Stocks

Why I Won’t Invest In AIG

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The following post is written by Hank Coleman. The AIG Bailout Earlier last week, American International Group (NYSE Stock Symbol: AIG) announced that they would begin issuing their first dividend since being bailed out by the United States government in 2008. I’m a free market capitalist at heart, and never agreed with the government bailouts during the financial crisis. And, I’m definitely not a fan of sinking my money back into companies that have lost my trust. In September 2008 during the earliest days of the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve provided the troubled insurance giant with an $85 billion …

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Big Blue Chips Down Under

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Australia and Canada have quite a few things in common. Notably both countries originated from British colonies, and share a similar parliamentary and legal system based on British Common Law. Both countries also share a similar GDP (Gross Domestic Product). From an investing point of view, the similarities are even more striking, with both countries being heavily dependent on resource economies. Both countries also share a similar exchange heavily weighted on financials (banks) and materials (mining stocks). Australia has a higher weighting towards mining companies, whereas Canada has an emphasis on oil and gas producers. So why invest in Australian …

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Dividend Investing – Telecom, Real Estate and Energy

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The following is a guest post by Donald Dony, who is the technical analyst and author behind the Technical Speculator. If you’d like to guest post on the Dividend Ninja, be sure to check out our Guest Posting Guidelines. Bell Aliant: 7.11% The telecom giant has gone through a much needed transformation over the last few years.  From multiple mergers to restructuring the company into deferent components, the company has transformed its self into a communication company giant. Based in Atlantic Canada, with over 9,000 employees, this company is still 44% owned by its larger parent company of Bell  Canada. The …

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Opportunity in the Canadian Mining Sector

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The post is titled, Opportunity in the Canadian Mining Sector.  It is a review of three Canadian mining stocks listed on the NYSE and is intended for U.S. investors who may not be familiar with Canadian resource companies. I review the sector in relation to its possible value play and briefly review three company fundamentals. Here is a snippet: “Many investors don’t think of mining stocks as dividend growth companies because of their lower dividend yields. The sector has largely been overlooked by the Canadian dividend investing crowd. Yet, these are dividend growth companies with strong balance sheets. They have …

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