Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Dividend investing for retirement -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John F. Poteraske who wrote (612)	9/23/2007 8:23:12 PM
From: Steve Felix	Respond to of 34328

Thanks John. Dividend investing can verge on the edge of boredom, but then that is one thing I look forward to in the future. Selling MFLR got me to looking over other bank holdings that have not been raising dividends. Seems, like MFLR, I've held because of past splits, that in the end don't add up to increasing $$$. At least not at an acceptable rate. Since '03: AANB dividend has gone from .46 a year to .525. That includes a 5% stock dividend in '04. FRME has gone from .88 to 1.008 counting a 5% split in '03. WTBA has gone from .61 to .68 which includes a 5% split in '04. TRST has gone from .60 to .64 since '03, which is why I sold it originally. At 9.44 and a yield of 6.7%, I would do it again, but it is up 17% since then. It appears they are sitting on a pile of cash, but they aren't into sharing it, at least not yet. Insiders have been buying so I may be sorry later, but I feel change in the air. Looking at AIB, IRE, ERIE, ZNT, ATG and PFE.