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This stock wasn't listed on my "watchlist" at the end of my last post, but it should have been. I recently made an investment in McDonald's (MCD) at $91.25 per share. McDonlad's is an international food service company that is a very dominant force in the industry. There are over 25,000 McDonald's in 39 countries. (source-http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/foo_mcd_res-food-mcdonalds-restaurants)
Although MCD isn't exactly "cheap" at the current price, it does fit my entry criteria, and is as safe of a choice as I can make for a dividend growth stock, with good yield and solid fundamentals. MCD has raised dividends for the past 35 years and currently yields $3.08 per share, giving me a yield on cost of 3.38%. The dividend growth rate for the past 5 years is 34.87% which is faster than the growth in earnings per share. This is due in part because of the high saturation, and thus, limited growth of McDonald's properties over the past 5 years. The company's dividend payout ratio is 53%. A lower payout ratio is always better as it shows that the company can sustain consistent dividend increases in the future. McDonald's is currently valued at 17x earnings which fits my entry criteria of a P/E ratio less than 20.
Disclosure: Long MCD
I am not a professional investment adviser, and my opinions are not recommendations to purchase.
I was invited to an auction where some developed lotes are going to be auction at the highest bidder.
I have some extra cash on the saving account which is not earning anything, and I was waiting for a good opportunity to invest in something, I dont need it to yield returns fast as I act today as if I did not had the cash.
some information on the lot on the property appraisal website is: the price history
HistoryYear History Value By Property Use Land Just Value Land Class Value Misc Value Bldg Value CAMA Value Taxes
2012 C 0000 $7,410 $0 $0 $0 $7,410 $136.63
2011 C 0000 $7,670 $0 $0 $0 $7,670 $140.71
2010 C 0000 $12,780 $0 $0 $0 $12,780 $223.91
2009 C 0000 $19,170 $0 $0 $0 $19,170 $314.21
2008 C 0000 $28,120 $0 $0 $0 $28,120 $431.77
2007 C 0000 $36,260 $0 $0 $0 $36,260 $560.31
2006 C 0000 $30,020 $0 $0 $0 $30,020 $473.19
2005 C 0000 $15,010 $0 $0 $0 $15,010 $265.92
as you can see in 2007 it reached its peak of 36k when the housing boom, today its worth 7.4k.
I was thinking if I could buy it for 5k or less its a good investment? the lot has utilities and sewer and cable. its ready for a house to be built on.
its located in a nice sub division. a house in this subdivision is going for: $79,620.
keep in mind there is HOA fees. $60 a month or $720 a year. taxes 136 a year.
so my raw investment will cost me 5k + $890 a year. so i figure in 5 years i would have spent 9450 and I expect the price of it to be 10k maybe a little more if mitt r wins.
what do you guys think?
I suggest that every person could post only 1 hand per hour or make 5 most discussed hands column and make hands column bigger too or make most discussed yeastersays hands column ... what do you think would it be more comfortable and helpfull for all ? thank you
After really taking all of your comments into consideration and doing more research, I have decided to keep my current car and when it dies purchase another reliable used card. Also with my savings for an auto, I will put it into my future home purchase which is a much better investment.
I really appreciate the input as well as the facts posted on my blog to make a really informed decision.
I'd rather be someone who can retire 10 years earlier than a guy who is working 2 jobs at 70 while hoping he dies soon.
I Send Dota2, You Send Steam Gameby Gadget, October 04
I'm willing to trade a copy of Dota 2 for pretty much any Steam Game. Best offer wins. I'm not totally sure on the value of Dota 2, let the offers begin.
I'm trying to get a hold of some videos by learnedfromtv that are on pokersavvy. Problem is, they seem to have a VIP system which means you have to sign up to poker sites through them and pay rake to pay for the subscription. Not actually paying the subscription directly.
So if somebody has videos from learnedfromtv lying around or a subscription to pokersavvy, please send me a pm and we can work something out. I'm looking for the poker series "PLO fundamentals" in particular.
Tryin to play only small stakes this month as it is a very busy time for my buisness right now. Priority, time, and most of my energy is focused on buisness but still gettin some hands in. Decided to keep it low so I would not stress over the swings or otherwise be distracted from my resposibilities. Just over 1500 hands and boasting an impressive 4.24 bb/100 so far. High above my average (1.08) but I have also been refining a few aspects so we will see if there are any long term improvements. Most notably I have been avoiding trap plays by check calling marginal holdings on the river vs attempting to get value. I find that the equity lost by missing the value bet is comensated by the bluff induction gained, and I avoid getting raised on the river with weak hands that force me to make harder decisions. Idk if this is good or bad, but im giving it a try for at least the next 10k hands and will see what happens.
I want to get a hold of a few videos on pokersavvy, but the only option seems to be to sign up to poker sites through them, and pay the subscription by paying rake. Which is not an option. So if anyone has an account there I'd really appreciate if we could work something out.
option b would be if somebody has an account on bestpokertorrents.com and is willing to help me out. it costs $5 to sign up, but the process is a pain in the ass, so if someone would just borrow me their account I'd send them $10 on stars.
Going to sleep now, drop me a pm if you can help me out. It would be much appreciated.
I've been a starcraft player since beta (sc1 beta!) and have always seen many tired starcraft players go to poker and earn some money on their skills. Why not me?
So first thing I did was to go to pokerstrategy (because they sponsored TSL3 or something) and find a pretty beginner friendly set of strategy articles, and better yet, some free money that I can get on titan poker. I go through the articles, find out that I should play as a TAG and to the 0.01/0.02 tables I go!
I sit and fold my way through preflop (12% VPIP), following the chart from pokerstrategy. This is what gives the slow declining trend in the red curve above. Folding blinds, or occasionally raising/checking only to fold to the reraise.
Once at flop, I generally fold/check if I don't have a good made hand. Occasionally though I do a continuation bet from a weak made hand or just from position + villian check with nothing (or raise because I actually hit). People sometimes react to cont bet with a raise, which makes it easy for me (fold!), or they fold (yay!). These are the jumps in the red curve.
But most often they just call my cont bets, which just makes me confused... Say that I have pocket pair jacks, i raise preflop, someone calls. Flop is (for example) 2, 6, Q rainbow. I bet about 70% of pot OOP (should I?) to try to figure out if villain hit on the queen or not. Villain call. Another harmless turn. What do I do then? A villian with higher pocket pair or hit on the queen would raise me I assume, but anything lower would probably fold. There are very few draws on the table... AK maybe?
Anyway, a handful of times I actually got a strong made hand on the flop, bet, and got someone to reraise or at least check my bets all the way to showdown. This is the blue curve, and is the reason I am going plus.
I guess I should be happy that I am going plus from day 1, but I still feel completely lost after flop, and the only reason I feel comfortable preflop is that I have my chart to follow... My most subtle play is the occasional continuation bet.
Sometimes I see people coming to my table (I tried playing 2 tables at once, and omg did I get confused!) and play really a lot of hands, VPIP of like 60/70%. And they manage to somehow outplay (or something) the others at the flop and will go from 2 dollars up to 6 or 8 in half an hour, while I take two hours to get from 2 to 3 with some luck. They dont seem like the fishes that dont have any clue, at least not to me. Have these guys understood something about the game that I havent, or are they just lucky? I would like to be able to do that as well!
I guess I should read some articles on basic play on flop. Or at least reread the ones at pokerstrategy. Any other suggestions on articles or other material?
Special thanks to Rapoza for first help, and to Fudyann for recommending fpdb!
So i had this idea. you know the show Dexter right. How the guy goes and kills the bad guys. I think they should make a new one but they guy kills all the bad politicians and businessmen.
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