I Told You So

I am very happy with most of my Stock Picks I have written about on this BLOG. Only one that hasn't panned out is Barnes and Noble (BKS). This one may still pan out over the long haul. If Liberty Media has gone ahead with the purchase we would have a made a great return on our investment short term. McDonalds (MCD) has been my best pick since I bought it five years ago in the $30 a share return range! Plus been collecting their rising dividend ever since. Happy investing. Tony

McDonalds (MCD)

Hate to brag but MCD just hit a new all time high on Friday. Look back at my old posts, have been a super bull for five years on this one. Plus they have raised their dividend every year since 1979! I still love this company with it's forward PE of 14. Great long term investment. Good luck investing. Tony

New Stock Pick

Did you my faithful reader listen to my call on Intel(INTC)? Not to brag but it was right short term and believe will be right long term too. I still love the company and will hold it forever. Today I want to talk about a bank that has been unfairly pulled down with the rest of the financial section. This regional bank is Hudson City Bank (HCBK). A very conservative well-run bank that specializes in the un-sexy business of giving people loans to buy 1-4 family homes. They stay away for speculative investors and they don't sell their loans in the after market. Meaning they keep all the loans they make. Therefore they have an extra incentive to make sure they are loaning money to people who will almost surely pay them back. Great well run company and an almost 6% dividend from this level. What is there not to like about this company? Happy investing. Tony

Wendys (WEN)

I am still looking for Wendys (WEN) to take off. The new burgers are great, Dave's Hot N Juicy. Still waiting to reap the benefits of them selling off the 80% stake in Arbys. Plus the national roll out of breakfast should help the bottom line. This stock is still super cheap short and long term. I look for $7 a share in the next year and the $20 range in the next five years. In the mean time collect the almost 2% dividend and sleep well at night. Good luck investing. Tony

The Case for Intel

Intel's best days are still ahead of them, from an investor's point of view. Sure their growth may be a little slower but now we get to collect the 4% dividend that will surely grow over time. PC sales growth has slowed but do you really think Intel isn't smart enough to get into the Tablet and cell phone chip market? This is one of the most well run companies I have researched in a long time. A forward PE of around 9 and a dividend yield of 4%! How can you not love this company. Short and Long term buy for INTC. Buy now, you won't regret is 2 years or 10 years in the future. Good luck investing. Tony

Monday Morning Moves Update

Looks like my Monday morning short term buy call was the right one. Market has done well all week. Let's see if it can hold onto it's gains on Friday to close out the week on a positive note. Still see many long term bargains out there, hint, hint Intel (INTC). Forward PE of less than 9 and a 4% dividend yield. Looks sweet to me! Good luck investing. Tony

Monday Morning Moves

September was a terrible month for short term Stock market investors. For us long terms ones it presents a huge buying opportunity. Think about it this way would you rather buy you long term dividend paying stocks at their 52 highs? Instead many of them on like 30% or more off their 52 week highs. This is a great time to pick up that one that ran away on you. In fact if corrections didn't take place we would never get the bargains we can right now. General Electric (GE) is so cheap right now. Based on their forward earnings projections their PE is under 10! This from one of the most solid of blue chip companies out there. With a dividend yield of 3.9% which they will surely be raising every year how can you go wrong? They are the number 1 or 2 player in every category they compete in. I love this company for the long haul. Good luck investing. Tony