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Originally posted by Krypton Yes, I'de always be wary of a company which pays a 14% dividend yield, yet has no profit. That itself has shadiness written all over it..

I personally consider any dividend yield over 8% extremely shady and unreliable. As tempting as those 9%+ yields are, they aren't worth the risk in my opinion. Those companies are likely in financial trouble, and could cut the dividend or post a huge loss at any moment.

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Originally posted by atbell You're ignoring political risk. BP just got rammed by Putin and as the price of the black stuff goes up it becomes more and more tempting for countries to nationalize. As the value of oil aproaches the value that people put on thier life things start getting uggly. Of course you have to remember that in the countries that have oil life is cheap. I know someone who's life was traded for a camera. (ie. the camera bought his freedom.)

+1

I realised that after reading your post..

all but the energy sectors got destroyed today

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Originally posted by Capitalizt I personally consider any dividend yield over 8% extremely shady and unreliable. As tempting as those 9%+ yields are, they aren't worth the risk in my opinion. Those companies are likely in financial trouble, and could cut the dividend or post a huge loss at any moment.

or, if you know what you are looking for, the high dividend yield can mean the stock is undervalued.

The hottest CFO on wall street has fallen on the sword. Einhorn called you out and he was right.

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Originally posted by Shakka The hottest CFO on wall street has fallen on the sword. Einhorn called you out and he was right.

how does a lawyer become the chief FINANCIAL officer of a company? there are tons of qualified accountants in the world to do the job.

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 how does a lawyer become the chief FINANCIAL officer of a company? there are tons of qualified accountants in the world to do the job.

A pretty face, a sacrificial lamb.

However, myriad articles have been written asking the same question you just asked. I guess the answer is that most accountants are ugly.

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Originally posted by Shakka The hottest CFO on wall street has fallen on the sword. Einhorn called you out and he was right.

Hedious.

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Originally posted by Shakka A pretty face, a sacrificial lamb. However, myriad articles have been written asking the same question you just asked. I guess the answer is that most accountants are ugly.

you should see some of the young female auditors at the Big4 accounting firms in NYC - Damn!!!

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Originally posted by jerZ07002 you should see some of the young female auditors at the Big4 accounting firms in NYC - Damn!!!

Our auditors hail from Filthydelphia...needless to say, they wouldn't make the Lehman JV squad. NYC demands hotness from most of its women.

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Originally posted by Shakka Our auditors hail from Filthydelphia...needless to say, they wouldn't make the Lehman JV squad. NYC demands hotness from most of its women.

haha....while certainly easy on the eyes, i don't think many of auditors in the Big4 NYC offices would make lehman's pep squad (intellectually )