November 2007 - Posts

• Electric Utility Stocks Pay Steady Dividends

  Friday, November 30, 2007 2:59 PM

  Well-managed electric utilities are excellent candidates for a dividend reinvestment portfolio. Typically, electric utilities generate lots of excess cash and pay it out as dividends to shareholders. Look for a company that has consistent earnings growth, a long history of rising dividends and a reasonable payout ratio, which is the ratio of dividends to earnings Read More Posted by buyupside 1 Comments Go to top

• Five Great Dividend Reinvestment Stocks

  Monday, November 26, 2007 4:17 PM

  Buy-and-hold investors get more bang for their buck when they select growth stocks that pay reliable, increasing dividends and then reinvest them. Small, but consistent, increases in quarterly dividends add up to large dividend yields (buy price remains constant and dividends increase) over time Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Cullen/Frost Bankers Is a Solid Dividend Reinvestment Stock

  Monday, November 26, 2007 12:24 PM

  Cullen/Frost Bankers ( CFR ) operates more than 100 financial centers throughout Texas. Since 1868 the company has been providing Texans with commercial and consumer banking products. CFR has a long record of paying safe, rising dividends, making it an excellent choice for a dividend reinvestment portfolio Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Diana Shipping Heads to the Downside

  Monday, November 26, 2007 12:22 PM

  Diana Shipping ( DSX ), an ocean-going shipper of drybulk commodities, is well off its peak. Despite excellent third-quarter earnings, concerns about shipping rates and a possible economic slowdown have caused DSX to decline almost 36 percent from its all-time high set in October 2007 Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Countrywide Financial Continues Its Slide

  Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:21 PM

  Countrywide Financial ( CFC ), a nationwide mortgage lender, is in very big trouble. Its stock is down 76 percent from its all-time high and its bonds are trading at distressed levels. And CFC is plagued with deteriorating earnings due to the slowdown in new mortgages and refinancing Read More Posted by buyupside 1 Comments Go to top

• Colgate-Palmolive Is One Great Stock

  Friday, November 16, 2007 12:55 PM

  Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ), a large consumer products company, is setting all-time highs as it continues on a multi-year upside. The current upside is very steep and is above the upper boundary of the upside price channel, so CL will probably correct soon Read More Posted by buyupside 1 Comments Go to top

• Allergan Looks Tired

  Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:15 PM

  Allergan ( AGN ), a specialty pharmaceuticals and medical devices company, is trading at all-time highs. But this cyclical stock looks a little tired as its successive highs are not keeping pace with its successive lows - this pattern is called a rising wedge and usually indicates a bearish reversal Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Sino-Forest Is a China Play

  Monday, November 12, 2007 2:04 PM

  Sino-Forest ( SNOFF.PK ), a Canadian and Hong Kong-based company that has forestry operations in China, has rewarded its shareholders. The stock has had three upside phases since 2006 yielding a five-fold increase in its price. The company owns forest plantations from which it cuts tress for China’s pulp and paper, furniture, construction and interior decoration industries Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Regions Financial Is Down But Increased Its Dividend

  Saturday, November 10, 2007 2:15 PM

  Despite being on the price downside regional bank Regions Financial ( RF ) raised its quarterly cash dividend 5.6 percent to 38 cents per share. RF will pay the dividend January 2, 2007 to shareholders of record as of December 19, 2007. The current dividend yield is 6 Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Is Toll Brothers Making a Bottom?

  Friday, November 09, 2007 11:19 AM

  Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers ( TOL ) is in a trading range between $19 and $23 that began in mid September 2007. The stock's 50-day moving average has leveled off indicating a sideways trading pattern. If the housing market does not deteriorate more than expected, TOL may have seen the worst Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

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