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To: Paul Senior who wrote (50534)	1/7/2013 4:30:52 PM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78609

FCX - possibly good buy. I am reluctant to buy now that market is moving up. Prices are getting less attractive, only few companies are really cheap anymore. With my cash below 20%, I am looking more to hold than to buy right now.

To: Paul Senior who wrote (50534)	1/8/2013 7:22:05 AM
From: Madharry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78609

funny for the first time i bought a little nem yesterday. 2012 had me completely mystified as to why stocks in my portfolio were declining and or moving up. the weakness in gold stocks like nem seems also mystifying to me. A year like 2012 made me realize the importance of owning dividend paying stocks. NEM has a stated policy of paying dividends that will increase as the price of gold increases. I thinks its .40 for each $100 increase in the price of gold. Currently about a 3% yield. my home mortgage is now at 3 3/8%. I continue to hold my shares of MPW and it was nice to get see the dividend flow into the acccount on Monday. My goal is to increase the portfolio and gradually shift to dividend paying stocks so that I can live off dividends + social security + pension in 5 years. BTW I seem to recall you are an auto enthusiast. Did you ever own a corvette? I noticed an old model for sale for about $14,500 with relatively low milage. find it intriguing.

To: Paul Senior who wrote (50534)	1/9/2013 10:20:34 AM
From: E_K_S	1 Recommendation Respond to of 78609

5 Defensive Benjamin Graham-Type Dividend Stocks January 8, 2013 Running a specific value-focused screen on the dividend stocks with market capitalization above $2 billion and dividend yields above 2%, only 5 dividend stocks met the defined value criteria in the current market environment. The applied criteria in selecting the value plays included: price-to-book ratio below 2, trailing and forward price-earnings ratios below 15x, current ratio at or above 1.5, debt-to-equity ratio below 30%, return on equity (ROE) above 15%, historical EPS growth above 5% and positive long-term EPS growth, as well as positive dividend growth. Value investors should evaluate the following five stocks, dominated by resource materials plays. Stocks discussed in the article: goo.gl EKS