Petr Message Board

first, you can only spend paper money or credit so a company that produces more of it is best. You may like gold but in reality companies are real assets .. unless you think the world is going away.

not to mention their Kirkland brand.. extremely high quality. Sure COST stock trades at a premium but you get what you pay for.

10? Why not just own amlp?

depends .. you gotta look at the yield.. You want a good divvy look at the preferred shares PSA they are.... PSA-R

bought a chunk the other day, was up but now I am down. I bought on S&P recommendation . 60 dollar target. Listed as stock of the week. But I see it as good in my own reasons as well. Aging freight cars, nat gas storage tanks, infrastructure products.

Sentiment: Strong Buy

Even as the stock market soars into record territory, real estate investment trusts (REITs) are shooting past it. U.S. REIT returns were more than three times those of the broader equity market in April, according to a new report from NAREIT, the REIT industry association. REITs have also outperformed the market in the first four months of this year.

"The REITs are direct beneficiaries of Ben Bernanke and his fellow global central bankers who are all following the same QE/currency debasement playbook," said Alexander Goldfarb, of Sandler O'Neill. "Investors continue to scramble for total return, and that pressure is pushing up prices and thus compressing yield. REITs offer earnings and dividend growth as well as inflation protection."

Institutional investors are especially drawn to REITs because they provide not just earnings growth, but strong dividend growth. REITs are required to distribute at least 90 percent of taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. Also, real estate is relatively inexpensive right now

cnbc says gold coin sales are up.. Question is are they referring to bullion coins or old coins (collectibles)

i read a head and shoulders top forming in S&P. Who knows .. All I know is that some caution is warranted but that the bull is intact for now. Then again, it is a double edged sword because even if their is a pullback, it is always met head on with buying. So, if you can trade some of the swings you might have some luck. Two years ago people on this board were afraid to get in the market. I recall Sly Dude as being one. I admire much of his prudence but hope that he made some good selective purchases and didn't sell. This is the best overall market I have seen, ever, even with the mix of some dogs like CAT that I gambled on, which at this point, looks as though this foster child is here to stay.

NO!... he actually said it was going to be a fantastic buy, also said it was low risk as he compared it to the already lofty Conagra. said the buy on CAT was not quite yet but it seems like his bu call is just around the corner!

bought my first position yesterday . I think I got in pretty low

yahoo boards are screwed up .. I added something after paraphrasing what you had said (above) and it was not published in the text .. just forget it .. really doesn't matter.Stay diversified.

sometimes I've been wrong.....not very often....I think i was wrong in 2003 or maybe 04, can't remember which.

looks like a bottoming here.. good entry point off this base bounce.