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Post by frankq on Mar 21, 2012 18:43:47 GMT -5
I believe the loss/gain is calculated on a first in - first out basis.
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Post by The Virginian on Mar 22, 2012 9:27:55 GMT -5
My Schwab account automatically computes the cost basis for me.
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Post by Driftr on Apr 2, 2012 12:26:04 GMT -5
Just found out WMT is going to be paying me an additional 8.9% this year. That'll work.
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Post by Driftr on Apr 13, 2012 13:37:11 GMT -5
Driftr, Bet you're glad you bought some EXC today... Hope you were paying more attention to the Constellation fiasco than I was. Just figured out they've dumped the dividend on EXC about 28%. Was wondering why this special dividend seemed to have shown up. Then went out and saw the next quarter will be 28% less than prior. So IMO they're making us whole for this first quarter, but I expect the the .3793 dividend per share paid in September won't have an additional .14575 payment ahead of it. |
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Post by Driftr on Apr 16, 2012 9:51:32 GMT -5
PG dividend up from .525 to .562 = 7%. Every little bit helps...
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Post by frankq on Apr 16, 2012 15:19:24 GMT -5
Driftr, Bet you're glad you bought some EXC today... Hope you were paying more attention to the Constellation fiasco than I was. Just figured out they've dumped the dividend on EXC about 28%. Was wondering why this special dividend seemed to have shown up. Then went out and saw the next quarter will be 28% less than prior. So IMO they're making us whole for this first quarter, but I expect the the .3793 dividend per share paid in September won't have an additional .14575 payment ahead of it. I didn't get that from the literature they sent, but I have to say that the explaination on the dividend was confusing as hell. It seemed that they were paying out the same dividend but dividing it between the two companies on a percentage basis. But then again, it would explain the weakness in the price more so that the low price of nat gas. Oh well.....the UAN I picked up is paying 8.75%...... |
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Post by frankq on Apr 16, 2012 15:27:21 GMT -5
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Post by Driftr on Apr 16, 2012 15:46:50 GMT -5
We'll see. I'm not dumping what I've got, but I'm not expecting what I have will pay that full .525 after this quarter. I hope I end up being wrong.
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Post by frankq on Apr 17, 2012 16:43:30 GMT -5
We'll see. I'm not dumping what I've got, but I'm not expecting what I have will pay that full .525 after this quarter. I hope I end up being wrong. Yeah, that would suck. I'm still trying to make sense out of this encyclopedia they sent me....... |
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Post by Driftr on Apr 18, 2012 10:03:39 GMT -5
Q - Something for you to look at below and think about regarding T. I'm going to hold the VZ I have because it's such a small % of the portfolio and I don't see Denninger hinting at a slashed dividend. He is also, let's just call it 'ahead of his time' on many of his predictions. market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=204883 |
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Post by Driftr on Apr 19, 2012 10:31:05 GMT -5
Frank - I'm sure glad neither one of us was into Sprint the way we like our T & VZ.
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Post by Driftr on Apr 26, 2012 16:11:08 GMT -5
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Post by Driftr on Apr 26, 2012 17:09:40 GMT -5
DD raised theirs too. .41 to .43 = 4.9%. That'll keep us ahead of inflation. :-)
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Post by frankq on Apr 28, 2012 17:43:38 GMT -5
Q - Something for you to look at below and think about regarding T. I'm going to hold the VZ I have because it's such a small % of the portfolio and I don't see Denninger hinting at a slashed dividend. He is also, let's just call it 'ahead of his time' on many of his predictions. market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=204883Thanks Driftr. Definitely something to consider. Keep in mind T generates more than half it's dough from non cellular businesses. At some point though, saturation has to occur in that market. Jeez, people can't have a bowel movement without a cell phone these days..... |
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Post by Driftr on May 1, 2012 10:08:08 GMT -5
COP spin-off of Phillips happened today. I hadn't realized I was going to be getting a half a share of PSX for each share of COP. Saw COP take a header this morning and figured it out. Scared the heck out of me for a minute there though.
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Post by Driftr on May 7, 2012 9:53:28 GMT -5
INTC dividend up to 22.5 cents from 21. That'll keep them ahead of inflation for a while. :-)
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Post by Driftr on May 8, 2012 12:00:48 GMT -5
Just found out the PTY I hold in my IRA raised the dividend from .115 to .13. Nice 13% raise there.
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Post by Driftr on May 10, 2012 12:07:55 GMT -5
Well, the yield on my CSCO is certainly improving today...
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Post by Trongersoll on May 21, 2012 15:13:06 GMT -5
I don't know, i just can't get excited when companies announce dividend raises as a percentage of their current dividend. I mean i really don't care if they raise a $0.01 dividend 100% on a $100 / share stock. (fake example) I mean really, if you want to impress me tell me how much you are raising yield based on your stocks current price. Oh wait, that would most likely impress no one.  |
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Post by Driftr on May 22, 2012 9:51:14 GMT -5
I don't know, i just can't get excited when companies announce dividend raises as a percentage of their current dividend. I mean i really don't care if they raise a $0.01 dividend 100% on a $100 / share stock. (fake example) I mean really, if you want to impress me tell me how much you are raising yield based on your stocks current price. Oh wait, that would most likely impress no one. Agreed it wouldn't help one decide whether or not to purchase a stock. The dividend increase percentage is important for me because I'm planning for our retirement based on a certain amount of income coming in each quarter. If it is given that the income generation across the group of stocks I purchased was going to be adequate once retirement came, then as long as the average dividend payouts rise at least as fast as inflation, we're on track. So for me, that % dividend increase is quite useful. |
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Post by texasredneck on May 29, 2012 10:40:39 GMT -5
What is going on reference EXC?
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Post by Driftr on May 29, 2012 11:04:35 GMT -5
What is going on reference EXC? Look up around post 68. I haven't been following the details, but I bet it has to do with the Constellation deal. |
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Post by Driftr on Jun 18, 2012 16:01:03 GMT -5
Just saw that HNZ gave us a 7.3% raise this year. .48 to .515 per share. Thank you very much.
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Post by Driftr on Jun 26, 2012 8:27:20 GMT -5
Hoping the markets will muddle along the next few days until I complete by Q2 updates Friday after the close. Need to ID where to put all this cash that's accumulated. Starting to feel like we're due for a rally and want to get the last couple quarters worth of dividend cash sitting in our IRAs and brokerage account back to work. Not 100% I'll get it working next Monday, but once I start having these thoughts I usually act pretty quick. No idea which stock the money will go into, but likely one that goes ex div in early-mid July.
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Post by Driftr on Jul 9, 2012 8:57:53 GMT -5
Waiting a bit longer to do my research and buy anything. Too busy this week to do anything other than throw a dart at a board, and I don't want to do that this time.
Spain 10 year back over 7%. Things may get 'interesting' this summer.
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Post by texasredneck on Jul 9, 2012 17:13:35 GMT -5
Added EXC and PPL to my dividend stocks two weeks ago and looking for some more ideas.
Not really comfortable with doing this, but money market rates of .20 leave me little choice.
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Post by Driftr on Jul 13, 2012 14:46:30 GMT -5
Added EXC and PPL to my dividend stocks two weeks ago and looking for some more ideas. Not really comfortable with doing this, but money market rates of .20 leave me little choice. Ben may save the country, but the middle class will soon be history. Post #17 has the list of things my wife and I own in our IRAs and brokerage account. If you're looking for new ideas I like all of the top 22 except you probably wouldn't want PGP or DEX unless you're in the mood for risk. EXC has been performing quite poorly as well. My next round of buying which is long overdue will include increases in: wife's IRA: MON - Just missed Ex Div so really no rush on this one. my IRA: MCD - last ExDiv was 5/31, so I am going to wait a bit, but likely buy before mid-August. our brokerage: INTC - last Ex Div was 5/3 so I'll probably pick this up by end of July. |
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Post by texasredneck on Jul 16, 2012 10:37:04 GMT -5
DRIFTR Lot of confusion about what EXC dividend will be and that is probably hurting price, but it is up $1.84 a share since I bought it.
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Post by texasredneck on Jul 17, 2012 11:09:55 GMT -5
Added CLF to my dividend stocks.
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Post by Driftr on Jul 18, 2012 8:53:52 GMT -5
DRIFTR Lot of confusion about what EXC dividend will be and that is probably hurting price, but it is up $1.84 a share since I bought it. My guess is that the confusion is only with those of us on the retail side and that the institutional folks already understand the impact the Chesapeake merger is going to have and decided to bail out ASAP. Hope I'm proven wrong. |
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