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KUENSTNER: The market right now is saying, "Let's give a valuation kick to those stocks that already have high yields." But the next step is going to be the market finding those that currently pay modest dividends but have the wherewithal, like Microsoft, to pay more. And there will be pressure on certain nondividend companies, like Federated Department Stores [0%], to initiate one. Anybody who thinks department stores are a growth industry has questionable business acumen. They should pay a dividend...
...market last October. But I am not willing to say that we are back in a bull market. There's another difficult year ahead. We are putting a premium on companies that have good yields currently, that are selling at value prices and where the expectation is for dividend growth. In that category, you have to have General Electric [3.3%]. It's raised its dividend every year. We also like Procter & Gamble [1.9%], McDonald's [1.6%] and Home Depot [1.2%], which is a company we have not owned before in value portfolios. So we have a great focus...
...STEIN: A dividend obviously is more attractive in view of the President's plan. But the tail shouldn't wag the dog. First are the fundamentals of the company. We like energy: Exxon Mobil, Chevron Texaco [4.4%] and ConocoPhillips [3.5%]. They have strong balance sheets and have increased their dividends. We are also looking at health care, including Pfizer [2%]. In the consumer area, companies with reasonable valuations include ConAgra...
LOVELACE: We are not ready to start another 18-year bull market from these levels. If somebody is just getting started in dividend investing, start with banks that have a long history of paying out a substantial amount of their income and are able to grow. My core bank holding is Bank of America. I also own Wachovia [2.9%]. Second would be electric utilities, where my bias is for quality over very high yield. I hold Dominion [4.8%] and Southern Co. [4.8%]. A third core industry would be oil. My preference is Royal Dutch Petroleum [3.5%]. Other core holdings, with...
TIME: Most of these pay no dividend. Is this your way of saying the excitement is already priced into the market...