Comments on: General Electric (GE) Cuts Dividend *

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:07:51 +0000

Janet: I do consider the value aspect of a stock before selling and would switch it to my capital appreciation portfolio if I considered it a keeper.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:23:07 +0000

I was just curious, do you ever consider capital gain/loss scenarios when you decide to sell? (I could imagine a situation where if you held onto some stock longer it could switch from short to long term, for example).

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:03:18 +0000

Chris: You bring up a good point. I have been looking at if I would I be better off selling when a dividend goes flat? For GE and PFE (and others) I would have been. There are some other flat-liners that I am holding and watching. So far, my experience would push me in that direction.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:24:16 +0000

Does the dramatic drop in price of GE with rampant speculation that the dividend cut was inevitable make you want to reconsider how you sell? Like would you re-evaluate selling when they do not increase the dividend? I am just sure you wish you would have sold when it was in 20′s instead of $9. Or do you just want to remove any emotion out of the equation?

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:12:25 +0000

DGI: You are correct, the pool is shrinking fast. The upside is it is easier to identify the stronger companies.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: Dividend Growth Investor

Dividend Growth Investor — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:49:41 +0000

How funny it is that we posted similar news on our blogs at approximately the same time!

Best Regards,

Dividend Growth Investor

PS I sold GE as well. The pool of available dividend investments is rapidly shrinking..