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Not All Dividend Stocks Are Overvalued

MMLP $25.10 12.1% Hold , LINE $22.04 11.9% Strong Buy
KMP $53.15 8.0% Buy ,
EEP $43.70 9.2% Hold, EEQ $43.35 7.2% Hold

ARLP $33.91 9.1% Hold , NRGY $27.77 9.6% Strong Buy,
EPD $27.68 8.1% Strong Buy

NAT 6.3 percent

Pace of Insider Sales Continues to Escalate

And, Nick, you did say 143.95 P/E?

As of 6/30/09 S&P was 23x earnings according to S&P. Factoring in last four quarters, S&P P/E is 15.25 times reported earnings.

Pace of Insider Sales Continues to Escalate

8/27/09 S&P500 ended @ 1028.23. Divide that by earnings of $143.95 and you get S&P P/E ratio of 7.1x. Seems much too low. Need to check the earnings number.

Pace of Insider Sales Continues to Escalate

And, Nick, you did say 143.95 P/E?

To answer you: This is the earnings of the S&P500 not the P/E ratio. You need to divide the S&P500 number on any given day by these earnings.

Are REITs and Utilities Good Dividend Investments?

I did a study awhile ago comparing 40 electrics on total return. This was the conclusion:
• The bulk of electrics had a median 100 percent capital gain over ten-year period while giving an average dividend yield of 4.82 percent per year.

6 Ways to Short the Obama Health Plan

Don't have a picture yet. Former bank Analyst at BNY/Pershing.

6 Ways to Short the Obama Health Plan

My husband prescribed 3 pills of Procrit before he died....and nine months after, I have a bill for $3,000. No one in nursing home told me how expensive this was. The bills keep coming in.

Howard Davidowitz: 'The Worst Is Yet to Come'

One of the real problems we have on the manufacturing side is that our salaries must compete with those in China. Think about it.

2009's Bears and Bulls

Re: Infrastructure stocks. What about CAT? Its P/E is under 10.

Dividend Investing for Monthly Income

You can get monthly income from electric utilities. You stagger your investments according to their different pay dates. While each pays every 3 months, if you stagger your holdings, you can get monthly payouts. I have a list if you want it.

Seven Companies That Might Benefit from an Obama Stimulus Package

and MDU Resources (MDU).....for its road repair assets

Ten Reasons to Invest in Florida

Reason to invest in FPL: Dividend increases every year; state surrounded by water, competitors cannot string transmission lines over water; it is the largest windmill operator in U.S.; Florida not heavy in industrial users; hence electric competitors not interest in putting up plants there.

Dividend Stocks: 6 More Increases in the News

WTR has one of the best CEO's in that industry. Unfortunately, about 85 percent of water companies in the U.S. are owned by municipalities and are not publicly traded. However, more and more municipal systems are hiring companies such as WTR to manage their municipal water company (less graft that way)....but the politicians do not want to give up ownership...

TARP Is Just the Beginning - Barron's

Lower interest rates will cause builders to build. What we don't need now is more condos and homes.

The Ups and Downs of Drips

DRIP administrator Computershare has upped its Sell fees: Each market order fee is $20 plus $0.10 per share sold . To sell 4,000 shares would cost $20 plus $400 unless you transfer shares out to a broker and sell thru the broker.