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September , 2011

'Pronouncements from the Community Organizer mean little.... I can get the same wisdom from listening to a hair dryer.  
 
Unfortunately these days the investment community seems to be getting their cues from hair dryers. '

~ben3xj3
The Professional Opinion - Snippet

DJIA: 11613.53

Snippet
 

 
The August Financial Climate in Pictures

B Now

Market Plunge

A Picture says a thousand words.
 
'Barack Obama inherits a AAA credit rating from George W. Bush and look what he does to it. Obama is always running around complaining and whining and moaning about all that he inherited from George W. Bush. Well, he inherited a AAA credit rating and an unemployment rate of 5.7%.

Does anybody doubt that what we are now seeing is not on purpose?'

~Nobama Now'

And on the lighter side:

Geneology

The Family Tree

Yep,  this looks like a good old-fashioned 'made in America' family tree to me...........can you say 'Foreign Exchange Student?'

Personal Portfolio
YTD

The dividend procucing stocks sure had a decent month.  Nothing else did, with the exception of ERTS.  Go figure that one out.  I've slowly moved the portfolio to a 33% emphasis on those that pay dividends and I think that was a good idea,  considering the fact that we are not yet a NObama Nation.
The Finger

This clown seriously needs to be voted out of office ASAP.
If you haven't yet registered to vote, please do so.

The markets have been looking for sound fiscal leadership from this joke of an administration since its innaguration.  

What has it got?

Blame, Demonization, Blame, Demonization, Blame, Demonization and lets not forget lots of very expensive global vacations.

Finance


Personal Portfolio

Dividend producers
36.60%
Percent of Portfolio Yield Sector
BGS 3.04% 4.82 Food
CIM 2.56% 18.06 REIT
MO 5.55% 6.11 Tobacco
NLY 4.62% 15.06 REIT
FTR 2.25% 10.29 Telecom
HUN 4.08% 3.23 Chemicals
T 5.04% 6.07 Telecom
DOW 4.04% 3.72 Chemicals
FAGIX 2.63% ----- Mutual Fund
FGMNX 2.79% ----- Mutual Fund



What Else.......  

Here's the portfolio allocations:
Sector Apr May June JulyAugust
Banks: 18.98% 17.97% 17.02% 16.21%14.62%
Investing Co's 2.71% 2.73% 2.78% 2.88%3.79
Telecom / Inet 12.37% 12.36% 10.22% 12.3%11.82%
Manufacturing 12.61% 12.78% 12.15% 13.78%7.78%
Food / Sin  10.31% 8.42% 9.01% 9.06%10.76%
Insurance 6.10% 5.92% 5.91% 5.41%5.86%
Raw Materials - - - 8.13%
Real Estate & REITs 5.42% 5.44% 7.36% 7.08%7.82%
Tech 4.60% 7.24% 4.97% 3.03%2.72%
MF -  G&I 7.23% 7.15% 7.36% 7.76%5.43%
MF - Value 7.18% 7.56% 6.68% 6.77%6.13%
MF - Small Cap 4.51% 4.94% 4.25% 4.3%6.44%
MF - Large Cap 4.36% 4.38% 4.49% 4.63%4.55%
Other @ 4% @3% @7.4% 5.5%2.58%


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