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Strategies & Market Trends : Dividend investing for retirement

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To: E_K_S who wrote (7943)2/26/2011 11:32:37 AM
From: E_K_S  Read Replies (2) of 34328
 
Maybe this is the beginning of the recovery. Buffet in his annual letter sees a better business climate in 2011. Many of the Berkshire Hathaway holdings are expected to pay higher dividends this year. Buffet is still sticking with the notion that America’s best days are ahead.

Help Wanted: Fargo Strains to Fill Jobs
FEBRUARY 26, 2011
online.wsj.com

From the article:"...North Dakota boasted a 3.9% average unemployment rate in 2010, the Labor Dept. said Friday, the third consecutive year the state has notched the lowest rate in the nation, or tied for it...."
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"...Most acutely needed: doctors, nurses and other health-care workers, as well as salespeople, from retail clerks to insurance agents. The western part of North Dakota, in the midst of an oil boom, is desperate for welders and engineers. Even truck drivers, who posted nearly 11% unemployment in 2010 nationally, are hard to find...."

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If in deed this is the turn, collecting a basket of the dividend achievers should result in higher dividend returns in the future.

The only thing that could cause a stumble is continued higher Oil prices.

EKS
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