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

To: Triffin who wrote (5899)	9/22/2010 12:07:23 PM
From: chowder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

I don't own any technology stocks unless you want to include ADP and PAYX in the technology sector. A couple of tech companies pay decent dividends, but MSFT and others really don't want to. They do it because they feel pressured to. Check out this headline: Microsoft (MSFT) Caves to 23% Dividend Hike, Authorizes More Debt. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced a much anticipated dividend hike late Tuesday, in a move to return more of its cash hoard to frustrated shareholders. streetinsider.com A huge difference from an O that advertises their dividend paying policy, or PG and KO who proudly announce their dividend increases. I started laughing when I saw the word "Caves." I have a friend who has held MSFT for a number of years and all he talks about is the cash MSFT has on hand. Yeah, their hand, not ours!