Prem Watsa - Fairfax Financial Holdings Q3-2011 Fund Portfolio

Prem Watsa - Fairfax Financial Holdings Q3-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Prem Watsa’s - Fairfax Financial Holdings - portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (September 30, 2011). In total, he held 41 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 1,951,880,000.

Prem Watsa - Fairfax Financial Holdings fund positions as of Q3/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson	16.92	0	$63.71
DELL - Dell Inc.	16.45	0	$14.15
LVLT - Level 3 Communications Inc.	14.81	Add 40.17%	$1.49
ABH - AbitibiBowater Inc.	13.45	Add 0.00%	$15.00
RIMM - Research In Motion Ltd.	12.29	Add 40.90%	$20.33
FTR - Frontier Communications Corp.	5.83	0	$6.11
WFC - Wells Fargo	5.58	0	$24.12
USB - U.S. Bancorp	5.36	0	$23.54
USG - USG Corp.	2.35	0	$6.74
OSTK - Overstock.com Inc.	1.61	0	$9.25
SD - SandRidge Energy Inc.	1.24	Reduce 79.60%	$5.57
BWINB - Baldwin & Lyons Inc. CL B	1.06	0	$21.29
WMT - Wal-Mart Stores	0.58	0	$51.88
BCE - BCE Inc.	0.52	0	$37.61
CRESY - Cresud Inc.	0.49	0	$10.80
XCO - EXCO Resources Inc.	0.36	0	$10.73
RYAAY - Ryanair Holdings PLC	0.26	0	$25.74
KW - Kennedy Wilson Holdings Inc.	0.22	0	$10.57
PFE - Pfizer Inc.	0.21	0	$17.68
MMI - Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.	0.07	Buy	$37.79
BRK.B - Berkshire Hathaway CL B	0.04	0	$71.05
PPP - Primero Mining Corp.	0.03	Buy	$2.61
BRK.A - Berkshire Hathaway CL A	0.03	0	$107000.00
SPMD - SuperMedia Inc.	0.03	0	$1.55
CISG - Cninsure Inc.	0.02	Reduce 17.73%	$7.00
SLM - SLM Corp.	0.02	0	$12.44
HOLX - Hologic Inc.	0.02	0	$15.20
C - Citigroup Inc.	0.02	Add 50.00%	$25.60
NYB - New York Community Bancorp	0.02	0	$11.90
NEU - NewMarket Corp.	0.02	Reduce 37.50%	$151.60
BMY - Bristol-Myers Squibb	0.02	0	$31.40
MHK - Mohawk Industries	0.01	0	$42.93
BRO - Brown & Brown Inc.	0.01	0	$17.83
PTEN - Patterson UTI-Energy	0.01	0	$17.33
MBI - MBIA Inc.	0.01	0	$7.27
ORI - Old Republic International	0.01	0	$8.93
NYT - New York Times Cl. A	0.01	Add 40.00%	$5.80
NTE - Nam Tai Electronics Inc.	0.01	0	$4.89
MRK - Merck & Co.	0.01	0	$32.75
CITZ - CFS Bancorp Inc.	0	0	$4.30
FPFC - First Place Financial Corp.	0	0	$0.90

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Stocks That Insiders Are Buying and Selling December 2011

An insider is a person who has the function as officer, director, key employee or large shareholder with potential access to non-public information about the company. Insider trades could indicate that insiders, those who probably know the company best, are confident about the future success. Insider buys and sells are no perfect indicators, but they often show the intension of better informed persons to their investments. In many cases, the company became worse after insider sold stocks and vice versa. However, I screened the latest buys and sells and created a list of the top transactions. Here is a current list of the top 10 insider buys and sells from last month. In total, the top 10 insiders sold shares in an amount of USD 5.5 billion. Roughly USD 0.3 billion were bought from the top 10 insiders. The sales to buys ratio amounts to 18.18.

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DG, EXPR, AZO, PRI, RATE, INTU, WFM, BBEP, VR, DNKN

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RSG, CRFN, AGO, INCY, VMW, XCO, TXI, WMGI, GEOY, VPRT

Best Dividend Achiever Picks For 2012

Top Dividend Achiever To Buy For 2012 by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of Dividend Achiever (stocks that have raised dividends for at least 10 year in a row without a break) with an interesting market valuation, a great growth performance as well as good earnings situation. Such stocks have a forward price to earnings ratio of less than 15, a sales growth over the past five years of more than 5 percent as well as an operating margin above 20 percent. Exactly 13 stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion fulfilled these criteria. Five of them have a yield above 3 percent.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks by dividend yield:

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People's United Financial (NASDAQ:PBCT) has a market capitalization of $4.58 billion. The company employs 4,528 people, generates revenues of $828.80 million and has a net income of $85.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $144.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.39 percent (operating margin 12.72 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.59 percent).


The total debt representing 2.73 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 13.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.63 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $0.53. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.62 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.81, Price/Sales 4.64 and Price/Book ratio 0.88. Dividend Yield: 4.91 percent. The beta ratio is 0.32.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of People's United Financ... (Click to enlarge)

PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) has a market capitalization of $17.17 billion. The company employs 13,809 people, generates revenues of $8,521.00 million and has a net income of $976.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,419.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 28.39 percent (operating margin 21.86 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.45 percent).


The total debt representing 40.68 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 162.69 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 13.88 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $2.64. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.40 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.23, Price/Sales 2.02 and Price/Book ratio 1.75. Dividend Yield: 4.70 percent. The beta ratio is 0.42.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of PPL Corporation (Click to enlarge)

Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) has a market capitalization of $358.79 million. The company employs 578 people, generates revenues of $131.37 million and has a net income of $40.45 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $78.75 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 59.95 percent (operating margin 38.13 percent and the net profit margin finally 29.42 percent).


The total debt representing 2.23 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.17 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 18.98 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $2.28. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.81 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.57, Price/Sales 2.64 and Price/Book ratio 1.69. Dividend Yield: 3.26 percent. The beta ratio is 0.68.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Southside Bancshares, ... (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

Best Dividend Achiever Picks For 2012 (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 13.42 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 11.97. The dividend yield has a value of 2.46 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.23 and price to sales ratio 2.90. The operating margin amounts to 32.35 percent.

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How The Dog Of The Dow Have Performed In 2011 And The Dogs Of The Dow For 2012

The Dogs of the Dow Crush It In 2011; The 2012 List By Bespoke Group. 2011 was a phenomenal year for the Dogs of the Dow strategy. As shown below, the ten Dow stocks with the highest dividend yields at the start of 2011 are up an average of 12.83% year to date just in terms of price appreciation. (This doesn't include the additional return that the dividend payments have provided.) Nine of the ten Dogs are up for the year, with McDonald's (MCD) registering the biggest gain at 30.99%. Du Pont (DD) is the only Dog that is down in 2011 with a decline of 7.32%. Below are tables of 2011 Dogs of the Dow and their YTD Performance as well as a list of the 2012 Dogs:








Source: Bespoke Group

Best Services Stock Picks For 2012

Top Service Shares To Buy For 2012 by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of large capitalized stocks from the service sector with an interesting market valuation, a great growth performance as well as good earnings situation. Such stocks have a forward price to earnings ratio of less than 15, a sales growth over the past five years of more than 5 percent as well as an operating margin above 15 percent. Exactly 9 stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion fulfilled these criteria. Three of them pay dividends.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks by yield:

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Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has a market capitalization of $20.35 billion. The company employs 47,500 people, generates revenues of $18,868.00 million and has a net income of $1,313.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,819.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 36.14 percent (operating margin 19.56 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.96 percent).


The total debt representing 51.11 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 254.30 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 14.52 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $4.31 of which $1.60 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.79, Price/Sales 1.08 and Price/Book ratio 2.41. Dividend Yield: 3.01 percent. The beta ratio is 0.70.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Time Warner Cable Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has a market capitalization of $64.85 billion. The company employs 102,000 people, generates revenues of $37,937.00 million and has a net income of $3,668.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14,572.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 38.41 percent (operating margin 20.97 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.67 percent).


The total debt representing 26.50 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 70.83 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 8.35 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.40 of which $0.38 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.06, Price/Sales 1.71 and Price/Book ratio 1.49. Dividend Yield: 1.89 percent. The beta ratio is 1.03.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Comcast Corporation (Click to enlarge)

The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) has a market capitalization of $11.36 billion. The company employs 7,000 people, generates revenues of $5,192.70 million and has a net income of $909.90 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,476.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 28.42 percent (operating margin 25.04 percent and the net profit margin finally 17.52 percent).


The total debt representing 41.49 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 564.60 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 194.38 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.49 of which $0.25 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.34, Price/Sales 2.20 and Price/Book ratio 20.73. Dividend Yield: 1.73 percent. The beta ratio is 1.43.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of The Western Union Company (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

Best Services Stock Picks For 2012 (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 15.26 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 12.27. The dividend yield has a value of 2.21 percent. Price to book ratio is 23.50 and price to sales ratio 1.77. The operating margin amounts to 22.30 percent.

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Dogs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average As Of December 2011

Dogs of the Dow Jones by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. Such stocks have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index. The 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.98 percent and a forward price to earnings ratio of 12.19. The average price to book ratio amounts to 2.39 and price to sales ratio is 1.84. Exactly 40 percent of the stocks have a dividend yield of more than 4 percent.

Here is the table with some fundamentals:

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Dogs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average As Of December 2011 (Click to enlarge)

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