Stock Of The Month: NLY

June's SOTM is the same as January's SOTM.

Annaly Capital Management (NLY)

Positives:
Huge profit and operating margins (91% and 93% respectively).
+18% spread between ROE and ROA.
Positive operating cash flow ($11B).
Trailing P/E of 5, forward P/E of 6.
Whopping 14.9% dividend yield.

Negatives:
Huge debt ($55B)...of course, debt is their business.
Low insider holding (0.63%).

Here's my current portfolio. As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.

Apple (AAPL) 12.25%
Southern Copper (SCCO) 9.80%
Google (GOOG) 7.51%
Dominion Resources Black Warrior Trust (DOM) 7.07%
The Distressed (ABK, AIG, BBI, BGP, C, CRIC, ENER, ETFC, F, FNM, GIGM, JSDA, JTX, MOT, MTLQQ.PK, PALM, PCS, WFC, YRCW) 5.72%
Frontline (FRO) 5.54%
Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT) 5.08%
Ace Limited (ACE) 4.84%
Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 4.83%
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) 4.36%
Prospect Capital (PSEC) 3.67%
American Software 3.53%
Biovail (BVF) 2.90%
McDonald's (MCD) 2.90%
Great Northern Iron (GNI) 2.81%
Vodafone (VOD) 2.67%
Blackstone (BX) 2.67%
DuPont (DD) 2.56%
Tidewater (TDW) 2.55%
Apache (APA) 2.47%
Cherokee (CHKE) 2.22%
PDL BioPharma (PDLI) 1.70%

Stock Of The Month: DOM

Dominion Resources Black Warrior Trust (DOM)

Positives:
9% dividend yield.
As a trust, has a 100% payout ratio and is a pure dividend stock.

Negatives:
Little to no opportunity for capital gains.

Here's my current portfolio. As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.

Apple (AAPL) 12.53%
Southern Copper (SCCO) 9.55%
Google (GOOG) 7.76%
Dominion Resources Black Warrior Trust (DOM) 7.69%
The Distressed (ABK, AIG, BBI, BGP, C, CRIC, ENER, ETFC, F, FNM, GIGM, JSDA, JTX, MOT, MTLQQ.PK, PALM, PCS, WFC, YRCW) 5.91%
Frontline (FRO) 5.12%
Ace Limited (ACE) 5.05%
Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT) 4.53%
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) 4.46%
American Software 4.00%
Prospect Capital (PSEC) 3.84%
Biovail (BVF) 3.25%
McDonald's (MCD) 3.03%
Blackstone (BX) 2.99%
Great Northern Iron (GNI) 2.85%
Tidewater (TDW) 2.83%
Vodafone (VOD) 2.64%
DuPont (DD) 2.63%
Cherokee (CHKE) 2.55%
Apache (APA) 2.53%
Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 2.14%
PDL BioPharma (PDLI) 1.86%

Stocks Of The Month: BPT, HGT, PSEC

First, while I was sleeping...Tesoro (TSO) suspended its dividend indefinitely, and Terra Nitrogen (TNH) failed to pay its dividend for the current quarter...shame on them. Therefore both stocks have been sold, allowing for 3 new stocks for March.


BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT), Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT)

Positives:
Massive 16% and 9.3% dividend yields respectively.

Negatives:
100% payout ratio (due to being trusts) equals lumpy dividends.


Prospect Capital (PSEC)

Positives:
13.9% dividend yield.
6+ year history of increased dividends.
Low forward P/E of 9.

Negatives:
Private equity / venture capital / risky financial company...buyer beware.

Here's my current portfolio. As always, I believe in all of these stocks - until I sell them.

Apple (AAPL) 10.66%
Southern Copper (SCCO) 10.21%
Google (GOOG) 8.84%
Dominion Resources Black Warrior Trust (DOM) 5.90%
The Distressed (ABK, AIG, BBI, BGP, C, CRIC, ENER, ETFC, F, FNM, GIGM, JSDA, JTX, MOT, MTLQQ.PK, PALM, PCS, WFC, YRCW) 5.83%
Ace Limited (ACE) 5.03%
Frontline (FRO) 4.54%
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) 4.50%
Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT) 4.43%
Prospect Capital (PSEC) 4.36%
American Software 3.89%
Blackstone (BX) 3.79%
Biovail (BVF) 3.30%
Great Northern Iron (GNI) 3.21%
Vodafone (VOD) 3.06%
Tidewater (TDW) 2.97%
Apache (APA) 2.95%
McDonald's (MCD) 2.80%
DuPont (DD) 2.46%
Annaly Capital Management (NLY) 2.43%
PDL BioPharma (PDLI) 2.30%
Cherokee (CHKE) 2.19%