Investing 102

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

Just got another raise. Ford (F) just raised dividend 25% to $0.125 per share.
I bought some in May of 2012 and kept adding to it thru July 2012. The dividend was $0.05 when I first got some. You just got to love getting these increases, not to mention the growth on share price.

I own a few shares of Mother Ford (F).... (20,000)... My average cost is $16.12 so I'm not too underwater.... Raising the dividend is the same reason I bought Wells Fargo (WFC) bank (10,000 at an average cost of $39.90)... they just started back with their dividends -- they're profitable -- well run -- and have a history of rewarding the shareholders. I'm hoping over time that WFC doubles and triples the div...

I sold half the WFC I was holding only because I had a very nice gain in the shares - well ahead of what I expected - so took half that gain and held the rest. As it is I have a $62,000 unrealized gain still on the books! That's a keeper.

Ford also has a history of splitting... Not that anyone should buy anything on a lick and a promise. You have to be happy owing it as is -- and anything that comes in the future is just icing.

[redefined]

Any thoughts on Pfizer Inc.(NYSEFE)? They went downhill for a long time in the 2000's.

[toy71camaro]

Originally Posted by redefined

Any thoughts on Pfizer Inc.(NYSEFE)? They went downhill for a long time in the 2000's.

What are your thoughts about them? What do you like about them? What do you dislike? What's their "money makers" and what could kill it?

[redefined]

Originally Posted by toy71camaro

What are your thoughts about them? What do you like about them? What do you dislike? What's their "money makers" and what could kill it?

That was going to be my question for whoever answered. Where did you find the info and why?

I randomly picked them just to get someones take and then ask where they went to do the research. I've been looking them over on yahoo and google finance but can't seem to determine much from there. Assuming I need to do more research to see what their key money makers are, what they have in the works for 2014+ etc. Off to the googles I go.

[redefined]

Altira Group (MO)

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYS...nPUugHx_ixB4N-

Bad because I don't smoke and am not fond at all of cigarets. Also the stock price is towards the top of it's 5yr high. Good or bad? Good because it's growing bad because it could drop anytime? Cigarette sales have steadily declined and not all have picked up on the e-cig market. Lorillard (LO) bought BluEcig which I see all over the place being advertised.

It looks good because from what I know of the tobacco market they seem to own some key players. They have a good % dividend pay.

This stock has been mentioned a lot in this thread. What's to like about it? With cigarette sales continually dropping and the companies offsetting this by an increase in the cost per pack how can they sustain?

[glassman]

its dropping off in our country, not Asia or Europe from what i understand. Plus they hold other companies. I' haven't bought any yet but i'm thinking bout it....

[GregWeld]

Let's please not turn this into "which stock should I own" thread..... the ideas and discussions would run 10's of thousands of pages and prove to do nothing but confuse people.

I'm not the thread owner - nor a moderator - so you guys are free to discuss anything you'd like - but once it goes into a "stock pickers" thread. You won't see me in here.

Asking how to read something you don't understand etc --- that's good learning for many folks... but trying to pick which stock each person want's to own and why.... that just turns the thread into an unmanageable mess.

99% of the time names are used in here is more for learning how to look at something rather than - this is what you should buy and why. So let's say you are looking at tobacco stocks -- then how do you compare a Lorilard to a Altria to a Philip Morris. Compare their total return - their dividend - where does it fit or not in your portfolio. This is considered a "SIN" stock.... so should be compared and thought of against other such sin stocks -- alcohol etc.

Now - just to answer your question -- Altria (MO) is in both tobacco AND booze...

Yahoo and Google Finance websites are really just for very basic information --- you'll have to log into a financial website such as Schwab etc to get far better details and research.

Originally Posted by redefined

Altira Group (MO)

https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYS...nPUugHx_ixB4N-

Bad because I don't smoke and am not fond at all of cigarets. Also the stock price is towards the top of it's 5yr high. Good or bad? Good because it's growing bad because it could drop anytime? Cigarette sales have steadily declined and not all have picked up on the e-cig market. Lorillard (LO) bought BluEcig which I see all over the place being advertised.

It looks good because from what I know of the tobacco market they seem to own some key players. They have a good % dividend pay.

This stock has been mentioned a lot in this thread. What's to like about it? With cigarette sales continually dropping and the companies offsetting this by an increase in the cost per pack how can they sustain?

[glassman]

Yeah, its easy to get got up in "what" should i do....

But this is a "how to buy" thread, not a "what to buy" thread, although at times i wish it was hahahaha.....

[Vortech404]

Redefined,

I usually visit the company websites to look at the company's products.

http://www.pfizer.com/ for example

You heard of Viagra? lol Do you like the company's products?



John