Please bring on the smelling salts....
I just now managed to somewhat revive from a case of the vapors after having checked CD rates for one coming due soon. (Why oh why can't they give all us good little 55 and uppers a decent CD rate and let us go in together and prop up the banks. They could call them Geezer CD's. Oh well.)
Anyway, now I am back on that utility kick again. Already have Duke. Thinking about more Duke. That dividend is approaching 7%. Or it was recently. May be less now. I am not greedy. I can live with 7%. I can't deal with a 1.8% or whatever that obscene number was they just said to me for a CD.
I think Duke is run OK unless somebody decides they are not green enough. Could happen I suppose. (And remember that I am not a financial adviser and have no credentials for anything financial. Just been taking care of things for us. So please do not take any suggestions from me.)
Anyway, I am thinking Duke because it is one that I know. But does anybody out there have another utility stock they like a lot. I promise not to hold you responsible. I am just interested in what others have to say about utility stocks.
Boomer
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