Understanding The Stock Market

The Stocks that made Carlos Slim the Richest Man in the World

Allen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:03:01 +0000

Now that Forbes has announced that Carlos Slim Helu has become the richest man in the world, investors are looking at the stocks that he owns and is connected with. Here are the primary companies that Slim is associated with.

Approximately one half of the shares of Teléfonos de Mexico (TMX), which is also known as Telmex, is owned by Slim and his family. This huge Mexico based telecommunications company, at which Slim has served a Chairman, has a forward price to earnings ratio of 10 and pays a yield of 4.4%. Earnings for the latest quarter were up 67.7% year over year.

Slim has also served as Chairman of América Móvil (AMX), which is the fourth largest mobile network operator in the world and the largest corporation in Latin America. It also operates the largest mobile operator in Mexico. The stock has a forward PE of 11 and a yield of 1%.

About 6.4 percent of the shares in The New York Times Company (NYT), the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States, is owned by Slim. The stocks has a PE of 16.

He is also on the Board of Directors for Philip Morris International (PM), which has over 15% of the worldwide non-US market for cigarettes. The company has a forward PE of 12 and a yield of 4.6%.

If you want to see the shareholdings of the third richest man in the world, Warren Buffett, you can get a sortable list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

The Stocks that made Carlos Slim the Richest Man in the World

Allen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:03:01 +0000

About 6.4 percent of the shares in The New York Times Company (NYT), the largest local metropolitan newspaper in the United States, is owned by Slim. The stocks has a PE of 16.

He is also on the Board of Directors for Philip Morris International (PM), which has over 15% of the worldwide non-US market for cigarettes. The company has a forward PE of 12 and a yield of 4.6%.

If you want to see the shareholdings of the third richest man in the world, Warren Buffett, you can get a sortable list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

New World’s Richest Billionaire

Allen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:03:01 +0000

It’s not Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft (MSFT). It’s not Warren Buffett, founder of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B). It is Carlos Slim Helu, with a net worth of $53.5 billion according to Forbes. Slim has major holdings in various telecom companies, including America Movil (AMX), of which he owns a $23 billion interest.

Slim’s net worth spiked by $18.5 billion, putting Gates in second place and Buffett in third place.

New World’s Richest Billionaire

Allen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:03:01 +0000

Slim’s net worth spiked by $18.5 billion, putting Gates in second place and Buffett in third place.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of March 2010

Allen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:03:00 +0000

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends’. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, your have to be extremely careful.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a free downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 3%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Sempra Energy (SRE) ex div date: 3/16/10 market cap: $12.4B yield: 3.21%

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW) ex div date: 3/16/10 market cap: $828.3M yield: 7.63%

DTE Energy Company (DTE) ex div date: 3/18/10 market cap: $7.2B yield: 4.79%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of March 2010

Allen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:03:00 +0000

Sempra Energy (SRE) ex div date: 3/16/10 market cap: $12.4B yield: 3.21%

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW) ex div date: 3/16/10 market cap: $828.3M yield: 7.63%

DTE Energy Company (DTE) ex div date: 3/18/10 market cap: $7.2B yield: 4.79%

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

Pivotfarm Support and Resistance Levels 11th March 2010

Allen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:02:59 +0000

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A possible scenario

Allen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:24:06 +0000

A video about overall market direction which I posted on Members site yesterday…

Lindsay Lohan Suing E*Trade

Allen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:31 +0000

Famous celebrity, Lindsay Lohan, has filed a suit against E*Trade (ETFC) for $100 million because she claims that she has suffered pain and suffering from the portrayal of a baby named Lindsay on one of E*Trade’s ‘babies commercials‘. The ad appeared during the Super Bowl. Lohan wants $50 million in exemplary damages and $50 million in compensatory damages.

Back in 2007, we featured the Lindsay Lohan Stock Index.

Robber Gets $6 from 11 People in California

Allen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:02:30 +0000

We have all heard the news about how the economy in California is real bad. This female robber can prove it to you. She held up eleven people at a grocery store in Riverside County, California with a semi-automatic pistol and got a TOTAL of only $11.