Friday, July 27, 2012

This'n'That; July Twenty-Seventh #1; Investing

Some "Possibles" I'm Watching
    While I pride myself in being somewhat of an advisor to the extended family's investors, I have not had a record above .500!  There's certainly been more losers than winners in our stable of stocks and mutual funds.  Normally, this doesn't affect "the extended's" investments; I 'try them on for size' before recommending the successful stocks and funds, thus I 'eat' the vast majority of the 'also-rans.'  While some in the family invest for price appreciation, 'The Young Miss Lovely' and I invest for dividend yields; to that end, I've been watching a couple of issues:
Cellcom Israel Ltd (CEL)  We've owned the company previously for several years.  I don't recall the purchase or sale prices, nor the dividend yield.  I just remember that we "made a ton'a money on it!"  We'd still own the issue were it not for a delinquent child's credit card balance.  At today's (7/26) market close CEL was up 9 cents (1.71%) to $5.35/share, just off it's 52-week low of $4.35/share.  Also in the past 52 weeks CEL has risen to $26.87/share.  The current dividend is .34/quarter (annual: $1.36/share); annual yield of 25.42%.  While the company can reduce the dividend cash amount, or eliminate the dividend altogether, I'm confident that CEL dividend will remain stable so long as the Israeli-Iranian political turmoil doesn't ramp up from it's current levels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellcom_(Israel)
http://investors.ircellcom.co.il/
Alumina, LTD (AWC):  We've not owned this issue previously, we're just watching it.  At today's close AWC was up $0.12 (4.46%) to $2.81/share, just off it's 52-week low of $2.65/share.  AWC's 52-week high is $9.84/share.  The stock has a semi-annual dividend of $0.12 resulting in a annual dividend yield of 8.54%.  As with any issue, AWC could 'fiddle' with it's dividend and thus alter the yield.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumina_Limited
http://www.aluminalimited.com/
    Remember the individual investor is responsible for his or her own due diligence.  There are many sources--online, in print and business tv--for investing and investment information.   Some I use:
www.scottrade.com
www.marketwatch.com
http://seekingalpha.com/dashboard/investing_income
http://www.investorplace.com/
http://www.nasdaq.com/
http://corporate.troweprice.com/ccw/home.do#
https://www.americancentury.com/index.jsp
Til Nex'Time....

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