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American Electric to Buy Assets – Analyst Blog
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<>American Electric Power Co. Inc.’s (AEP) subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. signed a letter of intent to buy transmission and distribution assets worth $94 million from the Valley Electric Membership Corp. Southwestern Electric’s acquisition of the cooperative will double its presence in Louisiana.
 
Valley Electric Membership Corp. is a Louisiana cooperative with more than 7,000 miles of distribution lines, 90 miles of transmission lines and 29 substations. Southwestern Electric expects to shell out $124 million overall for the deal. Although this is over the value of the assets...
By  StraightStocks   (-6.57%  risk: moderate)  11/23/09 Comment


American Electric Power: Safety, dividend, and decent growth are hard to beat

Filed under: Stocks to Buy

U.S. electric power demand may be sluggish, due to the recession, but investors should view that as a temporary phenomenon. True, increased energy efficiency across the U.S. economy will be a trend for the next decade and beyond, but relatively low-cost electric power does not go out of style, which is why I'm reiterating my buy rating for American Electric Power Inc. (AEP), first recommended on May 4, 2009 at a price of $25.38.

If you bought AEP in May, you're up about 25%. AEP's above-average total return on equity story remains intact. Look for an increase in re...
By  Blogging Stocks    11/17/09 Comment


Energy stocks for bull market
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One thing is for economic recovery the same as ever. Demand for energy during growth simply must grow. And for those who believe in recovery here are some of energy stocks.

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) mines natural gas. While the price of gas is pushed down by the economic downturn and new technologies which allow to isolate the material from clay. But the recovery will come only with the end of the recession, but at the expense of coal, which generates more pollution. Estimated profit for 2010 is over U.S. $ 2.4 per share. So it is possible to buy those shares for about 12 multiples of expected...
By  Vlada Kynsky   (-27.07%  risk: aggressive)  11/16/09 Comment


Low PE Portfolio – October 2009 Update
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bullOn the first Tuesday of every month, we will screen our database for the 10 companies with the lowest price to earnings ratio (ModernGraham-style) that are suitable for the enterprising investor.  These 10 companies will be placed in a mock portfolio and rebalanced to have a 10% allocation to each company.  The starting value of the portfolio is $100,000.00.  Dividends will be reinvested in the portfolio.

To see the mock portfolio, you can view this google spreadsheet.

This month, the screen resulted in the following companies being targeted:

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    By  Modern Graham   (+1.70%  risk: aggressive)  11/03/09 Comment


    5 Great Companies to Research This Weekend
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    Looking for some companies to research this weekend?  Here are five that I like.  Each passes the ModernGraham tests for the Enterprising Investor, based on the teachings of Benjamin Graham.  The valuation is based on a modernized version of Benjamin Graham’s IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) formula presented in The Intelligent Investor, with the earnings per share being normalized through a weighted average over the last five years.

    <><>American Electric Power Co (AEP) – American Electric passes the tests for the defensive investor, which automatically qualifies the company for the enterprising inves<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< />< /><>< /><><>< /><>< />< />...
    By  Modern Graham   (+1.70%  risk: aggressive)  10/30/09 Comment



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    Andy   (+389.47%  risk: conservative)
    What do you think about these high dividend stocks.. - I wrote a post on these stocks as potential good long term (safer) stocks - http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2008/11/top-dividend-stocks-in-down-market.h
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    Andy   (+389.47%  risk: conservative)
    What do you think about these high dividend stocks.. - I discussed these recently in the following post: http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2008/11/top-dividend-stocks-in-down-market.html . What are your though
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