Friday, February 06, 2009

Steve Jobs Leaves Work, Steve Wozniak Comes Back to Work

By now, everyone knows that Steve Jobs has taken a medical leave of absence from Apple Inc. (AAPL). But the other founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, who has been semi-retired, has become the chief scientist at Fusion-io. Fusion-io produces solid state memory devices.

High Yield Stocks with No Debt

With the extreme ups and downs in the stock market these days, investors are looking for high dividends in order to provide some stability and income. However, for safety, investors also want companies that have no debt. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com came up with a list of 35 different debt free stocks with dividends over 4%. Most of these stocks have price earnings ratios below 18 and price earnings to growth ratios below 1.8. WSNN.com also has other interesting lists such as stocks selling below cash.

Some of the debt free stocks with decent yields include the following. Remember, all these yields are subject to change, reduction, and elimination.

Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. (NAT), the crude oil tanker company, which has a yield of 22% based on historical dividend payments. The stock has a PE of 9%.

Biovail Corporation (BVF) is a pharmaceutical company that yields 13.3%. They have a PE of 38 and a PEG of 1.37.

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNH) is a stock that is structured as a limited partnership, and yields 8.8%. They are a distributor of nitrogen fertilizer products. The PE ratio is 8.

Computer Programs & Systems Inc. (CPSI) makes and sells computerized information systems for hospitals. They yield 5.3% with a PE of 19, and a PEG of 1.39.

To access the entire Excel database of the 35 different high yield debt free stocks, some with yields over 15%, that can be downloaded, changed, and sorted, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Ride Change at Disneyland: It's a Commercial World After All

Disney (DIS), which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, is making some change on a ride for the first time. The ride It's a Small World will now be adding some additional Disney characters singing along with all the other original characters. Also, some additional Disney music will be added.

Bill Gates Releases Mosquitoes at Conference

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft (MSFT) released a jar of mosquitoes at a conference to spread the word about malaria.