Not asking for much in 2012, help wanted

[Phoenix7]

Billie

Billie when all is said and done, and the dust settles.......would it be possible to RUN the Complete list of who picked what? I think this will be a very valuable list of premier dividend stocks......Thanks

Phoenix7

[billyjoe]

skiracer picks MO and DUK

MO, Altria Group, Richmond,Va, was composed of many subsidiaries and spun off Kraft Foods in 2007, Philip Morris Intl in 2008, while retaining Philip Morris US.
4 current businesses are PM USA, producing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products, Philip Morris Capital Corporation, dealing in loans, other financial services and leasing, UST LLC manufacturing and selling smokeless tobacco products, and John Middleton Co, machine made cigars and pipe tobacco.

Market cap 58.4 billion with 2.88% of shares held by 79 ETFs

Current dividend .41 sh 12/22/11 is 5.72% rising from .29 6/11/08


DUK-Duke Energy Headquartered in Charlotte NC is composed of 3 main segments 1. U.S. Franchised Electric & Gas generates and sells in North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. 2. Commercial Power, Nuclear Power Plants, Hydroelectric Plants, Coal Fired Plants producing electric sold to wholesalers in the U.S. 3. International Energy owns power plants in Brazil and Ontario Canada.

Market cap 28.68 billion 4.06% held by 74 ETFs

Dividend as of 11/16/11 .25 share 4.65% from low of .21 2/14/07

---------------billy

[billyjoe]

billy picks SO and IDE

SO, The Southern Company, is a holding company . Its subsidiaries, all public utilities, are Georgia Power, Mississippi Power, Alabama Power, and Gulf Power. They supply electricity in the southeastern U.S. The Southern Company owns all the shares of Southern Power, a public utility generating and selling electricity to wholesale markets.

Market cap is 38.3 billion with 4.13% of shares held by 71 ETF's.
Current dividend paid 11/3/11 is .473 qtr, 4.25% from a low of .305 qtr 8/3/95


IDE disclosure, I own this stock

IDE is ING's Infrastructure Industrial and Material Closed end Fund
They seek maximum return from income, capital appreciation, and capital gains from a portfolio of 60-100 companies in the infrastructure industrial and materials sector. Its portfolio is valued at 449 million.

Dividend has been steady at .45 quarterly 11.22% div. since inception 1/26/10. Current price of 16.05 has varied from a low of 13.78 to a high of 22.54 during the almost 2 year history.

---------------billy

[billyjoe]

em26jamie picks AGNC and WPZ

American Capital Agency is a real estate investment trust. They invest in mortgage securities whose principal and interest is guaranteed by government securities such as Govt. National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and Federal National Mortgage Association.

Market cap is 5.2 billion with 3% of shares held in 34 ETFs

Dividend is 1.40 qtr (19.74%) payments have ranged from low of .31 share 6/30/08 to a high of 1.50 share 6/30/09. Has remained at 1.40 since 6/30/09


WPZ, Williams Partners gathers, transports, treats, processes, and stores natural gas, liquid natural gas, and oil. They own 13,900 miles of gas pipeline with facilities in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and the Gulf of Mexico.

Having a market cap of 18.18 billion WPZ paid a .748 share dividend (4.78%) on 11/2/11 up from a low payout of .148 share on 11/3/05.

----------------billy

[billyjoe]

Hags picks ETR

ETR, Entergy is an energy company producing and distributing electrical power and natural gas in 4 states. They own 6 nuclear power plants selling electrical power to wholesale customers. Headquartered in New Orleans they employ 15,000.

With a market cap of 12.66 billion ETR stock is held in 68 ETFs comprising 6.36% of shares.

As of 11/8/11 ETR paid a .83 sh dividend (4.65%) this compares to .30 share paid 8/10/98

------------billy

[billyjoe]

Hags picks APL

APL, Atlas Pipeline Partners collects and processes natural gas in the Anadarko Basin in the southwestern U.S., the Permian Basin in the middle U.S., and the Appalachian Basin in northeastern U.S.

With a market cap of 2.06 billion APL paid .54 share (5.62%) on 11/3/11 rising from .15 share on 5/7/09. They had paid a high of .96 share on 11/6/08.

------------billy

[billyjoe]

Louetta picks UVV

UVV, Universal Corp. is a holding company that processes and sells leaf tobacco. They were founded in 1918 and are headquartered in Richmond Va. A member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index, they pack and supply burley leaf tobacco to manufacturers of tobacco products. They also make special blends and do chemical testing.

With a market cap of 1.08 billion they operate in more than 30 countries and employ 24,000. 18.6% of the stock is held in 48 ETFs.

Current div. .49 qtr. 4.24% has risen steadily from .25 qtr as of 10/5/95.

-----------billy

[billyjoe]

Louetta picks T

T, AT&T telecommunication has been in it's current form since 2005. It was formed as Southwestern Bell in 1983 after antitrust legislation broke up the former AT&T's 22 Bell Divisions. Since the breakup AT&T has reacquired 10 of the Baby Bells. With headquarters in Dallas Texas, they contain 4 main operations, Wireless, Landline, TV, and Advertising through Yellow and White Pages.

With total assets of 277.7 billion and a market cap of 181.3 billion AT&T employs 300,000. 2.79% of shares are held in ETFs.

Current dividend of .44 qtr (5.93%) has steadily risen from .206 qtr of 10/5/95.

--------------billy

[jiesen]

whoops!

Jiesen, didn't you notice em26jamie's AGNC paying 19.77% ?

--------------billy

ah, no.... apparently I did not see the picks listed on the left, only the right...

guess I'll just have to switch it up to a REIT paying 19.95%!

[billyjoe]

Wooish continued:

VZ, Verizon Communications Inc., a Dow Jones Component stock is a global telecommunications and broadband stock. Started as Bell Atlantic in 1983, it is the product of several acquisitions notably GTE in 2000 and MCI in 2005. Trading as VZ since 7/3/2000 the Verizon name is probably a takeoff of "horizon".

Headquartered in New York City, VZ has a market cap of 111 billion with 2.79% of shares held in ETF's.

The quarterly dividend of .50 (5.22%) has been on a steady upswing since the Bell Atlantic days rising to its current level from .35 qtr of 10/5/95.

-----------------billy

[billyjoe]

I'm going to give a small capsule overview of each stock starting with Wooish's NYB (disclosure, I own stock in NYB)


NYB , New York Community Bank is a holding company comprised of The New York Community Bank and The New York Commercial Bank. Headquartered in New York, acquisitions also give them branches in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, and Florida. They provide family, real estate, commercial, and industrial loans. They offer checking, savings accounts, IRA's, and CD's.

With assets of 42 billion their market cap is 5.6billion.
NYB stock is held by 60 ETFs


Currently paying a .25 quarterly dividend 7.68%. their dividend history has improved from .09 /qtr. in 1/30/02 to .25 /qtr since 8/3/04.

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[billyjoe]

... I gotta find a good stock paying more than 16.09% to ensure I get both stars and all three asterisks! this's gonna be fun!!!

Jiesen, didn't you notice em26jamie's AGNC paying 19.77% ?

--------------billy

[billyjoe]

Jiesen,
The way I figure it, there's 4 possible contestants that could be you. I know all the others. But they're all legit, aren't they? And 3 of them could be me Je Je Je !

-----------billy

[jiesen]

Jiesen,
If you get all the stars and asterisks I think you will take over the world!

--------------billy

Geez, with the 3.51% pick you really could win it all ! But wait, you can't possibly get the gold stars with asterisks, the silver star, and the 3rd place bronze star.

ah, so you don't know who my super secret alias is.... oh wait, nevermind!!!

[billyjoe]

so give me AI (the stock, not artificial intelligence). It was a toss-up between that and CIM, both in the MBS business paying a 16.7% divvy.

Jiesen,
If you get all the stars and asterisks I think you will take over the world!

--------------billy

Geez, with the 3.51% pick you really could win it all ! But wait, you can't possibly get the gold stars with asterisks, the silver star, and the 3rd place bronze star.