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Money As Debt 1-4

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How Rich is Queen Elizabeth....

Luisa Kroll

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Apr. 22 2011 - 8:33 am

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Just How Rich is Queen Elizabeth and Her Family...

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Britain’s Royal family is just days away from throwing its most memorable wedding in 30 years.

Prince William and his longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton will marry at 11 a.m. on April 29 at Westminster Abbey. Two choirs, one orchestra and two fanfare teams will perform the music at the service, which will be followed by a procession through London.

The wedding party will arrive at Buckingham Palace, the site of the reception to be hosted by his grandmother, The Queen. Guests are expected to include Prince Albert of Monaco and his fiancé, South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock and professional soccer player David Beckham and his wife Victoria.

The bride’s parents, the Middletons, will make a “private contribution,” but the Royal Family will pay for nearly all of the celebration. The festivities are expected to cost a reported $30 million; a huge sum, to be sure, but likely less than half the estimated cost, adjusted for inflation, of Princess Diana’s and Prince Charles’ 1981 wedding, also paid for by the Royal Family. (The Government and other bodies will pay for costs that are consequential to the wedding like extra security.)

These monied monarchs can well afford it. Queen Elizabeth, 85, has an estimated personal net worth of $500 million that comes from property holdings including Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands, stud farms, a fruit farm and marine land throughout the U.K.; extensive art and fine jewelry; and one of the world’s largest stamp collections built by her grandfather.

Not included are those assets belonging to the Crown Estate, which she gets to enjoy as Queen, such as $10 billion worth of real estate, Buckingham Palace (estimated to be worth another $5 billion), the Royal Art collection, and unmarked swans on stretches of the Thames. The Crown has claimed ownership of these birds since the 12^th century when swan meat was considered a delicacy; they are no longer eaten. The Queen also receives an annual government stipend of $12.9 million.

Because most of her wealth is tied to her position and not hers personally – in otherwords, she could never sell the royal assets – she is not included among the World’s Billionaires but did appear among theWorld’s Richest Royals in our most recent rankings.

As heir to the throne, Prince Charles, 62, got $28 million last year from Duchy of Cornwall Estate. He spends well over half of aftertax income on official duties and charitable activities including more than $10 million last year on salaries of 150 staffers.

Princess Diana reportedly left both Prince William, 28, and Prince Harry, 26, $10 million after taxes. They apparently started receiving annual dividends at age 25, estimated at $450,000 a year. They get the full sums when each turns 30. Prince William also earns between $68,000 and $74,000 a year as a flight lieutenant with the Royal Air Force while Prince Harry receives between $50,000 and $53,000 as a helicopter pilot for the Army Air Corps. Prince William and Kate will eventually live in an eco friendly house built by Prince Charles in Herefordshire. Both princes have Ducati Superbikes that they sometimes ride for charity. Prince Harry is also a keen polo player.

Net worth estimates compiled by Cristina von Zeppelin who also contributed to this report.

*EDIT NOTE: Thanks to the reader who pointed out a typo in the headline.

Great Royal wedding

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/royal-wedding-mysteries-solved-2479360/

Royal wedding mysteries, solved

by Lylah M. Alphonse, Shine Staff, 2 hours 21 minutes ago

Who is that little girl frowning during the big kiss? Read on. (AP Photo)

Why didn't Prince William watch his bride walk down the aisle? Who was that little girl covering her ears and frowning while the newlyweds kissed on the balcony? Where can I get those gorgeous earrings Kate wore to her wedding? The last remaining mysteries of the royal wedding are solved, right here at Shine.

Who was that adorable little girl frowning and covering her ears on the balcony during the big kiss?That's Prince William's goddaughter,3-year-old Grace van Cutsem, who was one of the official bridesmaids (there are no "flower girl" roles in traditional British weddings, so children are often included as bridesmaids or pages). She is the daughter of Lady Rose Astor and Hugh van Cutsem, and great-great-great-granddaughter of William Waldorf Astor, a New York-born lawyer and politician who later became a member of the British Aristocracy. (The Waldorf Hotel was one of his pet projects.) Little Grace was also pouting for part of the carriage ride; apparently, the crowd of adoring fans got a little too noisy.

Are there usually trees in Westminster Abbey? Kate loves the outdoors and, according to the Daily Mail, she ordered more than four tons of foliage to create an English country garden setting inside Westminster Abbey, including pyramid-shaped ornamental Hornbeams to frame the choir and a "living avenue" of 20-foot-tall, 15-year-old English Field Maples through which guests walked to their seats. The cost? About 50,000 pounds, or $83,335.

What music did Kate walk in to? It didn't sound like the wedding march. The princess walked down the aisle to "I Was Glad" by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, who composed it for the coronation of Prince William's great-great-great grandfather Edward VII in 1902.

Why didn't Prince William watch his bride walk down the aisle? Tradition. The groom is the last person to see the bride, and can only do so after she has completed the long walk down the aisle and is at his side. Since the aisle at Westminster Abbey is about 300-feet long, he had at least a four-minute wait at the altar.

What did Prince William whisper to Kate? According to some lip readers, he told her that she looked beautiful—and then looked at his father-in-law-to-be and quipped, "We were supposed to have just a small family affair."

Where did the bride and groom go in the middle of the ceremony? They went to the Shrine of Saint Edward the Confessor, a room inside the Abbey, to sign the wedding registers.

Why was Prince William wearing red? Prince William holds an honorary rank of Colonel of the Irish Guards, and he opted to wear an Irish Guard's officer uniform instead of his Royal Air Force uniform. He also wore his Garter sash and star, Royal Air Force "wings," and Golden Jubilee medal.

Was the bride's dress inspired by Grace Kelly's? It seems that way; in fact, Kate's dress looks very much like the one worn by the American actress when she wed Prince Rainier III of Monaco in April 1956. Both Kate's gown and that of Serene Highness the Princess of Monaco had long sleeves, a cinched waist, a figure-hugging bodice, short veils, medium-length trains, and lots of delicate lace.

What was in the bride's bouquet? According to the official royal wedding website, the bouquet was a shield-shaped collection of Myrtle, Lily-of-the-Valley, Sweet William, Ivy, and Hyacinth. The Myrtle sprigs were from plants grown from the Myrtle used in the wedding bouquets of Queen Victoria in 1845 and Queen Elizabeth in 1947.

Any hidden messages? Each bridesmaid had her name and the date of the wedding hand-embroidered into the lining of her dress. The bride and groom could not customize their vows, but they did write their own prayer, which was read by Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London, during the ceremony (download a copy of the program here). It was: "God our Father, we thank you for our families; for the love that we share and for the joy of our marriage. In the busyness of each day keep our eyes fixed on what is real and important in life and help us to be generous with our time and love and energy. Strengthened by our union help us to serve and comfort those who suffer. We ask this in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen." And of course, each of those flowers in the bride's bouquet had a special meaning: Lily-of-the-Valley represents the return of happiness, Sweet William stands for gallantry, Hyacinth is for the constancy of love, Myrtle symbolizes marriage and love, and Ivy is for fidelity, marriage, wedded love, friendship, and affection.

What are the full names of the newlyweds? Prince Williams of Wales got another set of titles in time for the wedding, according to an announcement on the official royal wedding website. His full name is now His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge, Early of Strathearn, Baron Carrickfergus, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Master of Arts. (According tothe official website of the British Monarchy, those who have the title of HRH Prince or Princess do not need to use a last name, though theirs is Mountbatten-Windsor.) As his wife, the former Miss Catherine Elizabeth Middleton is now Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cambridge, but most people will probably call her Princess Catherine or Princess Kate (unofficially, of course).

Was Kate wearing Princess Diana's tiara? No. Diana wore the Spencer Tiara, a family heirloom of ornate, stylized flowers decorated with diamonds in silver settings. The halo-style tiara that Kate wore was Cartier creation belonging to the Queen. King George bought it for the Queen Mother in 1936; the Queen Mother gave it to the Queen on her 18th birthday.

What about her earrings? The bride's earrings were designed by Robinson Pelham, according to the official royal wedding website. They are diamond-set stylized oak leaves that frame a dangling diamond-set drop and pave-set diamond acorn. The earrings, which are a wedding gift to Kate from her parents, were made to match the tiara lent to her by the Queen, and were inspired by the Middleton family's new coat of arms.

Why did the Middleton family get a new coat of arms? What happened to their old one? They didn't have a coat of arms before, because they weren't members of the British aristocracy. The new coat of armsfeatures three oak-leaf-and-acorn sprigs representing the three Middleton children—Catherine (Kate), Philippa (Pippa), and James. A golden chevron honors Carole Middleton, whose maiden name was Goldsmith, and two thinner, white chevrons represent the mountains and stand for the family's love of the outdoors.

Who got to be on the balcony at Buckingham Palace with the royal newlyweds? The bride and groom took center stage, of course, but also appearing before the public were the Queen and Prince Phillip, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla (Duchess of Cornwall), Carole and Richard Middleton, the couple's siblings (Pippa and James Middleton and Prince Harry), the pages (Tom Pettifer and William Lowther-Pinkerton), and the bridesmaids (Eliza Lopez, Grace van Cutsem, The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, and the Honourable Margarita Armstrong-Jones. Yes, even some children have titles in England.)

Blackberries Getting Blacked Out, Imitate Amateur Base Jumpers Sans Parachute!

Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 04/29/2011 08:43 -0400

After Hours

As competition that is as inevitable as gravity itself both validates our contrarian thesis and causes Research in Motion’s stock to imitate

amateur base jumpers,sans parachute…

From CNBC: RIM Shares Plunge After Firm Lowers Guidance

Research In Motion shares were hammered in after-hours trading Thursday after the BlackBerry maker lowered its earnings and revenue guidance for the first quarter. Shares resumed trading at 4:30 pm ET after being halted for more than 20 minutes. Get after-hour quotes for Research in Motion here.

The company said it expects first-quarter earnings of between $1.30 to $1.37 a share short of analyst expectations of $1.48 a share.

Also, RIM said it sees first quarter revenue slightly below its previous guidance of between $5.2 and $5.6 billion.

RIM blamed the move to weak shipments of its BlackBerry phones and a shift toward handsets with lower price points. The firm has been struggling to compete against Apple’s popular iPhone and other rivals of the smartphone market.

From Bloomberg: RIM Plunges as Analysts See Lost Credibility With Forecast Cut

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) plunged in late trading yesterday as analysts said a r duced profit forecast hurts management’s credibility and raises pressure on the company as it heads into an annual trade show next week… “This further damages already low credibility, making them the ‘poster boy’ for a show-me story from here,” Mike Abramsky, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto who has a “top pick” rating on the company, said in a research note. “Management needs to deliver on the product side,” said Taylor, who manages about $14.5 billion including RIM and Apple shares. “That includes competitive next-generation smartphones and building out the app library.” Apple offers more than 350,000 software applications, or apps, and Google’s Android Market has more than 150,000, compared with more than 25,000 in BlackBerry App World. RIM fell $6.17, or 11 percent, to $50.43 in late trading yesterday, after closing at $56.59 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. It has lost 2.7 percent this year as of yesterday’s close.

‘Aging’ BlackBerrys

Co-Chief Executive Officer Jim Balsillie told analysts on a conference call yesterday that he wished the new products would come sooner to replace current BlackBerry devices. “The issue is an aging that happens in your higher-end products and it affects margin,” said Balsillie. “All things being equal we would love to have these products earlier and not be having this call. Because it’s such a big upgrade, it takes longer.” In updating its forecast, RIM said BlackBerry shipments will be at the lower end of the range of 13.5 million to 14.5 million it projected last month, and the mix of devices will shift toward cheaper models. Sales in the quarter ending May 28 will be “slightly below” the $5.2 billion to $5.6 billion the company had forecast. Analysts had predicted earnings of $1.50 a share on sales of $5.44 billion, the average estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

‘Off a Cliff’

“The sales on their existing devices must have fallen off a cliff,” said Matt Thornton, an Avian Securities LLC analyst in Boston who has a “neutral” rating on the stock. “They are getting hit by a combination of a stale portfolio and heated competition on devices.” RIM said shipments of its PlayBook tablet computer, which started selling in the U.S. April 19 to challenge Apple’s iPad, are in line with its previous estimates.

The Playbook pales in comparison to the competition. The iPad 2 pwns it! Asus has come out with an Android Honeycomb tablet that literally enables you to do REAL work with 16 hours of battery life and a realistic keyboard. . Samsung has come out with a tablet under 9 mm thick, thinner, lighter and faster than the iPad. LG is pushing glasses free 3D tables. And then there are about 200 other competitors. RIM is lost!

Sliding Share

RIM’s share of worldwide smartphone sales slipped to 14 percent in the fourth quarter from 20 percent a year earlier, according to Canalys, a British research company. Apple’s share was unchanged at 16 percent, while Android’s more than tripled to 33 percent. The forecast shows that higher-end BlackBerrys like the Torch, designed to compete with the iPhone and Android devices, are missing estimates, said Michael Walkley, an analyst at Canaccord Genuity Ltd.

“Higher-end phones have not sold so well,” said Walkley, who has a “hold” rating on the stock. “The investment community was already skeptical about the full-year guidance of $7.50 and this gives them reason to be more skeptical.”

Now, let’s do this by the numbers – reverse chronology to be exact…

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Gold 101

Gold 101: Who's Got It And Who's Finding It

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/02/2010 08:04 -0400

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/gold-101-whos-got-it-and-whos-finding-it

With the dramatic rise in gold's popularity many still need to be educated about some of the core concepts of the gold market, such as who holds it, and who produces it. Courtesy of Money Hacker we have a useful visual representation that answers precisely these two questions. In addition, here are some of the most useful and trivial factoids about gold, that have no bearing on its price whatsoever, but serve as perfect cocktail small talk.

Who’s Got All The Gold and Who’s Mining It [Infographic]

Some Insights into the data on the infographic:

All Gold Ever Mined – The total amount of gold ever mined is estimated to be worth around US$5 trillion.

How Gold is Used – You might have though (like me) that most of the gold in the world stored in bank vaults and lock-boxes? Actually, 78 % of the worlds’ gold is made into jewelery. Other industries, mostly electronics, medical, and dental, require about 12%. The remaining 10% of the yearly gold supply is used in financial transactions.

Producers and Owners – The starkest contrast is South Africa: number 27 on the list of nations that own the most gold list despite producing the most gold in the world per year from its mines.

Gold production in the United States – The State of Nevada has the world’s lowest cost and most profitable gold mines. The mines average output is about 7 million ounces per year.

The Fed’s Vault – The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has the largest accumulation of monetary gold. The vault is 25 meters (80 feet) underground and holds $147 billion worth of gold bullion.

Current gold price trading on Wall Street:

If the value of gold on the New York stock market is anything to go by then you can see how much its been a safe haven for investors:

And now for some facts and factoids about gold:

Gold Discovery – The first discovery of gold in the USA is the found of 8-kilograms stone of gold by the son of the farmer. He and his father were using this stone as the support for a door until the local jeweller noticed it. And the owner sold this stone for $3.5. Finally the farmer understood this piece was very valuable and opened the first gold-mine in the country.

Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found – The largest gold nugget ever found was in Australia in 1869. It was named “Welcome Stranger,” It weighed 78 kilograms. After it was melted down 71 Kg of pure gold was left.

The US Gold Drain – When the American dollar was first pushed as the world de-facto currency it was backed by gold. One ounce of gold was worth $35 dollars. After 25 years of the American’s continual printing of money however, $35 dollars was no longer worth an ounce of gold. In actual fact one ounce of gold was worth $105. As a result foreign countries, beginning with France in the late 1960’s, started to buy gold at $35 dollars until the United States Government stopped selling its gold, thus removing gold backing from its dollar.

Private Gold Ownership Banned in the USA – Private ownership of gold was banned in the United States for 41 years. It lasted from 1933 to 1974.

Gold Refined and Rare – If all the gold that had been refined in the world was put into a cube, its sides would be roughly 20 metres long but would only weigh 1/10 of the Washington Monument.

Gold Nugget – Gold nuggets are actually quite rare. A gold nugget can sell for up to 4 times the worth of the amount of gold in it.

Gold Leaf – Gold leaf is commonly 0.18 microns (seven millionths of an inch) thick. It’s so thin that a stack of 7,055 sheets would be no thicker than a dime.

Largest Gold Nugget Still in Nugget Form – The ‘Hand of Faith’, is the largest gold nugget still in existence. It weighs 27 Kg (60 pounds) and is currently on display at the Golden Nugget hotel and casino in Las Vegas.

Gold and Medicine – Thousands of rheumatoid arthritis victims have chemically liquefied gold injected into their muscles. It is said that the treatment is successful in seven out of ten cases.

The Heaviness of Gold – Gold is so heavy that one cubic foot of it weighs half a ton.

The Malleability of Gold – A single ounce of gold can be drawn into a wire 60 miles long.

Gold in Water – The worlds’ largest stock pile of gold is actually in the oceans. For every cubic mile of sea water there is 25 tons of gold! That’s a total of about 10 billion tons of gold in the oceans; unfortunately, there’s no known way to recover it economically.

Artificial Creation of Gold – Gold can be transmitted from platinum by nuclear reaction. But, because of the rarity of platinum, it is far too costly.

Gold in Space – The visors of astronauts’ space helmets receive a coating of gold so thin (0.00005 millimeters, or 0.000002 inches) that it is partially transparent. The astronauts can see through it, but even this thin layer reduces glare and heat from sunlight.

Gold in the Bible – You may be interested to know that gold is mentioned 417 times in the Bible. And, the last book of the New Testament, the Book of Revelation states that in the New Heavens and New Earth the streets will made from pure gold!

Silver fever is about to break, and break badly

HOWARD GOLD'S NO-NONSENSE INVESTING

April 29, 2011, 12:01 a.m. EDT

Silver fever is about to break, and break badly

Commentary: As mania subsides, a buying opportunity will arise

By Howard Gold

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — I was just starting to work on a column about silver mania Tuesday morning when a big, beautifully produced ad insert on silver, of all things, arrived with my Financial Times.

Proclaiming that “silver is the single greatest profit opportunity of our time,” the insert featured a huge, nearly three-dimensional replica of a one-ounce U.S. silver eagle, with Liberty herself reaching out her hand and In God We Trust right there for all to see.

Silver prices: Too hot to get in now

Silver's "almost vertical ascent" is just one of many signals suggesting the metal's rally is reaching a top, says Richard Ross, chief technical strategist at Auerbach Grayson. Gold, or better yet, copper, offer better value. Laura Mandaro reports from San Francisco.

The coin replica, some 3 ½ inches in diameter, shone like a harvest moon, glittering with the possibility of instant riches.

And — you just can’t make this stuff up — it came just a day after silver prices hit their highest level in three decades.

On Monday, silver closed near $50 an ounce, just below where it stood when the Hunt brothers tried to corner the market back in 1980 (although it’s way below that record when prices are adjusted for inflation). On Thursday, it briefly touched a record high at $49.52 an ounce before falling back. Gold extends record run, silver gains 3.4%.

Of course it was a coincidence — the ad, by a Minneapolis coin dealer, was three months in the making, I was told — but it perfectly captured the moment when silver moved into the full-fledged mania stage.

It’s happened with lightning speed. Last summer, before the most recent market rally began after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke announced a new round of quantitative easing (QE2), silver was still gold’s poor cousin, trading below $20 an ounce .

Since then, it has rocketed more than 150%, and has soared 50% in 2011 alone. Gold, meanwhile, has plodded along with the stodgy old Standard & Poor’s 500 index this year, though it’s up nicely from last year’s lows, too.

In recent weeks, silver fever has reached, well, fever pitch. Silver prices have shot up nearly 20% in April alone, as retail investors piled into the markets and the pros moved en masse into the futures and options pits.

Trading volume of silver futures at CME Group CME -2.24% hit an amazing 319,205 contracts Monday — more than 50% higher than the previous record last November — and this month the contract’s average daily volume has tripled from last year, the Wall Street Journal reported.

And both individual and professional investors have gone ga-ga for silver exchange-traded funds. On Monday, iShares Silver Trust SLV +0.36% saw three times the volume of the SPDR S&P 500 SPY +0.18% ETF, one of the market’s biggest, and SLV’s trading volume was five times its daily average in the first quarter.

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Friday, 29 April 2011

Ron Paul: People Will Panic out of the Dollar

Bob Chapman - A Marines Disquisition - 04-28-2011

Bob Chapman we had a typical week of government intervention in the free market that is not free anymore , the government does this frequently knowing it can hold the market down they just ant to interrupt it or send it to the wrong direction , the former high in silver happened 31 years ago and the average investor was about 50 years old at the time so that would make him 80 years old today , most of them have deceased , there is no resistance in there ....

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5 Electric Utilities

5 Electric Utilities Paying Substantial Dividends

6 comments | April 28, 2011 | about: AEP, DUK, FE, PGN, PPL

http://seekingalpha.com/article/266282-5-electric-utilities-paying-substantial-dividends?source=email_investing_income

Electric utility companies are among the safest investments in stock markets, offering regular dividends. The thought of replacing high-priced gas with electrical power is gaining more popularity. If the consumer’s demand for electric vehicles gains momentum, the demand for electricity will also explode, turning these companies into profit machines. Here is a list of five large-cap electricity stocks offering excellent dividends and a maximum P/E ratio of 20. All of the large-cap companies that follow offered a minimum 5% dividend yield and have a minimum market capital of $12 billion.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP): The Ohio-based AEP is in the business of generation, transmission and distribution of electric power. Credit Suisse suggested an outperform rating for AEP, while Deutsche Bank, Hilliard Lyons, Sun Trust and KeyBanc recommend buying. AEP owns a market capital of $17.43 billion, and a trailing ratio of 13.9, while forward P/E is 11.18. Analysts expect the company to have a 3.51% growth next year. American Electric had a net profit margin of 8.56% in 2010, which paid a 5.08% dividend. Recent dividend history is as follows:

Feb 8, 2011

$0.46

Nov 8, 2010

$0.46

Aug 6, 2010

$0.42

May 6, 2010

$0.42

Duke Energy Corp. (DUK): Founded in 1916, Duke Energy operates through three segments: U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas, International Energy and Commercial Power. The company also owns, develops and operates a fiber optic communications network. Duke’s market capital is $24.68 billion, and P/E ratio is 18.5, while forward P/E is 13.34. The company had a 21.55% EPS growth this year. Having a 9.25% profit margin, DUK paid a 5.29% dividend last year. Duke’s insider transaction has grown up 25.05% for the last six months. Duke just announced a merger with its competitor, Progress Energy (PGN). The synergy between these two NC-based energy titans could prove to be very profitable in long-term. Its recent dividend history is as follows:

Feb 9, 2011

$0.245

Nov 9, 2010

$0.245

Aug 11, 2010

$0.245

May 19, 2010

$0.24

FirstEnergy Corp. (FE), founded in 1996 and based in Ohio, is a diversified energy company, providing service to about 4.5 million customers. Argus recommends buying FE shares. With a market capital of $12.07 billion, FirstEnergy has a P/E ratio of 15.41, and a forward P/E ratio of 13.38. Although the company experienced a negative EPS growth in the last five years, analysts expect the company to have a 4% EPS growth in the next five years. FE’s insider transaction had a rapid growth, up by 25.05% over the last six months. The company paid a 5.55% dividend last year, and its profit margin was 5.71%. Recent dividend history of FirstEnergy is:

Feb 3, 2011

$0.55

Nov 3, 2010

$0.55

Aug 4, 2010

$0.55

May 5, 2010

$0.55

Progress Energy, Inc. is in the business of the generation, transmission, sale and distribution of electricity in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. PGN has more than 22,000 megawatts of regulated electric generation capacity. The company has a market capital of $13.8 billion and a trailing ratio of 15.8, while its forward P/E ratio is 14.5. The company had an annualized EPS growth of 6.91% during the last five years. With a profit margin of 8.51%, PGN had a dividend yield of 5.28% in 2010. Once the final price of the merger with Duke Energy is determined, there might be arbitrage opportunities. Recent dividend payments of Progress Energy per share are as follows:

Apr 7, 2011

$0.62

Jan 6, 2011

$0.62

Oct 6, 2010

$0.62

Jul 8, 2010

$0.62

PPL Corp. (PPL) provides electricity service to about 4 million customers in the western and northeastern U.S. as well as in the U.K. FBR Capital suggested an outperform rating for PPL, while Argus and Davenport recommend buying. PPL owns a market capital of $13.23 billion. Its P/E ratio is 12.1, while its forward P/E ratio is 11.08. PPL’s earnings are expected to increase by 8% in the next five years. With a dividend yield of 5.12%, and a profit margin of 11.45%, PPL Corp. is more profitable than PGN. The recent dividend history of PPL is:

Mar 8, 2011

$0.35

Dec 8, 2010

$0.35

Sep 8, 2010

$0.35

Jun 8, 2010

$0.35

Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.

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Money As Debt 1-4

INFLATION = The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 2 of 8)

Mathematically Perfected Economy PART 06 - DEFLATION (INVALIDATION OF RO...

Mathematically Perfected Economy PART 05A - PATTERN

US vs. China: Winner Takes It All?

Keiser Report: Blind Cult of America (E142)

04/29/11 Oscar Carboni Talks about the Dow Theory

How Rich is Queen Elizabeth....

Luisa Kroll

BOUNTY HUNTER

Just How Rich Are Queen Elizabeth And Her Family?

Great Royal wedding

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/royal-wedding-mysteries-solved-2479360/

Royal wedding mysteries, solved

Blackberries Getting Blacked Out, Imitate Amateur Base Jumpers Sans Parachute!

Blackberries Getting Blacked Out, Imitate Amateur Base Jumpers Sans Parachute!

‘Aging’ BlackBerrys

‘Off a Cliff’

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Gold 101

Gold 101: Who's Got It And Who's Finding It

Some Insights into the data on the infographic:

Current gold price trading on Wall Street:

And now for some facts and factoids about gold:

Silver fever is about to break, and break badly

Silver fever is about to break, and break badly

Commentary: As mania subsides, a buying opportunity will arise

Silver prices: Too hot to get in now

Friday, 29 April 2011

Ron Paul: People Will Panic out of the Dollar

Bob Chapman - A Marines Disquisition - 04-28-2011

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5 Electric Utilities Paying Substantial Dividends

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