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Last Thursday Was the Bottom - It's Time to Get Back in
On Dec 01 05:36 PM squashnut wrote:
> Nice call. The internet is forever.
> Oh, Tacitus, they have facial recognition software now...
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
I like to read your column, but would find it much more enticing to open it if you had a varying title--at least in part. I don't open it as often as I should just because the title doesn't vary. The portion "Must-Know News" could be altered to a thematic phrase or word to indicate the overall concept of the content of your writing for that day. Or take "Must-Know News" and make that your title with an attention-getting word or phrase after the colon. And, again, I do like your writing and have signed up some time ago to receive your column each day. Now motivate the readers to open it. Thanks for your good work.
Dividends: There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch on Wall Street
Last Thursday Was the Bottom - It's Time to Get Back in
On Nov 28 10:54 AM mc2406 wrote:
> Written by "an attorney and investor" under a pseudonym touting his
> best guess as to where the market is going?? Why is this even being
> included on this website?
Hormel Foods Looks Appetizing in this Market
The only question I have is about the the nutritional aspect of the meals, which I have eaten often and find very tasty. If they are not frozen, do they have more preservatives? If so, that's a negative as people get more health conscious in their eating habits, right?
This is not a rhetorical question. I really would like to know, both as a consumer and investor.
Thanks,
Leser
Nearly 20% of the S&P 500 Now Covered by No Short List
Conditions Ripe for a Possible Stock Rally
Percentages of Stocks Above Their 50-Day Moving Averages
The Two-Ton Wall Street Conflict of Interest Few Dare To Talk About
What we can't afford are more of our government's unending and expensive wars abroad--or these two that we currently have. Return the expenditure from foreign fronts to develop the U.S. to set our.people working, to improve our infrastructure and develop the alternative fuel sources, wind turbine fields, and capturing natural gas and drilling for the oil we do have, improving our police forces, etc.
Invest in America, not in unproductive war to solve the problems we're facing. What a waste of our tax money these last eight years have been. Even our grandchildren will rue our waste of their tax money as they pay the interest on the money we threw away.
Invest in our schools, colleges, trade schools, and the American people, not in the military in this way, which is bringing us no productive growth and actually makes us ineffectual in our relationship with other nations.
We need to come back to using diplomacy to solve problems. Shouting matches and beatings don't work in domestic life, nor in international relations. And sure, Theodore Roosevelt said "Speak softly, but carry a big stick." The big stick politics only work when one does speak softly, uses diplomacy first and foremost.
Who would really vote for more of the Bush agenda at this time? How can one even consider voting for McCain? I suppose those who have investments in armaments and those who are not thinking, just voting the knee jerk reaction. Think it through. Our country needs to clean up our messes at home, keep more bridges from collapsing in our cities. We need to invest in our country and not squander more trillions in futile wars. When is the U.S. going to learn that?
Largest Companies in the World
It's not just unions, but also management that can be excessive and seriously hurt the bottom line with tremendously bloated salaries and perks. The Golden Mean of the ancient Greeks, nothing in excess, is what we have to follow even now. Companies need to act ethically, workers too. So do we as consumers need to think of others.
When we're buying our cheaper goods from China, we are all supporting an immoral, criminal regime and acting irresponsibly towards U.S. and Canadian workers. When North American executive is making many millions while his/her workers are getting $8.00 (give or take a buck) an hour, s/he is being immoral--although perhaps not acting illegally. Society (we family members) need to teach our children to think about what's responsible and correct--not how can I take financial advantage of the people whom I work with. We need to stop pointing the finger at the other people, but develop a sense of fair play in ourselves, our colleagues and families. In the long run much more good for the company and the individuals involved is accomplished that way.
A Safety Stock To Consider
-Leser
Dividends Show Differences Between Financials
When purchasing a stock, look for the reasonable payout of -- what 25% or 50%, ballpark figure -- profits to the stockholder in the form of dividends (not so much buybacks, which I suspect may be to makeup for all the stock thrown at the executives of the company to cover their raiding the profit cookie jar.)
It's old fashioned fiscal responsibility at running the business the company says it's in. Buying other companies should be judiciously done, not in a greedy way to spend the shareholders' money, as if the shareholder doesn't know what to do with it. He or she should use the dividends to buy more of the same stock. If the company is that good, the shareholder probably would.
Of course, companies with high dividends and high debt--well the debt washes out the benefit of the current dividend, I would say.
Yes, if we went back to the traditional high dividends--even after a 15 (or 20% taxation in the future?), it would be one way to know the executives of the company are really working for us. What a novel thought.
Dividends, dividends, dividends. The proof is in the pudding.
Top 14 Stocks Going Ex Dividend in Early September
Dynamite Drug Stock - Cramer's Lightning Round (8/21/08)
Offshore Drilling Is Not the Solution