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...generally call for a 5-10 percent improvement in 2002 as investors and corporate officers alike see business conditions getting better and better as the year goes on, and the next economic expansion starts to take shape. Sure, it'll be an expansion without a peace dividend, weighed down by defense and security spending and a travel industry that may have suffered permanent damage this year, and constantly in danger from economies in Japan, Europe and Argentina that are still getting worse even as the U.S. one starts to look better...
WEITZ: I'll piggyback on the hotel business with Host Marriott. The stock is about $7.50. They own Ritz Carltons and Marriotts and high-end hotels. Going into this year, I expected them to earn about $2 per share, pay out $1.04 as a dividend, spend about 50[cents] on required maintenance and have about 50 cents left to reinvest in new properties. On that basis, the properties could be sold with one phone call for about $15 a share. So if it takes five years to get to $15, you make 15% a year. And I can't imagine...
...week. "We've been in trouble since last year when the Firestone crisis broke." All of which means that although Ford has been exonerated by federal regulators in the death of 271 people in Explorers whose Firestone tires failed, the company is beset by a garageful of problems. Its dividend has been halved. Its vehicles have been dogged by quality issues, such as the cooling-fan glitch that has once again postponed delivery of the long-awaited Thunderbird. The company's relations with its unions, dealers and suppliers turned poisonous during Nasser's tenure. And many white-collar managers were...
...global economic slowdown could be with us for years. That means firms have fewer chances for growth, no matter how much they reinvest. They can still use cash to buy back stock. But in a persistent bear market, a more certain way to reward shareholders is to raise the dividend...
...Remember that extreme dividend yields often signal a company in trouble. Telecommunications giant MCI Group yields an astounding 17.25%, and for good reason: it is a highly over-leveraged company. So don't reach too high. But dividend stocks are a smart place to invest, whether the market keeps stumbling or turns up quickly...