Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that this thread-start is simply to invite general discussion. I have no letters behind my name to announce that I am supposed to know anything at all about anything financial. Just so you know, I am not advising anything. There is risk involved with any stock.
I am somewhat conservative in investment choices and I have been that way for quite a while, although.....(Shameless Confession: I did so love that bubble-dancing I did with those tech stocks back in the 90’s -- but not for long. Ah…..youth…..But I learned a lesson – that old one about how if it seems too good to be true…..Oh well, like I have said before, I never bet the whole farm, just my little stash of butter and egg money.)
Anyway, I have been thinking about adding more utilities to my boring little portfolio and was wondering whether any TOTVers have any thoughts on the topic of utilities stocks.
(HEY! WAKE UP! THIS COULD BE FASCINATING!)
And, yes, I most certainly acknowledge the advantage there could be in buying into mutual funds and/or ETF’s to pick this stuff out for me, but where’s the fun in that? (Actually, I like to handle my own buys and sells, for various reasons. But even at that, I am mostly a buy-and-hold kind of girl – though Mr. Boomer is my second husband.)
Here is a link to a recent article (8/24/2010) titled “Top 10 Dividend Yielding U. S. Utilities.” There is a brief summary of each. This article has simply sorted the stocks by yield, which, of course, probably has changed a little since the date of the article, a couple of weeks ago. I am looking at this article (from the world of information-overload) as a starting point only. I know yield is not everything.
I sincerely welcome any thoughts out there on any of the utilities in this article or any other utilities stocks?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2220...-u-s-utilities
Boomer