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My 4 Must Own Dividend Stocks And 3 To Avoid For 2012 Mid Year Review

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  Published Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:25:10 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
  

  
  

  It's time for my mid year review of my December 2011 '4 Must Own Dividend Stocks And 3 To Avoid For 2012' recommendations. I believe in accountability. I do not believe in excuses. We can hedge our investments with numerous methods, so there isn't any reason to suffer significant losses. I presume I did not hedge the 7 below dividend stocks. 3 Dividend Stocks to Avoid 1. Avoid General Electric (GE) I was wrong to recommend avoiding General Electric. The stock is up 9.68% half way through 2012. I do not own any shares. I respect the employees, but I do not believe in the company's business model. The reliance upon the finance unit is excessive in my view. Clearly I was wrong for the first 6 months. (click to enlarge) GE Total Return Price data by YCharts 2. Avoid Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners... Read more
  

  Stock name									ISIN	Last trade		P/E	Earnings/Share	Dividend/Share	Dividend yield
  AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY									US02503X1054	29.65		12.4	2.38	5.00	16.86
  TERRA NITROGEN									US8810052014	218.00		13.0	17.06	18.72	8.59
  KINDER MORGAN ENERGY									US4945501066	88.38		41.1	2.14	5.20	5.88
  AT&T									US00206R1023	37.44		29.2	1.28	1.80	4.81
  ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS									US2937921078	61.57		22.5	2.71	2.68	4.35
  KINDER MORGAN									US49455P1012	40.48		51.4	0.78	1.52	3.75
  GENERAL ELECTRIC									US3696041033	23.46		16.3	1.43	0.76	3.24

  
  

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