WSB

[jiesen]

hey- good news from WSB

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040825/dcw016_1.html

increasing dividend from 0.06 to 0.07 per quarter!

this stock is awesome! I can accept a 3% return while I wait for my 15%.

[billyjoe]

WSB at 10.88, above Mr. Market's purchase price on extremely low volume
I feel guilty buying this on a dip after Mr. Market's selection, but I'm over 15% and holding on for more. All credit to the huge one. Never would have found this on my own.
billyjoe

[mrmarket]

Don't look now....$11.25. This one's going to pop soon. Not a lot of sellers out there!

[jiesen]

I agree

just another buck to go. Since we've already made the comeback from 9-11 over the past few months, one dollar more should be no problem at this point. I'm just torn as to whether to sell this one at 15% or not! I think I may just keep half for long-term. I am addicted to the dividends on this one- like money in the bank!

[jiesen]

12!

wow, nice close today. just a couple % more and we're there! I can smell the meats and cheeses on this one already.

Excellent pick, $$MM!

[billyjoe]

One sweet little stock. My wife sends hugs and kisses Mr. Market as her IRA is loaded with this baby!
billyjoe

[jiesen]

we're in spitting distance of sale on this one!

[stocks54]

Wsb

Still debating Whether to sell WSB once it get's to 15% or wait...

[jiesen]

I just sold half of mine here for 15%. I'm still thinking about what to do with the rest, as I really like the business, and might want to hang on to it long term... we'll see what happens.

[stocks54]

Wsb

I am thinking the same. I will sell half of my holiding...

[jiesen]

WSB's dividend is back

and it looks like they're getting back on track again! Yes, I still own some of this one:

http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060928:MTFH78635_2006-09-28_17-46-11_BNG40914&type=comktNews&rpc=44

Washington Savings Bank says resumes dividend payments

Sept 28 (Reuters) - The Washington Savings Bank F.S.B. (WSB.A: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it resumed paying quarterly dividends and announced a fiscal 2007 first-quarter cash dividend of 4 cents a share.

The dividend will be paid on Dec. 15 to stockholders of record as of Dec. 1.

The company had stopped paying dividends in February 2005.


In a news statement, the bank said its board decided to resume paying quarterly dividends after reviewing its capital management plan, including its dividend policy. (Reporting by Manish Gupta in Bangalore)

[jiesen]

I'm out

I sold all of my WSB stock today at 6.45. With dividends and all my trades included (including doubling up last year at $4 and change) I got out with a 5% gain... not quite a huge win this time, considering it's been nearly 10 years now in this one, but not a loss either!

With the merger happening this month, holding it until it cashed out at 6.1 or so would have cost me the 5% I was up, so selling it seems to be the logical choice at this point.

[antioch6]

Wow impressive holding time. If I went into every stock trade looking for 15% and gave myself a 10 year time frame, I think I'd have plenty of winners.

[mrmarket]

Wow impressive holding time. If I went into every stock trade looking for 15% and gave myself a 10 year time frame, I think I'd have plenty of winners.

No one ever went broke taking a profit.