Not asking for much in 2012, help wanted

[jiesen]

ok,

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]

so...

... 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!!!

[billyjoe]

Here are the dividend stocks with their official entry price and dividend % adjusted to price.

Wooish: NYB 13.30, 7.52%, VZ 38.54, 5.19%
Hags: APL 38.91, 5.55%, ETR 71.92, 4.62%
Louetta: T 30.46, 5.78%, UVV 46.68, 4.20%
em26jamie: AGNC 28.33, 19.77%, WPZ 62.77, 4.76%

billy: SO 45.87, 4.12%, IDE 15.73, 11.44%
ski : MO 28.65, 5.72%, DUK 22.11, 4.52%
Mr.Market: BPT 115.95, 9.11%, MLU 63.32, 5.92%

IIC: ED 62.10, 3.86%, HE 26.79, 4.63%
Phoenix: TNH 170.45, 9.29%, SXL 38.46, 4.29%
River : FSC 9.73, 13.05%, KMP 84.48, 5.49%

Peanuts: MBT 15.06, 6.79%, BWP 28.77, 7.33%
Trader: SCCO 31.57, 8.87%, TNK 3.73, 16.09%
Deaddog: NLY 16.10, 14.16%, AIXG 13.81, 6.10%
Jiesen: HHS 9.11, 3.51%, AI 20.71, 16.90%

I'm feeling generous today so there will be more than a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. A gold star with an * will be given to the person picking the lowest yielding stock that appreciates the most in price and a gold star with 2 ** will go out to the guru picking the highest div. stock gaining the most in price over the course of the year.

My prediction: The aggregate gains by % of these stocks will be greater than the % gain of the DJIA in 2012.

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

[billyjoe]

Billie why don't you LIST all the Dividend Stocks in pairs , and the person who picked them .....this would be great .......Phoenix7

Phoenix,
I will tomorrow morning when all entries are in. Am still waiting for Jiesen's final pick. What the heck I'll do it in a few minutes.

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

[Phoenix7]

Billie

Billie why don't you LIST all the Dividend Stocks in pairs , and the person who picked them .....this would be great .......Phoenix7

[em26jamie]

My picks are AGNC and WPZ.

[billyjoe]

You suck Phoenix. You took TNH from me. I just got a chance to look at this thread too. Damn. I've had TNH in my wife's Roth IRA since it was $20 back in Sept 2006. It's been pretty damn awesome. Someone also already took KMP too. Oh well. Guess I'll look elsewhere.

em26jamie,
25 great dividend stocks have been picked but I'm sure you could find 2 more, maybe even the possible winners.

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

[billyjoe]

Is it eliminated if the company lowers the dividend only? If the yield goes down below 3.5% due to price increase after the 9th ,it's still good, right?

Correct,
A stock price increase that lowers the yield below 3.5% won't eliminate you. Only a company ordered dividend decrease to <3.5% will.

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

[em26jamie]

Let's run a friendly little contest in 2012 that can also help our slightly shrunken portfolios for the new year.

The simple rules:

Name 2 stocks that pay at least a 3.5% dividend and will appreciate at least 11% from opening price of 2012.*

As an added bonus you can enter anytime before market open Jan 9th.

If dividend is lowered during 2012 the stock is eliminated. (if lowered<3.5)

To help keep the national debt in check, 1st prize will be a gold star (paper), 2nd prize silver star, etc.

No duplicate entries first posted gets the pick.
I'm going to research now. Price for splitters will be adjusted accordingly.

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

* if you are entering a stock between Jan. 3rd and Jan 9th the div. must be at least 3.5% when entered (early year price increases could effect div)
As long as the div. is 3.5% or above when posted you'll be safe all year unless company officially lowers it.

Is it eliminated if the company lowers the dividend only? If the yield goes down below 3.5% due to price increase after the 9th ,it's still good, right?

[em26jamie]

You suck Phoenix. You took TNH from me. I just got a chance to look at this thread too. Damn. I've had TNH in my wife's Roth IRA since it was $20 back in Sept 2006. It's been pretty damn awesome. Someone also already took KMP too. Oh well. Guess I'll look elsewhere.

[Deaddog]

Deaddog we still need your second picks.



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

Here you go. AIXG

[wooish]

I'll take NYB and VZ.

[skiracer]

Some great picks coming in. Jiesen and Deaddog we still need your second picks.

I got a great example today in the mail of what reinvesting dividends can do in the long run. NJR, sent me their annual report. NJR only pays a 3.09% dividend as of today's close, lower than any of our contestants' picks.
Yet, since 1995, $10,000 put into NJR stock with dividends reinvested would give you $81,875 as of Oct. 2011. They regularly increase dividends. Example: 2007-$1.01/sh 2011- $1.44/sh. I'd like to have 8X the cash I had in 1995. And imagine reinvesting with just 3 examples from these submitted picks: Riverbabe's FSC-13.05%, Phoenix's TNH-9.29%, or Mr. Market's BPT-9.11%. Is anybody putting their $$ in bank savings accts. anymore?

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

and I have been investing in it since 1978 and turning the divy's back into stock and never, never took a nickel out of it but just kept plowing those divys back into more stock and buying as much as I could afford on the splits. I am so happy that you bought into it billyjoe.

[billyjoe]

Some great picks coming in. Jiesen and Deaddog we still need your second picks.

I got a great example today in the mail of what reinvesting dividends can do in the long run. NJR, sent me their annual report. NJR only pays a 3.09% dividend as of today's close, lower than any of our contestants' picks.
Yet, since 1995, $10,000 put into NJR stock with dividends reinvested would give you $81,875 as of Oct. 2011. They regularly increase dividends. Example: 2007-$1.01/sh 2011- $1.44/sh. I'd like to have 8X the cash I had in 1995. And imagine reinvesting with just 3 examples from these submitted picks: Riverbabe's FSC-13.05%, Phoenix's TNH-9.29%, or Mr. Market's BPT-9.11%. Is anybody putting their $$ in bank savings accts. anymore?

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

[hags]

Hags,
What have you been up to? Happy New Years. Have you been in contact with Spike or Lyehopper at all.

Hey Ski,

I've been looking over your shoulder and waiting for a trend....much the same as many here.....also diggin' copper and silver with billyjoe and waitin' for a bottom to load up the chest....and readin' the topics and waitin' for Mr. M to pull the pin in 2012....

I haven't heard from spike since last march, Lye stops in at the old chat box now and then...but last I heard his parents weren't doing to well....Thom closed his futures chat box and Drew and him disappeared....

Happy New Years to you and yours.....

hags