 I bought BP shares this past month. In some ways the decision was dead easy, in other ways I must admit that I am still questioning my choice- but not for the regular reasons. Let me explain to you first why it was an easy decision (my rational side) and then lets talk about why it was a tough decision (let’s call it my emotional side).
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 Every industry faces periods of rise and periods of decay. The last few years have, not surprisingly, been a period of decay in the REIT Area. But like nuclear stocks after 3 mile island, or banks after the savings and loan scandal, or bonds after the junk bond era, after a sector has been decimated what is often left are the high quality well managed companies that will rise to dominate the sector in the future. Is now the time for REITs?
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 I hate blackberry, not the company, just the device. In the world of finance and business the blackberry has become a mandatory device. While access to individuals has certainly increased as a result of this device, I am constantly challenged by the poor quality of communication one often receives when dealing with people who use them.
Blackberry = low quality communication
An actual example of a message sent to a blackberry user:
Bob the 14K form for dividend contributions, does it have all of the customer info? I have the customer coming to the office in an hour. Hope Anne and the family are well, are you still planning on getting away this weekend?
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 I make it a fairly regular habit of having a look at companies that care about their dividend. The dividend aristocrat list has always been a good starting place for me as these stocks have a proven track record of tailoring themselves to the dividend investor. Abbott Labs appears in the 2009 version of this list.
To put a full review of Abbott would make for a long post, and not a particularly interesting one, so I’ll instead restrict myself to looking at a few key elements from the company’s fundementals. Perhaps this will help to add to the research you have already performed on Abbott or suggest some alternative ways that you can look at other companies.
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 In our continuing series on dividend cuts, why they happen and how to learn to see them coming before they hit your portfolio today we are going to look at the curse of new management.
New Management
Bringing in new management is a regular occurrence in any large business. Management can be cycled in as a result of retirement or simply as the result of the board seeing the need for a changing of the guard. New management can come from one of two places, internal promotion and external hiring. The condition I will describe here comes as the result of both these types of hirings, but is a far more frequent occurrence with external hiring.
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The final page in our series on Graham’s investment theory is dedicated to dividends. I saved the best, and most contentious for last. Investors love to split themselves into groups- technical analysts, fundamental analysts, value investors, growth investors. In the same vein there are dividend investors and growth investors. Without further adieu let’s get into it.
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