrease from prior dividend of $0.525. Forward yield 3.33%. For shareholders of record May 15. Payable June 10. Ex-div date May 13. (PR) [View news story]
    @rr.... & spinr....

    I believe that if you read the last 2012 earnings call, mgmt. definitely left open the possibility of a dividend cut.
    Apr 27 09:48 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 4 Solid-Yielding Dividend Stocks With A Very Low PEG Ratio That Are In Uptrend [View article]
    Arie,

    Another timely article.

    I love SAFT, but I keep missing it on the upside. Maybe, if earnings are lower, it'll adjust the pps down a little.

    KCAP's not too shabby, either. Data all looks good.

    Thanks again.
    Apr 26 03:33 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Waiting Patiently For A Blue Chip REIT Pullback [View article]
    Brad,

    Regarding (REG) & my earlier question about Publix.

    "Regency Centers Announces Portfolio Under Contract"

    SA 4/11 by Business Wire

    Could you explain what's going on here? Thanks!
    Apr 26 03:15 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Waiting Patiently For A Blue Chip REIT Pullback [View article]
    Brad,

    Another timely article.

    Could you tell me who the prime leaser to Publix Supermarkets, if there is a predominant one? Wherever there's a Publix as the anchor tenant, the whole strip flourishes.
    Apr 26 10:41 AM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • Are Dividends Really That Important? [View article]
    Yeah, that's Buffet's and Munger's philosophy on paying dividends to THEIR shareholders, but it sure ain't on the stocks and companies THEY own.
    Apr 26 10:12 AM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Top Performing 15.6% Dividend Payer American Capital Agency Is A Good Safe Haven Choice [View article]
    Shouldn't reply to jonk at all. He's a gadfly and gets his jollies roiling people up. Ignore him and he goes away.
    Apr 25 10:18 PM | 0 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Survey Says... These Are Dividend Growth Investors' Most Widely Held Stocks [View article]
    Interesting that NLY did not make the financial list, while AGNC did. Surprised that we haven't heard from RS demanding a recount! LOL!
    Apr 25 03:12 PM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • LINN Energy (LINE) and LinnCo (LNCO) boards approved change in distribution and dividend policies from quarterly to monthly from 2Q13. (PR) [View news story]
    Why I bought LNCO when it was first issued. Just about everything in my vast financial empire (LOL) are IRA instruments.

    K-9? I got rid of a couple of dogs in my portfolio recently.
    Apr 25 03:00 PM | 1 Like Like |Link to Comment
  • LINN Energy (LINE) and LinnCo (LNCO) boards approved change in distribution and dividend policies from quarterly to monthly from 2Q13. (PR) [View news story]
    Old enough to be retired, but still working. Retirees' conversation bores me to death.

    Still, happy to see monthly distributions coming in from LNCO.
    Apr 25 02:57 PM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 4 Places To Find The Dividend Machines [View article]
    Maybe he's funding his tuition via SA writing. LOL. Actually, don't laugh....... a while back I calculated the income potential for a very popular author with a huge following, and it's significant.
    Apr 25 10:36 AM | 3 Likes Like |Link to Comment
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