Posted by: thapap January 17, 2006
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i consider following:
1. DOGS of DOW (O:
you buy when the market is in reverse sentiment.
@ this moment
T [ AT& T]
VZ [ VERIZON ]
MO [ Philip Morris and Kraft food i believe]
GM [ General Motors]
MRK [ merck]
C [ citi group ]
fall in my investing group.
I put certain amount of money in them and forget about them for a whole year. Next year same time i will come up with another 6. and sell all of these provided they are not in my list again.
How do I choose them?
1. they have to be one of the 30 DOW components.
2. they are the DOGS of DOWS i.e. Dividend yeild is highest among the components.
so far i have had 9% APY return [ ON AVERAGE] just by dividend income apart from CAPITAL APPRECIATION. I have been doing this for last 4 years (O: works for me ....
RISK is like in the case of GM. might go through bankruptcy.. do you have stomach to lose money? if not handsome return (O:.. i lost some money on EK when it was dropped from DOW.. so shit happens but .. thats what stock market is all about hoina ta.....
DISCLAIMER: performance of the past does not gurantee future RETURNS. and this is in no way to be considered as a financial advice. Please, consult your financial advisor.
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as always,
what do i know (O: