It is important that companies continue to raise it dividend year after year. In addition, it is also critical to make sure we understand that companies can sustain their dividends. Following are four companies that recently announced their quarterly results. Based on these results, it seems their dividends are covered and can be sustained.
Procter & Gamble Company (PG): The 4Q09 earning per share was $0.80 (vs. $0.84 in 3Q09).
- The key highlight was reduced earnings on q-o-q and y-o-y basis (vs. $0.92 in 4Q08) and reduced revenue.
- For year 2009, EPS increased by 17% to $3.64 (from $4.26). This increase is due to sale of Folger’s business unit.
- Yearly dividend of $1.76/share is well covered with earnings. Payout ratio is at 41%.
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Five Assets for Hedging Against Dollar Inflation or Deflation
Many of the well known economists and investors (including Warren Buffett) have expressed concerns about inflation. Among all the experts and pundits, I believe, David Swensen gave a very pragmatic and down to earth response to this question in an interview on WealthTrack. According to Swensen, he does not know what will happen. He cannot predict it. There will be inflation if the recent pumping of money supports the economy and growth returns to US economy. If there is no growth, then there will be deflation of dollar value. His message was to address these issues with proper diversification and asset allocation. As individual investors what can we do to (or rather how can we) blunt the effect of inflation or deflation. Following are five aspects one can look into to manage their asset diversification.
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