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To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (53180)	8/10/2011 7:07:00 PM
From: Sam	1 Recommendation Respond to of 95617

ECRI's economic indicators ticked up in late July; will be interested to see what they do on Friday (they only make this public on a week's delay). WLI Ticks Up Reuters August 05, 2011 (Reuters) - A measure of future U.S. economic growth increased in the week ended July 29, a research group said on Friday. The Economic Cycle Research Institute, a New York-based independent forecasting group, said its Weekly Leading Index rose to 128.3 that week from 127.6 the previous week. The index's annualized growth rate edged up to 2.1 percent from 2.0 percent a week earlier.

To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (53180)	8/10/2011 7:33:05 PM
From: Return to Sender	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95617

I would not recommend FTR... period. Most extremely high yield stocks like FTR have an awful lot of risk involved for an investor that might hold very long at all. On the other hand INTC joined the list of > 4% dividend yields again by the close today. 12 years ago I would never have thought semiconductor and semiconductor equipment stocks might actually pay dividends much less ones higher than 4%! I still think its best to buy as cheaply as possible but getting a dividend helps with the pain of holding a losing investment while you wait for it to appreciate. RtS