<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371295367923834063.post5539482585586254425..comments</id><updated>2008-03-14T12:12:47.838-05:00</updated><category term='classics'/><category term='VideoLink'/><category term='DIV-Net'/><category term='tools'/><category term='personal'/><category term='admin'/><category term='who is...'/><category term='analysis'/><category term='carnival'/><category term='process'/><category term='guest posts'/><category term='models'/><category term='ArticleLinks'/><category term='quotes'/><category term='tease'/><category term='commentary'/><category term='WML-Net'/><category term='links'/><category term='progress'/><category term='basics'/><category term='pcp'/><title type='text'>Comments on Dividends4Life: State of the Dividend Address</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dividends4life.com/feeds/5539482585586254425/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2371295367923834063/5539482585586254425/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dividends4life.com/2008/03/state-of-dividend-address.html'/><author><name>D4L</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XUD5K9wgUGI/SO43ixq0pAI/AAAAAAAAAkA/X8HNvn0Z20I/S220/!avatar.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371295367923834063.post-4199256977480770377</id><published>2008-03-14T12:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T12:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Investor: An 8% could be good if the companies...</title><summary type='text'>The Investor: An 8% could be good if the companies yield is higher than WalMart's 1.9%.  At that yield and growth rate it would under-perform a MMA by about $2500 per thousand invested (assuming the MMA is earning earning a 20-year average of 4.61%).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For WalMart I see one of two things happening:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. The 8% is a one-year anomaly.  This happened in 2002 when its dividend increased</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2371295367923834063/5539482585586254425/comments/default/4199256977480770377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2371295367923834063/5539482585586254425/comments/default/4199256977480770377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dividends4life.com/2008/03/state-of-dividend-address.html?showComment=1205514720000#c4199256977480770377' title=''/><author><name>Dividends4Life</name><uri>http://dividends4life.blogspot.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.dividends4life.com/2008/03/state-of-dividend-address.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371295367923834063.post-5539482585586254425' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2371295367923834063/posts/default/5539482585586254425' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1167820992'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371295367923834063.post-7037401302630535269</id><published>2008-03-14T06:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T06:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey 4Life,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What's the Yield on Walmart? I h...</title><summary type='text'>Hey 4Life,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What's the Yield on Walmart? I have to say that if I was US investor I'd be tempted to buy into that company. (In fact, perhaps I should buy in now while the $ is low and get more bang for my buck!)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;An 8% rise is huge in my book for a behemoth like Walmart, and I love how the chart has gone nowhere for a few years. In big dividend payers that's a chance to get on the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2371295367923834063/5539482585586254425/comments/default/7037401302630535269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2371295367923834063/5539482585586254425/comments/default/7037401302630535269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dividends4life.com/2008/03/state-of-dividend-address.html?showComment=1205493120000#c7037401302630535269' title=''/><author><name>The Investor</name><uri>monevator.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.dividends4life.com/2008/03/state-of-dividend-address.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2371295367923834063.post-5539482585586254425' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2371295367923834063/posts/default/5539482585586254425' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1195768801'/></entry></feed>
