Archive for January, 2008

Atlas Pipeline Partners declares record dividend

Atlas Pipeline Partners | Investor Relations : News Release
Atlas Pipeline Partners (APL: 14.24 -0.10 -0.70%) declared a $.93 quarterly dividend for 2007 Q4 to be paid in February. This is an 8% increase over 2006 Q4.
The inter-related companies all declared dividends so make sure you get the right one. I gave a review of this [...]


Headwaters quarterly conference call

I just listened to the Headwaters (HW: 5.17 +0.13 +2.58%) 2008 Q1 conference call. Revenues and profits were down due to the previously discussed wind down of their tax advantaged clean energy business (the tax credits have basically ceased).
The other businesses of the company appear poised for strong future growth and I am still positive [...]


NEX / PBD weekly update

The NEX, New Energy Index which is tracked by the ETF PowerShares Global Clean Energy Trust (PBD: 15.0704 +0.1104 +0.74%), one of this site’s 20 Stock Portfolio components, finished last week up 6.1%. As you can see from the chart further below the index is down quite a bit from recent highs, so it is [...]


Stock Review: AFP BBVA Provida

It took me half the day just to figure out what to call this company. The actual company name is Administradora de Fondo de Pensiones Provida. It is a pension fund administrator, known in the Spanish speaking world as an AFP. The company is majority owned by the Spanish banking giant ($85 billion market cap) [...]


Inergy, L.P. Declares 25th Consecutive Increase in Quarterly Cash Distribution

Inergy, L.P. Declares 25th Consecutive Increase in Quarterly Cash Distribution: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
Nice to see some good news after three days away from the computer and financial news. Inergy L.P. (NRGY: 37.81 -0.19 -0.50%) is a component of this site’s 20 Stock Portfolio and it is now yielding around 8.5%.
Earnings and dividend declarations [...]