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Last year I introduced the Stock Ideas list and it has proven to be immensely popular. The list consists of Dividend Aristocrats, US Broad Dividend Achievers and U.S. Dividend Champions. Here are some highlights on this year’s changes:

That’s right, I said WIMPS!

I have never heard so much whining and crying and complaining about a market drop as I have the past few weeks. Last week, I pointed out that we had only fallen 105 points from the prior week (10,172 to 10,067) and this week we fell ALL THE WAY to 10,012 to finish the week and you would think the world was ending (again) from the way the MSM has been acting.

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) reported, excluding items, $0.28 per share compared with $0.35 per share last year. analysts average $0.26. GE beats by $0.02.

Fourth-quarter net earnings were $3.0 billion compared with $3.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008.

General Electric Company (GE) operates as a technology, media, and financial services company worldwide.
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2010 will be a year in which a premium is placed on investment selection. From March of 2009 to December of 2009 it didn’t matter what stocks you invested in; everything went up. 2010 will not be a repeat of 2009. 2010 is all about company specific earnings. Only invest in companies with strong balance sheets and sustainable earnings growth.

Here’s what I expect for 2010:

John Tantillo applauds Hollywood, not for Avatar's weak plot, but for doing something truly innovative to bring viewers something new, that they can't watch in their homes.

My work continues to indicate that all of the action in General Electric (GE) off of its 12/04 high at 16.49 into Thursday’s low at 15.09 represents a correction of the prior advance from 14.15 (11/4) to 16.49 (12/4).

Is "extortion" too strong a word for what's being done to us?

ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) reported, excluding items, diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.52 compared with $0.43 a year ago. analysts average $0.47. CAG beats by $0.05.

Consumer Foods’ sales increased 3% and unit volumes increased by 2%.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. operates as a food company in North America and internationally.
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The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is the most prestigious list of dividend stocks. It is designed to measure the performance of S&P 500 stocks that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years.

80% of our trades (60) were successful in the past 2 volatile weeks because we identified and played a range.

Trades for today include the EWT Taiwan Index fund, GE Stock and the euro/usa and nzd/usa currency pairs.

Here is a list of 21 stocks which traded higher Thursday on unusually higher volume. I have added all 21 of these stocks to my watch list (and invite you to as well), but chose only one to write about in detail in this post. This post requires the knowledge of stock options.

Here is a list of 21 stocks which traded higher Thursday on unusually higher volume. I have added all 21 of these stocks to my watch list (and invite you to as well), but chose only one to write about in detail in this post. This post requires the knowledge of stock options.

Here is a list of 21 stocks which traded higher Thursday on unusually higher volume. I have added all 21 of these stocks to my watch list (and invite you to as well), but chose only one to write about in detail in this post. This post requires the knowledge of stock options.