Not asking for much in 2012, help wanted

[Phoenix7]

With wild swings! I like that

Phoenix picks TNH and SXL

TNH- Terra Nitrogen L.P. produces nitrogen fertilizer : anhydrous ammonia and urea ammonia in Verdigris Oklahoma

Market cap is 3.57 billion with 2 ETFs holding < $1 million in shares

Dividend currently 3.96 or 8.21% with wild swings from .20 in 10/30/02 to 4.84 in 5/12/11


SXL-- Sunoco Logistics Partnership transports and stores crude oil and refined products in 13 states. Three segments of the business are 1. Refined Products Pipeline 2. Terminal Storage (42) and 3. Crude Oil Pipeline Systems

capitalization 3.8 billion

current dividend .413 or 4.55% low was .087 on 5/1/02

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

Billy "With Wild Swings " ......TRUE TRUE have ya looked at my HIGH RISK STOCK PICKS .......Now that is what U call wild LOL!

[billyjoe]

Top 3 for today 1/10/12

We've got a racehorse in our midst.

HHS--Jiesen +4.67%

TNK-- TraderPlayerPerson +4.35%

SCCO--TraderPlayerPerson +3.73%


----------billy

[billyjoe]

Riverbabe picks FSC and KMP


FSC--Fifth Street Finance lends and invests in small and medium sized companies usually through private equity sponsors. They hold 1st and 2nd mortgages on investments in the 5-75 million dollar range.

Market cap is 747 million with 21 ETFs holding 3.57% of shares

They pay a monthly div. of .107, 12.4% This payment has been steady for 12 months.


KMP--Kinder Morgan Partners owns 28,000 miles of pipelines and 180 storage facility terminals for natural gas, refined petroleum, crude oil, and carbon dioxide. They also store many coal products and various chemicals.

Market cap is 19 billion with only 5.5 million in shares held in 2 ETFs.

dividend is 1.16 share, 5.56% showing a steady increase since .158 share 10/27/95

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

[billyjoe]

Peanuts picks MBT and BWP

MBT- Mobile Telesystems provides cellular communication by voice, voice mail, and messaging to 103 million subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Armenia.

Market cap is 15.1 bill, 1.46% held in 23 ETFs

Dividend has been .231 share since 4/29/05 currently 6.74%
Low was .016 in 1/2/02



BWP is Boardwalk Pipeline Partners. They operate 14,200 miles of natural gas pipelines and hold storage facilities in 12 states.

Market cap is 4.9 billion with only 203K held in 1 ETF

Dividend .5275, 7.62% steadily on the rise from .36 sh 5/10/06
lowest div. was .179 2/14/06

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

[billyjoe]

TraderPlayerPerson picks SCCO and TNK

SCCO- Southern Copper mines, smelts, and refines copper, molybdenum, zinc, silver, lead, and gold in Peru and Mexico. They also are doing extensive exploration in Chile.

Market cap is 26.9 billion with .8% of shares held by 40 ETFs

Dividend is .70 share or 8.76% has been very erratic from low of .022 in 8/13/99 to high of 2.75 on 5/12/06


TNK--Teekay Tankers own oil tankers that they charter at fixed rates and varying rates to take advantage of fluctuations in spot oil price. They also transport natural gas. Currently operating 15 tankers with Marshall Islands registry.

Market cap 253 million with14 ETFs holding 2.91% of shares

Dividend is .15 share 14.71% trending downward from 1.07 share on 12/1/08

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

[billyjoe]

Deaddog picks NLY and AIXG

NLY--Annaly Capital MGT. is a Real Estate Investment Trust (see AGNC)
They invest in Federally backed and guaranteed mortgage securities.

Capitalization is 15.8 billion with 2.12% of shares held in 41 ETFs.

Dividend is .57 Qtr. or 14.01% varying greatly from low of .10 12/28/05 to high of .75 12/24/09


AIXG- Aixtron headquartered in Herzogenrath Germany, provides materials to builders in the semiconductor industry. Compound silicon and organic materials used in displays, lighting, fiber optics, wireless phones, optical equipment etc.

market cap is 1.08 billion with 1.72% shares held in 7 ETFs

Dividend is .838 share 6.11% up from .108 on 5/12/08


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

[billyjoe]

Jiesen picks HHS and AI

HHS--Harte-Hanks is a direct marketer and advertising company. They operate in the U.S. and internationally providing data software, direct mail, e-mail, online advertising publications, and printed advertising flyers. They own PennySaver USA.com and TheFlyer.com in Florida and California. They also publish over 950 shopper ad flyers averaging 12,000 per zone.

Capitalization is 560 million with 3.81% held by 36 ETFs

dividend .08 qtr 3.57% up from .006 in 8/30/95


AI--Arlington Asset Investment acquires mortgage related assets issued by Govt. Agencies or with principal and interest guaranteed by the agencies.

Market cap is 147 million with 3.03% held by 16 ETFs

dividend .875 is 16.95% ranging from high of $9.20 share 6/28/04 to low of .35 share 3/29/10


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

[billyjoe]

mimo picks PM and NCV

PM-- Philip Morris International is a holding company. Through its affiliates it manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products outside the U.S. in 180 countries. Largest markets are in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Latin America , and Canada.

Market cap 134 billion 2.635 of shares are held by 77 ETFs

Dividend is .77qtr. 3.99% steadily rising since .46 on 6/26/08

Disclosure : I own shares in PM


NCV-- Nicholas-Applegate Convertible and Income Fund's goal is to provide total returns through capital appreciation and high current income of covertible securities and non convertible income producing securities.

Market cap is 645 million

Dividend is .095 monthly 11.91% trending down since .125 of 5/21/03 but up since .09 of 11/9/11


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

[billyjoe]

Top 3 for 1/11/12

Deaddog---AIXG-6.92%

TraderPlayer--TNK-4.41%

Peanuts---MBT--3.43%


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

[billyjoe]

Top 3 for 1/12/12:

1. TraderPlayer--SCCO--+3.12%

2. Jiesen---HHS---+2.33%

3. Deaddog--AIXG--+1.98%


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

[billyjoe]

Top 3 for 1/13/12

1. Phoenix--TNH--+2.64%

2. Jiesen---AI----+2.48%

3. Phoenix--SXL--+1.37%


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

[billyjoe]

After just 2 weeks of trading in 2012 one player is making a mockery of this contest. TraderPlayerPersons TNK is already up 12.87% while sporting a div. currently yielding 14.26%. Chill out, dude, there's 50 weeks left in the year. I'd hate to see you peak too early.

Here are the top performers so far with starting price and current price.

1. TraderPlayerPerson TNK--3.73-4.21--+12.87%

2. Phoenix------------TNH- 170.45-184.23+8.08%

3. Mr.Market----------MLU--63.32--68.07-+7.51%

4. Peanuts------------MBT--15.06--16.10-+6.91%

5. Jiesen--------------AI----20.71-21.88--+5.65%

6. TraderPlayerPerson-SCCO-31.57-33.22--+5.23%

7. Riverbabe-----------FSC--9.73-10.13---+4.11%

8. Billyjoe--------------IDE-15.73-16.37----+4.07%

9. Deaddog------------AIXG-13.81-14.27---+3.33%

10. Mimo---------------NLY-16.10-16.40---+1.86%

11. Jiesen--------------HHS--9.11-9.23----+1.32%

12. Skiracer-------------MO--28.65-28.96--+1.08%


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

[billyjoe]

This is a great site. Why did it take me years to find it? Scroll down a little after you enter the stock symbol and check out the div. history.

http://www.dividendchannel.com/

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

[billyjoe]

Here's a beautiful 15 year div. chart for JNJ.

http://www.dividendchannel.com/history/?symbol=jnj

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

[em26jamie]

This is a great site. Why did it take me years to find it? Scroll down a little after you enter the stock symbol and check out the div. history.

http://www.dividendchannel.com/

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

lol I just found that site this weekend too.