Friday, August 03, 2012

Gut Check

The other day, I spoke about "perhaps" re-starting MFI investing with my universe being stocks with yields over 2.5%, just picking them all, and containing the results within my broader dividend approach.

As a "gut check" (apologies for the picture... that isn't me), I thought I would pull a list of what those stocks would be if I were to start today. There were/are some pretty out-of-favor securities on the list. I have to confess, I would have to hold my nose a bit to buy this group of stocks:




Company Ticker Mcap Dividend Price Yield
Great Northern Iron Ore Properties GNI 105           15.000      68.400 21.9%
PDL BioPharma Inc PDLI 927.48             0.600         6.680 9.0%
PetMed Express Inc PETS 195.22             0.600         9.500 6.3%
Strayer Education Inc STRA 861.81             4.000      69.980 5.7%
Block (H&R) Inc. HRB 4,673.90             0.750      15.600 4.8%
Seagate Technology Plc STX 11,737.10             1.280      29.960 4.3%
SAIC Inc SAI 3,980.88             0.480      11.440 4.2%
ManTech International Corp MANT 773.44             0.840      20.250 4.1%
GameStop Corp. GME 2,121.24             0.600      15.750 3.8%
Raytheon Co. RTN 18,230.12             2.000      54.280 3.7%
Nevsun Resources Ltd NSU 677.59             0.100         3.330 3.0%
j2 Global Inc JCOM 1,356.20             0.860      29.550 2.9%
Microsoft Corp MSFT 246,485.20             0.800      29.190 2.7%

I own MSFT and SAI. I have recently owned NSU, PETS, STRA and RTN. Let me put it this way, I am glad I have not freed up the funds to start this approach today!  But I know, most quarters, the list is kind of going to look like this.

Looks like we will need to get some strong perfume and some lipstick and eyeliner to make it look a bit better.

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