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- 27 Nov 2007 17:48
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Kaboom! Freddie (Symbol-FRE) cuts dividend
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2866
Freddie and Fannie's Achilles' heel And Freddie and Fannie are going to need some especially creative alternatives. Why? When either Freddie or Fannie attempt to build capital, they are handicapped by a peculiarity that very few investors know about: They cannot sell the most popular kind of preferred stock, the "cumulative" variety, because their regulator will not let these securities count toward capital. What "cumulative" signifies in this context is that if dividends are missed, they pile up to be paid on some brighter day, if that arrives. To the extent that Freddie and Fannie issue preferred shares, therefore, they are forced into selling the "non-cumulative" variety. That means if a dividend is missed,...
- 27 Nov 2007 17:45
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Kaboom! Freddie (Symbol-FRE) cuts dividend
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2866
Kaboom! Freddie (Symbol-FRE) cuts dividend
Freddie cuts dividend, plans to sell $6B in stock
Freddie Mac halved its dividend and unveiled plans to sell $6 billion in preferred stock to bolster the mortgage investor's finances in anticipation of more losses, the company said Tuesday.
- 25 Nov 2007 21:23
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Hey, lower your damn prices.
- Replies: 493
- Views: 12335
- 25 Nov 2007 21:18
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Hey, lower your damn prices.
- Replies: 493
- Views: 12335
The one I was looking for was $299 a few weeks ago at FS/BB, its now down to $199 (on sale). But Dell.ca beat them at $169 (~lowish US price) including a case and a 1 GB SD card.AltaRed wrote:I have seen more markdowns on electronics every week, coming closer to US online prices. Best to shop in places that provide 30 or 60 day price gurantees so one can cash in those. The digital camera I was looking at as a gift was originally $250 at FS and Best Buy a week ago and $219 at Visions. Then this weekend it was in Blacks for $190 and $200 in the FS online sale (and Best Buy flyer).Shakespeare wrote:I see FS has an on-line sale at the moment. The present I just ordered had a price similar to the US list, down 1/3.
- 25 Nov 2007 21:12
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Dogs of the Dow and the Foolish Four
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4644
- 25 Nov 2007 18:30
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Dogs of the Dow and the Foolish Four
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4644
Just to be clear, my comment was directed toward the price rule notion and not the simple strategy of buying the high yield stocks.danwaterloo wrote:I'd say what the dogs of the dow strategy generally has to recommend it is, it is investing in wide moat, quality companies which have become unfavoured by the market. If you consider how it does in a taxable account, especially for a Canadian, it's not going to outperform the S&P 500. But if all the buying and selling and dividends aren't taxed, you can do very well.
- 25 Nov 2007 18:00
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Dogs of the Dow and the Foolish Four
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4644
Shrug, I'm not sure there is much to recommend such a procedure. If you want to avoid 'serious trouble', look to the fundamentals and do a little analysis.So what I do is I only drop the lowest price, highest yielding stock (determined by the ratio procedure) if it's yield is below 5%. My rationale is that if the downtrodden stock can't maintain a big dividend yield even after it's stock price has been beaten down (Eastman Kodak for example), it really is in serious trouble.
- 23 Nov 2007 16:22
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: ZoneAlarm Pro versus Norton
- Replies: 111
- Views: 2296
I've had good luck with the ZA free firewall previously (Vista & XP).
My fully patched Vista Home Premium with ZA Suite 7.1.078 was miserable. The last straw was frequent but random hanging (just the program not the system) when I tried to start thunderbird or firefox. Vista then refused to kill the process via task manager and required a reboot. (Where's the 'kill -9' on vista? When I kill a process I want it to die and stay dead. Damn zombies.)
Anyway, Kaspersky seems to be on special this week. I might go for it. Comments? Other AV/Firewall recommendations for a home office computer apprecitaed (i.e. can't get away with AVG Free).
My fully patched Vista Home Premium with ZA Suite 7.1.078 was miserable. The last straw was frequent but random hanging (just the program not the system) when I tried to start thunderbird or firefox. Vista then refused to kill the process via task manager and required a reboot. (Where's the 'kill -9' on vista? When I kill a process I want it to die and stay dead. Damn zombies.)
Anyway, Kaspersky seems to be on special this week. I might go for it. Comments? Other AV/Firewall recommendations for a home office computer apprecitaed (i.e. can't get away with AVG Free).
- 23 Nov 2007 14:05
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: ZoneAlarm Pro versus Norton
- Replies: 111
- Views: 2296
I had the misfortune of picking up a cheap copy of ZA Internet Suite for a new vista machine. I yanked it out after a week or so. Among other problems, slow start ups and shutdowns. Their update tool would hang and turning off the computer (nicely) would take 30+min.Bylo Selhi wrote:According to this, they still don't have a version of ZA that plays nice with Vista, which may explain why Shakes has run into so many problems with it that he had to yank it out.
- 18 Nov 2007 16:17
- Forum: Property: Owning, Renting, Managing, Investing and Mortgaging
- Topic: SubPrime Meltdown
- Replies: 812
- Views: 104409
Consider Washington Mutual (WM in the U.S.) which hasn't cut its dividend yet and trades at a yield of 11% - up from about 5% earlier this year.rhenderson wrote:I don't recall BMO ever cutting their dividend, so if the stock does hit $ 30 with the present dividend intact, that will translate into a yield of a little over 9 %. !
The downside risk for the banks is high. 50% drops are a real possibility based on historical valuation measures.
However, I'd also expect the survivors to bounce back.
- 17 Nov 2007 21:41
- Forum: Property: Owning, Renting, Managing, Investing and Mortgaging
- Topic: SubPrime Meltdown
- Replies: 812
- Views: 104409
The issue is that people assumed the SIVs were virtually risk-free investments, and are now aware that they are nowhere near risk-free. A Coventree SIV may not be exposed to subprime, but people now realize that it is exposed to SOMETHING--and it's not clear what! At a minimum it's plainly exposed to liquidity risk, and no doubt its assets are exposed to something else too. I agree that people are likely over-reacting, but things will not simply go back to the way they were. SIV's will likely make a comeback at some point, but the market for them will be smaller, because people will realize that the higher returns came with higher risks in tow, and many who bought the SIV's in the past don't have a stomach for risk. So, was the market effi...
- 17 Nov 2007 01:04
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Canadian Small Cap
- Replies: 79
- Views: 21632
But for some managers (not all) it is a sign of good stewardship. You just have to watch out for the promoters who try this trick and then reopen the fund latter for poor/greedy reasons.parvus wrote:Front Street Special Opps closing March 31.
Cundill Recovery closing April 7.
I kinda hate these announcements.
- 17 Nov 2007 01:01
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Canadian Small Cap
- Replies: 79
- Views: 21632
Re: Sprott Canadian Equity
This fund has more than $2 billion under management. (Even more if you count other Sprott funds/portfolios.) That's a crazy amount of money to try to invest in Canadian small caps. It makes it worse that they have a heavy resource tilt. I'd stick to small cap funds with << $1billion under management.kirsten wrote:I vote for the #1 small cap / hedge fund in Canada - Sprott Canadian Equity!
- 17 Nov 2007 00:52
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Canadian Small Cap
- Replies: 79
- Views: 21632
- 15 Nov 2007 23:07
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Beer in Tronna
- Replies: 242
- Views: 7271
- 13 Nov 2007 16:51
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Beer in Tronna
- Replies: 242
- Views: 7271
- 11 Nov 2007 23:10
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Beer in Tronna
- Replies: 242
- Views: 7271
- 11 Nov 2007 11:19
- Forum: Property: Owning, Renting, Managing, Investing and Mortgaging
- Topic: housing BUST
- Replies: 1957
- Views: 241163
Might it not be better to consider a real return graph?dusty2 wrote:The previous graph shows that, although the last rise in housing went up 320%, it ended and there was a 17% drop, when the 'bubble' burst, it then went on to another 230% appreciation. If that's the all-dreaded meltdown that's being warned about here- as Bush says 'bring it on!'. A 550% rise and a 17% drop might scare a few chickens, but not anyone with a backbone.
- 10 Nov 2007 18:39
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Bank of Montreal (Symbol-BMO)
- Replies: 455
- Views: 102155
National's Dividend Historyadrian2 wrote:FWIW, IIRC, the only Canadian bank which cut the dividend in the past half century at least, was National Bank. Even with that event, NA has been a pretty good investment in the long run.investor99 wrote:BMO could really blow up, cut the dividend, and be a terrible investment for 10 years.
Anyone remember the Laurentian bank run
(The Run on the Montreal City and District Savings Bank. The Mayor Addressing the Crowd, 19 October, 1872)
- 10 Nov 2007 18:13
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Beer in Tronna
- Replies: 242
- Views: 7271
- 09 Nov 2007 23:37
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: BNN ( ROBTV ) sucks
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2350
Think about that acronym for a moment. Now, how many jokes can you come up with using "rob".gossg wrote:I haven't been watching TV much this past year. So I was surprised to find a station that looked very much like ROB but had this other name. Why keep shuffling your identity, if brand recognition is about the only thing that matters in the 200 channel universe?
- 09 Nov 2007 19:58
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Bank of Montreal (Symbol-BMO)
- Replies: 455
- Views: 102155
- 09 Nov 2007 19:30
- Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
- Topic: Bank of Montreal (Symbol-BMO)
- Replies: 455
- Views: 102155
- 07 Nov 2007 10:26
- Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
- Topic: US Dollar
- Replies: 90
- Views: 15257
- 06 Nov 2007 23:54
- Forum: Community Centre
- Topic: Beer in Tronna
- Replies: 242
- Views: 7271