its sector is doing lousy but but dlb is flourishing. also it is the measure of all others in that business. when i stop seeing 'dolby sound' everywhere i'll sell

dividend plus stock value increasing. dry bulk is industry is going great. also i found this as an alternative to cramewr pick, seaspan - ssw - which i thought was flawed. see below.

this is china cosco the publicly traded part of gov't controlled cosco group. this is a risk stock. since i started buying it's gone from 3.00 and change to 5.00 give or take. it is just beginning. they have many shipping businesses including dry bulk and containers. they bought 412 vessels from cosco group aka the mothership at very low prices and the ships aren't that old. a major client of ssw -above - is china cosco and coscon. apparently contracting in this business is a often a shaky proposition. if they mess with the ssw leases, ssw is sunk, no pun intended. there are figures available for cicof and regular notices via the hong kong exchange. this could be a serious winner.

great company recently beaten down for no serious reason. china presence. went there with wisconsin trade delegation led by the governor. i;'m in wisc and like to support good local companies. they bought jlg - the huge crane people - and will sweave it into the biz successfully.

hotel reit. this goes up and down over the years. we've owned it for easily 20 so we are so long that cycles aren't important to us. the main deal is the great dividend. really high. i think the rating is bbb+ which is acceptable. love that income.

bulletproof utility. another one we've had a log time. on our cost basis the div is high

EQUITABLE RESOURCES another utility which performs well in trading and div.

bought it for the vmw angle. it's doing well but i will watch it carefully. gonna sell in pieces as it goes up.