DIVIDEND MACHINE

2010-12-26T09:42:00.002-05:00

REDWOOD TRUST (RWT)
DIVIDEND $1.00
Redwood Trust, Inc. (Redwood) is a financial institution focused on investing in, financing, and managing residential and commercial real estate loans and securities. The Company is structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT).

2010-06-19T12:03:00.002-04:00

KKR Financial Holdings (KFN)A speculation play with a dividend, too? Yup, that’s what KFN offers. This is the debt-management platform for KKR, the giant private-equity firm. After being written off during the credit crisis,KKR is ready for a comeback. Enjoy that near 5% yield in the meantime.

2010-06-04T11:38:00.006-04:00

06/04 2010
Dow Jones Industrial Average 10045.79-323.31

Market is down again to day.What do you do when the market is down...you buy

20 shares of for $26.46(AGNC) American Capital Agency DIV($5.60)
20 shares of for $76.28(MMM)3M COMPANY DIV($2.10)

2010-05-23T20:11:00.011-04:00

2010 TOTAL DIVIDENDS ARE

$2,665

2009 to 2010
BUYING LIST
(JNK)-$34.84-DIV $4.55

(HYG)$78.36-DIV $8.12

(IYJ)$43.54-DIV $2.73

(PPF)$31.91-DIV $2.83

(PGF)$14.40-DIV $1.46

(MUB)$99.69-DIV $3.66

(ED) $36.37-DIV $2.38

BIGGEST BUY FOR 2010

(BEO)$8.00-DIV $2.20

2009-09-11T10:54:00.000-04:00

NEVER FORGET

2009-08-12T16:49:00.008-04:00

John Paulson buys 168 million shares of Bank of America
It's not known why Paulson was making the move, or any other details of the purchase. The stake makes him BofA's fourth-largest shareholder. The New York fund manager did not report any BofA stake at the end of March.Paulson also reported new holdings in other national and regional banks, including 35 million shares of Regions Financial RF 4.82

THANK YOU JOHN....I LOVE YOU.

2009-07-11T11:19:00.004-04:00

How is your summer going?What I am picking up for the summer
(JNK)-$34.84-DIV $4.55
(HYG)$78.36-DIV $8.12
(IYJ)$43.54-DIV $2.73
(PPF)$31.91-DIV $2.83
(PGF)$14.40-DIV $1.46
(MUB)$99.69-DIV $3.66

2009-05-04T13:43:00.006-04:00

How do I know we have hit the bottom in the stock market?I was scanning the magazine rack yesterday when I spotted the ultimate contrarian indicator on a Time magazine cover.

2009-03-02T12:03:00.009-05:00

My new list of Dividend yielders is out.
I will be acquiring these stocks below for 2009-2010

iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund --LQD$5.15

Enhanced S&P 500 Covered Call Fund--BEO$2.20

iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index--DVY$2.42

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund--WEA$1.13

BlackRock Preferred Income Strategies Fund--PSY$1.38

Claymore Zacks Yield Hog--CVY$1.41

Vanguard REIT--VNQ $3.00

As I find more ideas I will post them to this list.

2009-02-25T20:15:00.004-05:00

Im happy to announce The Dividend Machine has made money again.
$1.722.77

2009-01-05T20:07:00.004-05:00

CEMEX
CX:NYSE
Dividend/Yield .83

The Group's principal activities are producing, distributing and selling cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates and clinker and providing services to the construction industry.Bought 50 shares at $10.00 today.

2008-12-30T11:08:00.004-05:00

Empire District Electric Company
EDE:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $1.28

Empire District Electric Company. The Group's principal activities are carried out through three business segments: Electric, Gas and Other. The Electric segment generates, purchases, transmits, distributes and sells electricity in parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. It also provides water service to three towns in Missouri. It provides electric service at retail to 121 incorporated communities and to various unincorporated areas and at wholesale to four municipally-owned distribution systems. The Gas segment provides natural gas distribution to communities in northwest, north central and west central Missouri..I own shares of EDE

2008-11-27T08:43:00.002-05:00

Im enjoying the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.Happy thanksgiving from Manhattan.

2008-11-17T10:17:00.002-05:00

I bought 13 shares of general electric today at $15.57Am I the only one buying out hear?

2008-11-03T19:00:00.004-05:00

Obama details capital gains, dividend tax plans
8:41 PM, August 14, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign on Thursday spelled out the details of the Democratic presidential candidate’s tax plan on his website and in an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal.

I just wanted to note the basic proposals for capital gains and dividend tax rates here:

Families with incomes below $250,000 would pay current capital gains rates (a maximum tax of 15% on gains on assets held more than one year). Those earning more than $250,000 would face an increase -- a top rate of 20%.

The top dividend tax rate would remain the current 15% for those earning less than $250,000, but would rise to 20% for those earning above that threshold.

For single people, the tax increases above would apply to those earning more than $200,000

Obama Capital Gains Tax Hike Would Hit N.Y. Hard (The New York Sun news artical)
Specifically, Obama wants to raise taxes on income, capital gains, and dividends for families earning more than $250,000 annually.(NRO Financial web page)

2008-11-03T18:49:00.003-05:00

Foreign Reaction to Obama’s presidential win
Frances Nicolas Sarkozy’s said in a telephone interview that Mr. Obama “embodies the America of today and tomorrow.
Gerard Baker, the U.S. editor of The Times of London, wrote: "In 220 years a country that has steadily multiplied in diversity, where ethnic minorities and women have risen to the very highest positions in so many fields of human life, has chosen a succession of 42 white men as its leader. For good measure, the vice presidency, the only other nationally directly elected position in the US government, has been held by a succession of 46 white males."

2008-10-23T21:04:00.004-04:00

I bought 12 shares of Bank of America today at $21.56

2008-10-13T10:44:00.004-04:00

The recovery rally after climax selling is temporary.It is part of a longer-term consolidation pattern that may last months, or even a year, and make more new lows before a new sustainable uptrend can develop.The bull market rebound rally follows a temporary selloff. A bear market rebound rally follows climax selling. It is a relief really, but it is not part of a sustainable trend change.

2008-10-10T13:25:00.001-04:00

I bought 15 shares of Bank of America today at $19.27

2008-10-03T09:05:00.005-04:00

I predicted this in July.I reprint my prediction below.The post was from 7-9-08

2008 STOCK MARKET CRASH

I believe the stock market is due for a correction. I will jump back in when the Dow hits 10,500 or less.

A technical indicator named after the famous crash of the German airship of the late 1930s. The Hindenburg omen was developed to predict the potential for a financial market crash. It is created by monitoring the number of securities that form new 52-week highs relative to the number of securities that form new 52-week lows - the number of securities must be abnormally large. This criteria is deemed to be met when both numbers are greater than 2.2% of the total number of issues that trade on the NYSE (for that specific day)Traders use an abnormally high number of 52-week highs/lows because it suggests that market participants are starting to become unsure of the market's future direction and therefore could be due for a major correction. Proponents of this indicator argue that it has been very accurate in predicting sharp sell-offs in the past and that there are few indicators that can predict a market crash as accurately.

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Ben Lichtenstein on Jul.11th said 'If the Dow trips through 11,000 or lower, then 9,500 is possibility too'(LINK)

2008-10-01T10:33:00.001-04:00

I bought 18 shares of GE at $23.31 Dividend $1.24

2008-09-24T12:21:00.005-04:00

MARTIN MARIETTA MATL INC
MLM:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $1.60

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to produce aggregates for the construction industry including highways, infrastructure, commercial and residential. It operates in two segments: Construction aggregates: Processes and sells granite, limestone, sand, gravel and other related products.I do not own shares of MLMThis is a stock to own if Barack Obama and the democrats win.

2008-09-22T12:31:00.003-04:00

I made $284 with 5 minute of work
I Sold my 100 AIG share at $5.00 I bought them at $2.16

2008-09-19T13:39:00.008-04:00

FORD BANKRUPT

Ford Motor Co.has about a 46 percent chance of a default within five years, according to the Z-score a mathematical formula that measures bankruptcy risk

The Z-score gives Ford a bond rating equivalent to a CCC ranking.

Don't be worried the new "U.S. corporate welfare department" will take care of that as well.Just remember you heard it her first

The Z-score formula for predicting bankruptcy link

Moody's changed its outlook on Ford and its finance arm to negative from stable, indicating a rating downgrade is more likely over the next 12 to 18 months. Moody's now rates Ford "B3," the sixth-highest junk rating.

2008-09-19T11:10:00.002-04:00

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Friday urged Congress to back a bold plan to attack financial market weakness by buying up risky loans and said this was the best long-run hope to save taxpayer's money. "We must now take further, decisive action to fundamentally and comprehensively address the root cause of our financial system's stresses," Paulson said in a statement.

"The federal government must implement a program to remove these illiquid assets that are weighing down our financial institutions and threatening our economy," he said in prepared remarks.

"This troubled asset relief program must be properly designed and sufficiently large to have maximum impact, while including features that protect the taxpayer to the maximum extent possible," he said.

2008-09-17T09:36:00.003-04:00

I picked up a 100 shares of AIG at 2.19 this morning. I will likely trade it by the end of the week.

2008-09-15T10:11:00.003-04:00

What a beautiful day for a banking collapse.
I want to say thank you Wall street for your lack of oversight and greed.My trade trigger alerted me to a fresh cheap stock kill this morning.I picked up 40 share of Bank of America at $28.26 at 9.30am.

2008-09-07T21:17:00.003-04:00

Effectively...the federal government has now become the nation's mortgage lender today.

2008-08-22T13:10:00.005-04:00

The stocks in the graph below are company's I need to put in my portfolio over the next 2 years .I will update the graphic when I buy these dividend stocks. I chose Bank of America,Illinois Tool Works,3M and General Electric .I have finished buying Citigroup.Wish me luck.The goal should be completed around September 1,2010

2008-08-21T10:34:00.003-04:00

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP
RF:NYSE
Dividend/Yield.40

Regions Financial Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to provide banking, brokerage and investment services, mortgage banking, insurance brokerage and specialty financing services. The other financial services include investment banking, asset management, trust, mutual funds, leasing and other specialty financing. Investment banking...LINKI snaged 20 more shares of this stock($8.49).I now have 20 share

2008-08-04T11:36:00.003-04:00

I.O.U.S.A.

The critically-acclaimed documentary film I.O.U.S.A. was concieved of, co-written and executive produced by Agora Financial's Addison Wiggin. In July 2008, the film was acquired by The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. It will be featured in a Live Premier with Warren Buffet, Pete Peterson and David Walker in 400 theatres around the nation on August 21st, 2008. To find out more visit the film's official site or click here to locate a theater near you.
I.O.U.S.A. Movie Trailer

2008-08-03T21:02:00.002-04:00

The markets can't seem to get that the U.S. is in recession, says Kirby Daley, strategist at the Newedge Group. But a downward movement is inevitable. He tells CNBC's Martin Soong & Amanda Drury to expect a 15% - 20% drop on the Dow in the near future.
Video clip http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=811741359

2008-07-24T10:12:00.003-04:00

Look at what I found.The Social Security department has come out with a Retirement Estimator.Go and try it out....warning depression might settle in after you calculate.
http://www.ssa.gov/estimator/

2008-07-23T21:59:00.006-04:00

When Pessimism Prevails, It's Time to Get Rich
by Robert Kiyosaki
If you're serious about getting rich, now is the time. We've entered a period of mass-produced pessimism, when bad news is everywhere, and the best time to invest is when optimists become pessimists.

Journalist Hunter S. Thompson used to say, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." That's true in investing, too: At the height of every market boom, the weird turn into professional investors. In 2000, millions of people became professional day traders or investors in dotcom companies. Mutual funds had a record net inflow of $309 billion that year, too.

In an earlier column, I stated that it was time to sell all nonperforming real estate. My market indicator? A checkout girl at the local supermarket, who handed me her real estate agent card. She was quitting her job to become a real estate professional.

As a bull market turns into a bear market,the new pros turn into optimists, hoping and praying the bear market will become a bull and save them. But as the market remains bearish, the optimists become pessimists, quit the profession, and return to their day jobs. This is when the real professional investors re-enter the market. That's what's happening now.

Pessimism vs. Realism

In 1987, the United States experienced one of the biggest stock market crashes in history. The savings and loan industry was wiped out. Real estate crashed and a federal bailout entity known as the Resolution Trust Corporation, or the RTC, was formed. The RTC took from the financially foolish and gave to the financially smart.

Right on schedule 20 years later, Dow Industrials and Transports struck their last highs together in July 2007. Since then, nothing but bad news has emerged. In August 2007 a new word surfaced in the world's vocabulary: subprime. That October, I appeared on a number of television shows and was asked when the market would turn and head back up. My reply was, "This is a bad one. The worst is yet to come."

Many of the optimistic TV hosts got angry with me, asking me why I was so pessimistic. I told them, "The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that a pessimist is a realist. I'm just being realistic.As we all know, things only got worse in early 2008, with the demise of Bear Stearns and the Federal Reserve stepping in to save investment bankers. In February, many of those optimistic TV (and print) reporters became pessimists -- and when journalists become pessimists, the public follows. By March, mutual funds had a net outflow of $45 billion as investors fled the market.

Surviving the Bad Times

Back in 1987, as savings and loans closed and investors' stock and real estate portfolios were wiped out, my wife, Kim, and I were living in Portland, Ore. Many people were depressed and hiding from the truth. The following year, I said to Kim, "Now is the time for you to begin investing."

In 1989, she purchased a two-bedroom, one-bathroom house for $45,000, putting $5,000 down and earning $25 a month in positive cash flow. Today, she owns over 1,400 units and -- because more people are renting than buying -- she earns hundreds of thousands a year in positive cash flow.

The period from 1987 to 1995 was a rough one, even for the rich. In his book "The Art of the Comeback," my friend Donald Trump writes about being a billion dollars down at the time. Rather than give up, he kept on fighting to survive. He and I often talk about how that period was great for character development.

Two-Year Warning

I believe we're through the worst of the current bust. I know there will be more aftershocks, and the news will continue to be pessimistic for at least two more years, possibly until the summer of 2010.

But the upside to this is that it gives us at least two years to do our market research and find the next big stock or real estate bargain. Before buying, I strongly suggest you study, read books, and take courses on your asset of choice. If your choice is stocks, take a course on stocks or options. If it's real estate, take a course on real estate. Now is the time to learn; not only will you know more than the average person and be in a good position when the market turns, but you'll also meet people with a similar mindset.

You have about two years to get into position. Opportunities this big don't come along often, so this is your time to get rich.

Climbing Bulls, Flying Bears

Am I optimistic for the long-term? Absolutely not. I still believe we're due for the mother of all market crashes, and that the U.S. economy is running on borrowed time -- and I do mean borrowed. I think most baby boomers are in serious financial trouble, and that oil will climb above $200 a barrel. Inflation will also increase, causing more pain for the poor and middle class.

The Fed is flooding the market with nearly a trillion dollars of liquidity, which is why I believe gold under $1,200 an ounce and silver under $30 an ounce are bargains. Gold and silver should peak and decline before 2020, completing two 20-year cycles. My exit is to sell silver around 2015. I plan to hold onto gold, income-producing real estate, oil wells, and stocks.

Most of us know the bull climbs slowly up the stairs, but the bear jumps out the window. I believe the bull is still climbing the stairs, and the bear hasn't jumped yet. But rest assured that it will.

2008-07-09T13:23:00.010-04:00

2008 STOCK MARKET CRASH

I believe the stock market is due for a correction. I will jump back in when the Dow hits 10,500 or less.

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Ben Lichtenstein on Jul.11th said 'If the Dow trips through 11,000 or lower, then 9,500 is possibility too'(LINK)

2008-06-27T21:03:00.003-04:00

CONAGRA FOODS
CAG:NYSE
Dividend/Yield.76

Conagra Foods, Inc.. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture and market processed and packaged foods. It operates in four segments. The Consumer Foods segment includes branded, private label and customized food products which are sold in various retail and foodservice channels. The products include a variety of categories across frozen, refrigerated and shelf-stable temperature classes. The Food and Ingredients segment includes commercially branded foods and ingredients, which are sold principally to foodservice, food manufacturing and industrial customers. The Trading and Merchandising segment includes the sourcing, merchandising, trading, marketing and distribution of agricultural and energy commodities. The International Foods segment includes branded food products which are sold principally in retail channels in North America, Europe and Asia. The primary products include specialty potato products, milled grain ingredients, dehydrated vegetables and seasoning.I OWN 20 SHARES OF THIS STOCK

2008-06-12T09:57:00.002-04:00

Hawaiian Electric Industries

HE:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $1.24

Hawaiian Electric Industries. The Group's principal activities are to provide electric utility and banking services through its subsidiaries. The Group operates as a holding company operating through its subsidiaries Hawaiian Electric Company and American Savings Bank providing Electric Utility and Banking services. The Electric utility segment generates, purchases, transmits, distributes and sells electric energy. The Bank segment provides a full range of banking services to individual and business customers through its branch system in Hawaii.
I do not own shares in HE

2008-04-21T18:36:00.003-04:00

8-10% Dividends For Oil Shippers
If a slumping stock market and disappointing money market yields have you scrambling to find a half decent return, an 8-10% dividend yield sounds pretty good right now.

That's basically the range that is reasonably expected to be paid out this year by global oil tanker stocks such as Frontline (NYSE:FRO), Ship Finance International (NYSE:SFL), Double Hull Tankers (NYSE:DHT) and Knightsbridge (Nasdaq:VLCCF). But before you get too excited about these above-average yields, there are a couple of things to take onboard.

Rocky Shipping Rates Hurt Payouts
For starters, it's not exactly smooth sailing for the oil shippers. They have to contend with one of the most volatile markets in the world. And that's prevented most of them from committing to a fixed quarterly dividend. Payments vary depending on the income and cash flow in each quarter, which in turn is driven by charter rates.

These charter rates have fluctuated wildly over the last few years, ranging between $20,000 to $250,000 per-ship per-day. The top end of this range was hit last December when a late scramble by charterers sent rates into an unsustainable parabolic spike. A lot of this volatility is because about half of the global demand for tankers is connected with the Middle East-to-Asia shipping route, another consequence of the China growth story.

Rates have now settled back to a level of $60,000 per-ship per-day, but there's no assurance that they won't fall further should a global economic setback hurt oil demand and, in turn, tanker demand. Prior to the year-end spike, rates had been trending lower during most of 2007.

New Boats and Lower Demand a Bad Combo
Another factor that is expected to have a depressing effect on charter rates is a huge increase in the global fleet over the next couple of years. New tankers on order currently represent about 40% of the existing fleet. According to statistics compiled by analysts at Deutsche Bank, the fleet should grow by 10% this year, 15% in 2009 and by nearly 17% in 2010. That will significantly outpace the projected rate of tanker demand, which is likely to be only 4-5% in each of those years. Crude oil demand, which the International Energy Agency is now projecting will increase by only 1.9% in 2008 and 2% in 2009, is the key factor limiting the growth in tanker demand for the next few years.

The Bottom Line
With oil prices now above $100 a barrel, I'd be very surprised if we didn't get some sort of global consumption slowdown over the next year. Combined with the impact of the pending tanker glut, the net result should be much lower charter rates. All this suggests that near-term dividend expectations for this group are vulnerable to some serious downside revisions.

2008-04-14T18:16:00.001-04:00

Male sex hormone may affect stock trades

WASHINGTON - The hormone that drives male aggression and sexual interest also seems able to boost short term success at finance. But what seems to start out well can turn bad, with elevated testosterone levels over several days possibly leading to irrational risk-taking, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge in England.

"If people want to get practical, it would be good for both banks and the financial system as a whole if we had more women and older men in the markets," said John M. Coates, lead author of a study appearing in this week's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Link to the rest of this story

2008-04-10T13:06:00.002-04:00

Senate Passes Housing Bill and smokes some fucking CRACK!
You have got to be joking.Read the rest of
this shit here

The Senate is smoking crack

2008-03-24T17:19:00.005-04:00

Suburban Propane Partners
SPH:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $3.05
7.8% Hank Hill would aprove of this fat dividend
Suburban Propane Partners LP. The Group's principal activity is to sell propane and related appliances and services in the retail and wholesale markets. Its operations are managed and evaluated through five business segments: Propane is a by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining. Fuel Oil and Other Refined Fuels: are marketed to ... More
Suburban Propane Partners LP. The Group's principal activity is to sell propane and related appliances and services in the retail and wholesale markets. Its operations are managed and evaluated through five business segments: Propane is a by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining. Fuel Oil and Other Refined Fuels: are marketed to 136,000 residential and commercial customers in the northeast region. Natural Gas & Electricity: Is operated through subsidiary Agway Energy Services LLC in the deregulated markets of New York and Pennsylvania. HVAC: sells, install and service all types of whole-house heating and cooling products. All Other: Comprises the activities franchising subsidiaries. The Group operates in the east and west coast regions of the United States.

2008-03-18T19:02:00.003-04:00

If a slumping stock market and disappointing money market yields have you scrambling to find a half decent return, an 8-10% dividend yield sounds pretty good right now.That's basically the range that is reasonably expected to be paid out this year by global oil tanker stocks such as Frontline (NYSE:FRO), Ship Finance International (NYSE:SFL), Double Hull Tankers (NYSE:DHT) and Knightsbridge (Nasdaq:VLCCF). But before you get too excited about these above-average yields, there are a couple of things to take onboard. (For more reading on making dividend stocks work in your portfolio, see The Power Of Dividend Growth.

Rocky Shipping Rates Hurt Payouts
For starters, it's not exactly smooth sailing for the oil shippers. They have to contend with one of the most volatile markets in the world. And that's prevented most of them from committing to a fixed quarterly dividend. Payments vary depending on the income and cash flow in each quarter, which in turn is driven by charter rates.

These charter rates have fluctuated wildly over the last few years, ranging between $20,000 to $250,000 per-ship per-day. The top end of this range was hit last December when a late scramble by charterers sent rates into an unsustainable parabolic spike. A lot of this volatility is because about half of the global demand for tankers is connected with the Middle East-to-Asia shipping route, another consequence of the China growth story.

Rates have now settled back to a level of $60,000 per-ship per-day, but there's no assurance that they won't fall further should a global economic setback hurt oil demand and, in turn, tanker demand. Prior to the year-end spike, rates had been trending lower during most of 2007.

New Boats and Lower Demand a Bad Combo
Another factor that is expected to have a depressing effect on charter rates is a huge increase in the global fleet over the next couple of years. New tankers on order currently represent about 40% of the existing fleet. According to statistics compiled by analysts at Deutsche Bank, the fleet should grow by 10% this year, 15% in 2009 and by nearly 17% in 2010. That will significantly outpace the projected rate of tanker demand, which is likely to be only 4-5% in each of those years. Crude oil demand, which the International Energy Agency is now projecting will increase by only 1.9% in 2008 and 2% in 2009, is the key factor limiting the growth in tanker demand for the next few years.

The Bottom Line
With oil prices now above $100 a barrel, I'd be very surprised if we didn't get some sort of global consumption slowdown over the next year. Combined with the impact of the pending tanker glut, the net result should be much lower charter rates. All this suggests that near-term dividend expectations for this group are vulnerable to some serious downside revisions.I own shares in VLCCF

2008-03-17T15:27:00.004-04:00

In a Jittery Market, Can You Be a Vulture Investor?

Every time Wall Street gets bloodied by another market sell off, some investors start circling over the carnage, looking for bargains.

These so-called vulture investors--speculators not averse to a little risk and with cash in their pockets--are viewing the current crisis, spurred by the fire sale of Bear Stearns, as another opportunity to buy up stocks and other assets on the cheap.
(READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE)

2008-02-10T09:06:00.001-05:00

Americans may be drinking less, but they're drinking better
Even though a slowing economy is expected to temper the growth of U.S. spirits sales this year, industry watchers doubt consumers will lose their newfound taste for high-end products.

The Distilled Spirits Council expects spirits sales to rise 4.6 percent this year, that's slower than last year's growth of 5.6 percent and a moderation of the robust growth the industry has seen since 2001.

Look at the rest of this artical

2008-02-03T14:59:00.000-05:00

Integrys Energy
TEG:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $2.64

Integrys Energy Group, Inc. Formerly known as WPS Resources Corporation. The Group's principal activities are to produce, transmit, distribute and market electric power and gas. The Group operates in three segments: Non-regulated utilities, Regulated electric utility and Regulated gas utility. Non-regulated utilities segment develops, owns and operates non-regulated electric generation facilities and provides services to the electric generation industry. Regulated electric utility segment supplies and distributes electric power. Regulated gas utility segment purchases, transports, distributes and markets natural gas. The Group serves electricity and gas customers in northeastern Wisconsin and adjacent parts of Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
I own 0 shares so far

2008-01-09T14:49:00.000-05:00

To cheap to pass up!So I bought 36 shares at $28.26It pays $2.16 in Dividends a year

2007-12-27T09:38:00.001-05:00

The 100 Best Dividend-paying Stocks To Own In America
by Gene Walden LINK

All About Dividend Investing
by Don Schreiber Gary E. Stroik LINK

The Single Best Investment Creating Wealth with Dividend Growth
by Lowell Miller LINK

The Dividend Growth Investment Strategy How to Keep Your Retirement Income Doubling Every Five Years by Klugman Roxann LINK

The Standard & Poor's Guide to Building Wealth with Dividend Stocks
by Joseph Tigue LINK

Beating the S&P with Dividends How to Build a Superior Portfolio of Dividend Yielding Stocks by Peter O'Shea Jonathan Worrall LINK

Relative Dividend Yield Common Stock Investing for Income and Appreciation
by Anthony E. Spare LINK

The Dividend Connection How Dividends Create Value in the Stock Market
by Geraldine Weiss LINK

The Dividend Rich Investor Building Wealth with High-Quality Dividend-Paying Stocks
by Joseph Tigue Joseph Lisanti LINK

The Dividend Investor A Safe and Sure Way to Beat the Market with High-Yield Dividend Stocks by Harvey C III Knowles Damon H. Petty LINK

The Ultimate Dividend Playbook Income Insight and Independence for Today's Investor by Morningstar Inc Josh Peters LINK

The Perfect Investment by Lowell Miller LINK

Income Investing Today Safety & High Income Through Diversification
by Richard Lehmann Steve Forbes LINK

The Dick Davis Dividend Straight Talk on Making Money from 40 Years on Wall Street
by Dick Davis LINK

Mergent's Dividend Achievers
by Mergent LINK

Dividend Capture by Barbara Minton LINK

The 25% Cash Machine Double Digit Income Investing
by Bryan Perry LINK

All About DRIPs and DSPs
by George Fisher LINK

2007-12-24T08:56:00.000-05:00

Fresenius Medical Care
FMS:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $0.54

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA Formerly known as Fresenius Medical Care Aktiengesellschaft. The Group's principal activity is to provide kidney dialysis treatment and manufacturing dialysis products such as hemodialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposable products. The Group provides a complete range of products for treatment of chronic kidney failure through hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. The dialysis treatment has been provided to patients at over 1,610 clinics located in 26 countries. The Group also provides inpatient dialysis services, therapeutic apheresis and other services. The Group has its operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
I own 0 shares so far
I was insipired to post this stock after looking at a post
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I work on an ambulance and I see this first hand.
The grim routine of dialysis care artical

2007-12-19T10:14:00.000-05:00

Bank of Ireland
IRE:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $3.54

Smart value hounds continue to sift through the battered financial sector, looking for stocks that have been unfairly punished for the sins of others. The Bank of Ireland is one such name, suggest fund managers David Herro of Oakmark International and Bernard Horn of Polaris Global Value. The stock has taken a hit as Ireland suffers through its own painful housing slump. But these managers argue that the long-term picture for the Bank of Ireland remains solid, largely because favorable corporate tax rates will result in a continuing flow of businesses and immigrants into the country. The bank also has little exposure to structured investment vehicles or collateralized-debt obligations - those toxic products now wreaking havoc on Wall Street - and its lending operations do not rely heavily on the interbank market, where borrowing costs have increased with the global credit squeeze.

Bank of Ireland expects to post high-single-digit earnings growth for its fiscal year ending March 2008, but the stock - more than 35% off its 52-week high - is trading at less than seven times estimated 2008 earnings. "It's just dirt cheap," says Horn. "The price is now assuming that everything that can go wrong will go wrong." The shares also offer a hefty 7% dividend yield, meaning that you can still get paid handsomely while waiting for the stock to rebound.
This will be my next stock to buy I own 0 shares so far

2007-12-15T09:27:00.000-05:00

Johnson & Johnson
JNJ:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $1.66

Johnson & Johnson. The Group's principal activity is to manufacture and market products in the health care field. The Consumer segment manufactures and markets a broad range of products used in the baby and child care, skin care, oral and wound care and women's health care fields. The Pharmaceutical segment provides franchises in the antifungal, anti-infective, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, psychotropic and urology fields. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment includes products used by or under the direction of physicians, nurses, therapists, hospitals, diagnostic laboratories and clinics. Some of the brand names are AVEENO(R), JOHNSON'S(R), RISPERDAL(R), CONSTA(R) and PROCRIT(R). It operates in the United States of America, Europe, Western Hemisphere, excluding U.S.A., Africa, Asia and Pacific countries.
I bought 10 shares today

2007-12-11T12:06:00.000-05:00

Washington Mutual
WM:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $2.24

The Group's principal activities are to provide financial services consisting of mortgage banking, consumer banking, commercial banking and consumer finance to consumers and small and mid-sized businesses. The Group accepts deposits and makes, buys and sells residential loans, consumer loans and commercial loans. The Company also originates, purchases, sells and services specialty mortgage finance loans through its subsidiaries. The Group operates 2225 retail banking, mortgage lending, commercial banking, and financial services offices throughout the nation.
Unfortunately I dont own share's at this time...but will in the. future

2007-12-09T07:32:00.000-05:00

Kraft Foods
KFT:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $1.08

Kraft Foods Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to manufacture and market packaged retail food products. It operates through its subsidiaries, Kraft Foods North America Inc and Kraft Foods International Inc. The Group's brands span five consumer sectors: Snacks, Beverages, Cheese, Grocery and Convenient Meals. Products include cookies, crackers, confectionery, coffee, aseptic juice drinks, powdered beverages, natural, processed and cream cheese, ready-to-eat cereals, enhancers and desserts and convenient meals such as frozen pizza, packaged dinners, lunch combinations and processed meats. The Group's main brands include Kraft, Jacobs, Philadelphia, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oscar Mayer and Post. The Group has operations in 72 countries with products sold in over 155 countries.
I own 10 shares

2007-12-05T11:12:00.000-05:00

The Federal Reserve could be forced to lower interest rates below 3 percent to avoid a
recession, Bill Gross, the manager of the world's biggest bond fund, said Wednesday.

In his latest investment outlook note to clients, Gross said the federal funds target rate, currently at 4.5 percent, needs to fall to 3 percent or less to restart a "near-recessionary economy.....Read the rest of the article at www.cnbc.com

2007-12-05T09:18:00.000-05:00

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2007-12-03T20:16:00.000-05:00

McCormick
MKC:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $0.80

McCormick & Company, Incorporated. The Group's principal activities are to manufacture, market and distribute spices, herbs, seasonings and other flavors to the entire food industry. The Group operates in two segments: Consumer segment sells spices, herbs extracts, seasoning blends, sauces, marinades and specialty foods to the consumer food market under a variety of brands, including McCormick, Zatarain's in the US, Ducros in continental Europe, Club House in Canada and Schwartz in the UK. The Industrial segment sells spices, blended seasonings, condiments, coatings and compound flavors to food processors, restaurant, distributors, warehouse clubs and institutional operations. The Group operates in the United States, Europe
I own 0 shares

2007-12-01T15:02:00.000-05:00

Citizens Communications
CZN:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $1.00
Citizens Communications Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to provide wireline communications services to rural areas, small and medium-sized towns and cities as an incumbent local exchange carrier. It offers services under the 'Frontier' name. The Group's services include access services, local services, long distance services, data and internet, directory services and television services.
I own 20 shares

2007-11-30T23:00:00.001-05:00

Sovran Self Storage
SSS:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $2.52

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to acquire, own and manage self-storage properties. The Group is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, owns and manages self-storage properties. At 30-Sep-2007, the Group owned and/or operated 354 self-storage facilities in 22 states. The Group's self-storage facilities offer fully enclosed storage space to residential and commercial users. It also offers outside storage for automobiles, recreational vehicles and boats. The Group has been approved as a real estate investment by the internal revenue code of 1986.I own 20 shares

2007-11-27T21:52:00.000-05:00

Consolidated Edison
ED:NYSE
Dividend/Yield $2.32
Consolidated Edison, Inc.. The Group's principal activity is to provide energy related services to its customers through its regulated and unregulated subsidiaries. The Group provides gas and steam services to its customers and operates in the following segments: electric, gas and steam utility. Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc are the subsidiaries of the Group. Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc provides electric service in Westchester County and the entire New York City (except for a part of Queens); gas service in Manhattan, the Bronx and parts of Queens and Westchester; and steam service in parts of Manhattan. Orange and Rockland provides electric services in southeastern New York and in adjacent sections of New Jersey and northeastern Pennsylvania.I have 45 shares.

2007-11-26T22:45:00.000-05:00

NASDAQ:VLCCF
Dividend/Yield $2.50Knightsbridge Tankers. The Group's principal activity is to operate international seaborne transportation of crude oil. It's activities are carried out through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. It's other activities include the ownership of subsidiaries engaged in the acquisition, disposition, ownership, leasing and chartering of the Vessels.I bought 20 shares today

2007-11-25T21:31:00.000-05:00

To chep to pass up!So I bought 25 shares at $31.26-$30.01It pays $2.16 in Dividends a year

2007-11-25T20:52:00.000-05:00

David Driscoll, Portfolio Manager, explains why dividends should not be overlooked when managing your portfolio.