Investing 102

[96z28ss]

I bought some MCD at $98 and I sold some of my NLY and bought some mcd at $88

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

I bought some MCD at $98 and I sold some of my NLY and bought some mcd at $88

[96z28ss]

I sold the rest of my NLY last week and added to my NNN.

[GregWeld]

That's a good solid plan Bob.... NLY is a terrific payer... but IF -- Big IF -- the interest rates start climbing -- the dividend will get eaten alive with a drop in share price. Of course that's hard to predict when and where and how much etc -- but JNK -- NLY -- HYG -- these are very mortgage interest rate sensitive.... and the banks are going to start to jack up the mortgage rates if houses keep selling like they have been. What remains to be seen is if the sales are really localized regionally or are they broad based.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

I sold the rest of my NLY last week and added to my NNN.

What I like about NNN (National Retail Properties) is that they're a big box retail lease outfit. They're not leasing to mom and pop operations.... so the rents come in on time and the leases (the buildings) get taken care of. They have quite a good list of big box stores. In a good economy or bad -- most big box stores don't just fold up the tent. Even if a big box retailer scales back - they might close a store but they're still obligated to pay the lease. This has been a good name for a long time and as a REIT is obligated to pass through the bulk of the profit.

[GregWeld]

What I picked up from this article is that "most" or "many" have their net worth (outside of the primary residence value) INVESTED in the equities (stock) market.




http://www.nbcnews.com/business/risi...ires-1C8865668

[toy71camaro]

Good little read... stay the course people... invest that "extra" money wisely, and dont blow it on stupid crap. lol

[bdahlg68]

Another sneaky one is CVX! Wow! I bought some shares on 1/31/2012 at $103.39 and collected 5 dividends since then! Total return is about 20% in a year!