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Would be surprised if oil doesn't give back some of Friday's big gains on Monday.


Ironwood said:
Yes, I put in orders to reacquire a couple of light oil stocks I had shed before Christmas, but didn't get filled. Didn't want to chase them but in hindsight I would have done well had I. If oil opens up on Monday I'll be in there
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lizap said:
Would be surprised if oil doesn't give back some of Friday's big gains on Monday.
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Agree that the price will stay in this range for a while and anywhere between $25-$35 a barrel. I don't think jumping in right now because the price goes up one day will work out well. The smart plan is to buy a good company that pays a good dividend and hold it long term. It should be higher at the end of the year and you get to collect a dividend while waiting. The risk is that some companies are cutting dividends and if that happens, the stock price will crash. Don't buy a lot of any one company because there is risk. Phillips 66 is a refiner and should do well, Chevron and Exron are intragraded and should be fine if they don't cut dividends, avoid drillers or frackers. The commodity is based on futures and should be a short term play when the price of oil starts going up.
 
There are other stocks that pay good dividends like telecoms. Verizon is paying 5% and has increased each year. Frontier Communications is paying about 9%.
 
John Cummings said:
There are other stocks that pay good dividends like telecoms. Verizon is paying 5% and has increased each year. Frontier Communications is paying about 9%.
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Yes, I consider utilities to be pretty durable, and I include telecom in my utility definition. I have ATT vs VZ but also plenty of gas, elec, water utes. These can all be slow growth as far as dividend, and maybe no growth in price, but I consider them to be cash cows. CenturyLink (CTL) slightly more speculative but current high yielder. It cut the dividend a few years back but I kept it and it continues to pay well as I'm almost back to same payment in $ as pre-cut.

I recently switched to DirecTV and it's nice to already own its parent (ATT), while I never wanted to own Comcast....
 
I use a utility ETF.
 
geekette said:
Yes, I consider utilities to be pretty durable, and I include telecom in my utility definition. I have ATT vs VZ but also plenty of gas, elec, water utes. These can all be slow growth as far as dividend, and maybe no growth in price, but I consider them to be cash cows. CenturyLink (CTL) slightly more speculative but current high yielder. It cut the dividend a few years back but I kept it and it continues to pay well as I'm almost back to same payment in $ as pre-cut.

I recently switched to DirecTV and it's nice to already own its parent (ATT), while I never wanted to own Comcast....
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Check out Duke Energy [DUK] for a utility stock. Its been a nice earner for the last 10 years for me. Of course its down now but what isn't.
 
joewillie12 said:
Check out Duke Energy [DUK] for a utility stock. Its been a nice earner for the last 10 years for me. Of course its down now but what isn't.
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Down is good, I like bargains!

I already have Duke (my grandfather worked for them; no legacy shs tho), and have owned PNY longer (they used to give a discount on reinvested shares thru DRIP plan). I need to spend a bit more time with the merger documents. Regardless of details, I don't plan to sell PNY before merger concludes.

It took too long for me to find Southern (SO), a very solid company that I started buying in 2014. I have yet to perform due diligence on Dominion (D) or find a spot in a portfolio for it, but another titan I'd like to have on my team.
 
ace2000 said:
Thought I would share this deal since someone mentioned Kiplingers earlier in this thread. Up to two years of Kiplingers magazine for just $5.99/yr (less than .50c an issue). I signed up for the deal myself so I can vouch that it works.

http://slickdeals.net/f/8462959-kiplinger-s-personal-finance-5-99-per-year
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Nice! I subscribed to Kiplinger for most of the 90s and learned a ton. I would recommend it for anyone wanting more well rounded financial savvy as they cover pretty much Everything. For the mutual fund investors among us, Kiplinger is forever ranking them, you can see how yours stack up. Probably they still do the annual roundup and may have by now included ETFs.

Awesome share, that's a ton of easily-digestible knowledge for a small price.
 
mpumilia said:
Thanks. Mine is coming up for renewal so I won't renew and try this.
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Actually when you go through the sign up process, there is a check box for the renewal option. I would guess it would append to your current subscription, but I've never tried it. If anyone does sign up, make sure you get the promo code, or else you won't get the same deal.
 
geekette said:
Down is good, I like bargains!

I already have Duke (my grandfather worked for them; no legacy shs tho), and have owned PNY longer (they used to give a discount on reinvested shares thru DRIP plan). I need to spend a bit more time with the merger documents. Regardless of details, I don't plan to sell PNY before merger concludes.

It took too long for me to find Southern (SO), a very solid company that I started buying in 2014. I have yet to perform due diligence on Dominion (D) or find a spot in a portfolio for it, but another titan I'd like to have on my team.
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I think that's a smart move since PNY shareholders have approved the sale to Duke for $60 per share. Of course things could still happen with the merger but when the NC Utilities Commission approves the sale its as good as done imo. Southern has been a wonderful stock as well. Those two will be with me until the end.......hopefully. Dominion is a solid stock. I need to look into grabbing some if I can find some more money to invest.
 
IngridN said:
Interesting...they want $12/yr from me and can subscribe for up to 3 years.
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I just tried it again and it still works. Be sure and apply the coupon code during checkout - 15424. I think the discount only applies for a max of two years.
 
ace2000 said:
I just tried it again and it still works. Be sure and apply the coupon code during checkout - 15424. I think the discount only applies for a max of two years.
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Duh......forgot the coupon code! Just ordered it, thanks.

Ingrid
 
I ordered it as a new subscriber because when I checked the renewal box at payment it didn't have a box for the coupon code.

My subscription ends with the April issue, and it usually takes 2 months or so for new subscriptions to begin anyway, so I assume it will work out.
 
joewillie12 said:
I think that's a smart move since PNY shareholders have approved the sale to Duke for $60 per share. Of course things could still happen with the merger but when the NC Utilities Commission approves the sale its as good as done imo. Southern has been a wonderful stock as well. Those two will be with me until the end.......hopefully. Dominion is a solid stock. I need to look into grabbing some if I can find some more money to invest.
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Yes, to the end, and hopefully long after that for my lucky beneficiaries! Utilities can be such cash cows that I expect to simply skim off the dividends and let the rest ride. I will wait on D until I've built up some of the others, and probably buy some water before that. The crisis in Flint drives home the necessity of water but I haven't looked into anything yet.

I also think the merger is a done deal when regs sign off. I can't think of any other hurdles.
 
vacationhopeful said:
American Water Company has spent the last 10-15 years buying up water companies.
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Nice steady rise over the last 6 years also. I remember my dad saying many many years ago and way before the bottling craze that water will be more valuable than oil someday. Thanks for the info.
 
Interesting open to Asia trading.. most indicies are flat to up, so no follow through from the U.S. U.S. futures are up. Also, very interesting reaction to Fed announcement today. With Fed becoming less likely to raise rates more than once more this year, you would have expected a very strong finish today. Oil prices were up today. I suspect we've reached a bottom in stocks for a while, at least..





Ironwood said:
.....and we are giving it all back today and then some! Just can't seem to find any consistent upward traction!
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