David Einhorn: Fooling Some of the People All of the Time

Could 2008's credit crisis have been minimized or even avoided? In 2002, David Einhorn-one of the country's top investors-was asked at a charity investment conference to share his best investment advice. Short sell Allied Capital. At the time, Allied was a leader in the private financing industry. Einhorn claimed Allied was using questionable accounting practices to prop itself up. Sound familiar? At the time of the original version of Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short Story the outcome of his advice was unknown. Now, the story is complete and we know Einhorn was right. In 2008, Einhorn advised the same conference to short sell Lehman Brothers. And had the market been more open to his warnings, yes, the market meltdown might have been avoided, or at least minimized.

• Details the gripping battle between Allied Capital and Einhorn's Greenlight Capital
• Illuminates how questionable company practices are maintained and, at times, even protected by Wall Street
• Describes the failings of investment banks, analysts, journalists, and government regulators
• Describes how many parts of the Allied Capital story were replayed in the debate over Lehman Brothers

Fooling Some of the People All of the Time is an important call for effective government regulation, free speech, and fair play.

Read more here: Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue

David Einhorn’s Best Yielding Dividend Stock Buys

David Einhorn and his highest yielding dividend stock buys originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". On May 15, a full range of professional fund managers released its quarter statements. Today I like to look at the best dividend stock buys of David Einhorn. He is the head of Greenlight Capital and serves around 6.5 billion in assets. In total he has 38 stocks of which six were bought within the recent quarter. Below is a list of his 20 biggest transaction within the recent quarters.

His biggest move was related to Apple. He added the position by 83.45%, a change to his portfolio of 7.37%.

15 of his 20 largest stock buys from the recent quarters are dividend stocks. Apple is his biggest bet with a value above a billion dollar.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 29, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 29, 2013. In total, 110 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 37 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.06%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Prospect Capital Corporation	PSEC	2.63B	10.70	1.01	5.13	12.21%
TransAlta Corp.	TAC	3.89B	-	1.32	1.87	7.68%
Baytex Energy Corp.	BTE	4.78B	21.54	3.85	5.11	6.68%
Entertainment Properties Trust	EPR	2.66B	22.89	1.83	8.10	5.59%
Lorillard, Inc.	LO	16.58B	14.11	-	2.48	5.01%
Vermilion Energy Inc.	VET	5.13B	27.99	3.43	4.88	4.66%
Integrys Energy Group, Inc.	TEG	4.69B	12.54	1.44	1.01	4.59%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	BIP	8.04B	85.07	1.53	4.01	4.49%
Barrick Gold Corporation	ABX	19.18B	-	0.85	1.34	4.18%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	PDM	3.37B	71.82	1.29	8.25	3.98%
Brookfield Office Properties Canada	BOXC	2.62B	-	3.04	4.95	3.89%
Bank of Hawaii Corporation	BOH	2.30B	14.57	2.24	5.61	3.51%
Northeast Utilities	NU	13.48B	20.60	1.42	1.88	3.43%
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.	CFR	3.86B	17.11	1.58	6.09	3.11%
Brookfield Properties Corporation	BPO	9.15B	8.55	0.79	3.88	3.09%
Perusahaan Perseroan	TLK	25.07B	18.16	4.16	3.18	3.06%
Harris Corp.	HRS	5.52B	10.79	3.29	1.06	2.94%
AVX Corp.	AVX	2.03B	-	1.03	1.43	2.91%
Time Warner Cable Inc.	TWC	27.65B	3.80	4.01	1.02	2.74%
Corning Inc.	GLW	23.10B	13.27	1.08	2.92	2.55%

10 Cheapest Growth Picks From The Dow Jones Index – Dogs Of The Dow Theory

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Today, I like to highlight the current Dogs of the Dow.

The philosophy behind is to buy 10 stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. Below is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. They have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index.

Summarized, the 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.45 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 12.31. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.72 and P/S ratio is 2.49.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 28, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 28, 2013. In total, 11 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 63 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.39%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation	SIX	3.71B	11.14	8.92	3.40	4.63%
CNOOC Ltd.	CEO	79.93B	7.73	1.58	1.98	4.14%
Great Plains Energy	GXP	3.57B	14.99	1.06	1.50	3.75%
United-Guardian Inc.	UG	121.92M	23.67	8.47	8.78	3.32%
Cott Corporation	COT	811.60M	19.34	1.37	0.36	2.82%
Etablissements Delhaize Freres	DEG	6.60B	40.70	0.97	0.22	2.09%
Harley-Davidson, Inc.	HOG	12.43B	18.73	4.72	2.17	1.52%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	GS	72.77B	10.92	0.95	1.75	1.26%
Lender Processing Services, Inc.	LPS	2.80B	33.32	4.71	1.43	1.21%
Expedia Inc.	EXPE	7.98B	47.61	3.70	1.89	0.88%
La-Z-Boy Inc.	LZB	993.60M	21.33	2.11	0.76	0.84%