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Inergy: A Winning Income Stock

One of the best income stocks I have come across since starting my site is Inergy L.P. (NRGY). This propane retailer and natural gas midstream company has again increased its quarterly payout. This is the 31st consecutive increase in the distribution. ...

From TIM PLAEHN, Seeking Alpha,  30 Jul 2009

Flower Foods' Dividend and Sales Bloom

I developed an interest in Flower Foods (FLO) some time back but did not follow up on further research. It was nice to get the email announcing that the company is increasing the dividend by 17%. This comes on a sales increase of 19% in the most recent ...

From TIM PLAEHN, ETF Investor,  31 May 2009

Low Housing Start Numbers: Good News for Real Estate

I am a fan of continued low housing start numbers until the inventory of bank owned homes is mostly absorbed and job numbers start to improve. A problem is that low housing starts equals low job numbers in the construction sector. I went and found ...

From TIM PLAEHN, ETF Investor,  20 May 2009

Headwaters: I'm Riding Out the Storm

Headwaters has been in a restructuring process of its basic business for about two years now. The previous bread winner ceased to be so when the portion of the tax code that allowed the profits expired. Since then HW has been expanding into related ...

From TIM PLAEHN, Seeking Alpha,  6 May 2009

Inergy: Secure for a Growing Income Stream

Last week Inergy, L.P. (NRGY) declared its 29th consecutive distribution increase and now the company is backing that up with a nice earnings report. NRGY is one energy related company where low energy prices can provide a benefit to the bottom ...

From TIM PLAEHN, ETF Investor,  8 Feb 2009

Atlas Energy: Well Positioned Even at Low Natural Gas Prices

Atlas Energy Resources (ATN) has announced the 4th quarter distribution will be 61¢ for shareholders of record on February 9, 2009. The distribution is the same amount as the previous two quarters. Even after yesterday’s price bump the stock is still ...

From TIM PLAEHN, Seeking Alpha,  29 Jan 2009

Genco Shipping's New Bulk Carrier Leased at a Whopping Rate

Bank trio becomes duo. Wells Fargo (WFC) will become the largest U.S. bank by branches with its bid for Wachovia (WB), after Citigroup (C) withdrew from compromise negotiations late yesterday on concerns about the quality of some of Wachovia's assets. ...

From TIM PLAEHN, ETF Investor,  31 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Wells Fargo,  Citigroup,  Google Inc.,  Lockheed Martin,  eBay Inc.

How Much Value in Terra Industries?

I was scanning through some data on Terra Industries (TRA) and an interesting fact caught my eye. TRA has a current market capitalization of $1.4 billion. TRA is the general partner and holds 75.1% of the common units of Terra Nitrogen Holdings LP (TNH) ...

From TIM PLAEHN, ETF Investor,  9 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Terra Industries Inc.,  Wells Fargo,  Citigroup,  Google Inc.

Aegean Marine on Continued Growth Path

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (ANW) has been a public company for 7 quarters now and its growth track has been steadily progressing. The 3rd quarter results just released were no exception. Aegean Marine is building a worldwide network of ship ...

From TIM PLAEHN, ETF Investor,  16 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Wells Fargo,  Citigroup,  Google Inc.,  Lockheed Martin

Copa Airlines Remains Profitable Despite Fuel Cost Environment

Bank trio becomes duo. Wells Fargo (WFC) will become the largest U.S. bank by branches with its bid for Wachovia (WB), after Citigroup (C) withdrew from compromise negotiations late yesterday on concerns about the quality of some of Wachovia's assets. ...

From TIM PLAEHN, Seeking Alpha,  16 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Wells Fargo,  Citigroup,  Google Inc.,  Lockheed Martin,  eBay Inc.

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