Are dividends back in favor?

[quote=“MaPoSquid”]Dividend-paying stocks have been back for several years now, d00d. Where ya bean?

[NYSE:CX - Cemex, Mexican/Latin American Cement Producer
[Non TW stocks

I got a nice more-than-double out of CX (plus a 5% annual yield off what I bought it at), and a near-double off NAT (plus something like a 30% payout in dividends, if I recall – when I first bought the payout was well into double digits percentagewise).

That said, I think these two are past the great days. China is expanding into the cement market (may take a few more years to really affect things), and tanker rates have dropped.[/quote]

Ha…nice try d$$d, but I got into several solid dividend paying stocks in late 2002, when the market ws in the toilet and everything was cheap.

Can you say “Philip Morris?” l$l