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SFI: Bull or Bear?

Five Struggling Dividend Stocks I'm Still Bullish On Graphic_rating_buy SFI
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in 460 days
<>Earlier this week we looked at my top 5 high fliers for 2008. Unfortunately, for every up, there is a down and that is certainly true for my portfolio. As before, we will look at results through July 31, 2008. Here they are my cellar dwellers with comments:

#5 - General Electric (GE) -19.3% Total 2008 Return
Of my cellar dwellers, GE is the one I am most bullish on. I liked it at $38 when I bought my first tranche in July/2007, and liked it even more at $29 when I bought my last tranche this month.

#4 - First Industrial Realty, Inc. (FR) -22.3% Total 2008 Return<>
This was my first ever dividend ...
By  Dividends4Life   (-17.47%  risk: moderate)  08/21/08 Comment


iStar Financial - On the Shelf Graphic_rating_buy SFI
-15.21%
in 25 days
(closed on 08/21/08)

Like most financial companies, iStar Financial Inc. (SFI) has experienced a difficult time over the last several quarters. It has seen it share price collapse from a 52 week high of $40.55 to under $10.

<>SFI's quarterly dividend is $0.87/share. Unfortunately, SFI has not earned its dividend the last four quarters, and it doesn't appear it will in Q2. In a July 18, 2008 earnings revision, SFI said it expects a second quarter non-GAAP loss of $1.55 to $1.45 per share with loan loss provisions of $275.0 million.
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Ironically, SFI's cash has been growing over the last four quarters - from $88 milli...
By  Dividends4Life   (-17.47%  risk: moderate)  07/27/08 Comment


Interesting stock to radar coming weeks SFI
73%
 -92.91%
in 844 days

SFI is an interesting stock to keep on radar these coming weeks.  iSTAR Financial Inc. is a finance company focused on the commercial real estate industry.  Commercial real estate has continued to be strong, but its stock price has suffered largely due to the residential subprime fiasco. 

The company has excellent fundamentals: high analyst ratings and rising 2nd Q earnings demonstrate strength.  The company also provides a generous quarterly dividend and has issued a share buyback program.  This company is doing all it can to keep investors.

<> The stock is trading at a P/E r...
By  William T   (-3.38%  risk: aggressive)  08/03/07 1 comment


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Pricing - Why is I-Star trading off? Great company, excellent managment. Commercial real estate is fundamentally sound. Nice run-up over past month. Why off
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