Time Warner is too diluted and has products that are fastly becoming outdated. The only part in Time Warner I have confidence in right now is its broadband division. I think the broadband division will eventually be defunct as well. There will be other inovations that will make wired or cable based broadband outdated. Cable modems have reliability problems and so thats why I use DSL. When fiber optic phonelines become more prevalent, then I believe more people will switch their phone/cable/internet over to companies like Verizon. Verizon offers a better deal then Time-Warner and their broadband is far more reliable. I had Cablevision internet for nearly 2 years. It was very fast when it worked, but there were ongoing problems. Sometimes the connection would become very slow and I found myself cycling the cable modem just about every few days. Since I got Verizon DSL, I have had no problems and the only time I notice a difference in the speed is when I am downloading a superlarge file.
I like Unilever (UN) for the longerterm they operate in a lot of countries (diversified currency risks) their portfolio consists of a lot of different brands they pay a good dividend (0.83/ share) HPQ and INTC look good too imo Why not some ETFs as well: DIA, SPY, QQQQ, VTI Chuck
VZ - they are just starting their fiber deployment (FIOS) that should repeat benefits for many years to come and the initial results look encouraging. (Also agree with ETF's)
ya, i got a boatload of autostrade and enel shares since the ipo and i ain't gonna get rid of those certificates for at leats 20yrs. and autostrade is beta stuff, doubled already, enel has gone more or less nowhere but safe and good dividend. plannin' to add another ipo or a consumer stock to my eternal portfolio.
just a thought. merely five stocks have to outperform heavily to compensate for additional idiosyncratic risk compared to buying an etf or an index. so they have to be aggressive stocks. but that probably means as well, that the current highflyers like Google are as much excluded as Goldman. i would increase the list to at least a dozen. and i would ask myself what i want out of that. really in %-terms. if you wanted to make 20% on avg per year this is a very different story than 8%. and think cross border. an indian financial stock might be a good alternative to goldman. i just realise that i am beating around the bush without answering the question. i personally still wait for a meditation related stock. that is my personal pick for this century ...
good morning, --just found this Elite site two days ago and still learning this site. I just heard the CNBC announced the HET- Harris will going to privite. what will happen to stock holder when a company goes to privite? thanks, Jan
dear jan, first of all: welcome to ET. second, these threads have names and their content is somehow related to these names. maybe you start a thread on your own or find a place where the question fits, which is, i am afraid, not here ...