Stocks and funds which pay regular dividends are great dollar-cost-average material for investment accounts. Many of these stocks enjoy strong capital growth to further boost earnings potential; it often doesn't take long before these stocks are yielding 15-25% on your original purchase price by dividends alone. For example, I began dollar-cost-averaging into Southern Peru Copper ( PCU ) in August 2005 (a year after the stock had featured in one of my stock pick scans [$] ) but currently only re-invest dividends back into the stock. However, the dividend payment has risen from a then $0.52 and $0.85 per share for the last 2 Qs of 2005 to a current $1.50 and $1.70 for the first half of 2007. Meanwhile the stock has gone from a post-split mid-$20s up to its current $90s. This outperformance is unlikely to last forever and if it can maintain its dividend (a big 'if') then the next big correction - when it comes - will be an opportunity to add to the position using the dividen

Big battle between bulls and bears with neither getting the edge. The intraday swing was wider than yesterday, reflecting the ruffled hair of the markets as they duke it out. More of the same for next week? However, the Trade Ideas scan left little doubt who was in control with a clearly bearish top-8 pick list at 1 hour and 26 minutes and "20-appearance" list pick coming in at a sluggish 5 hours . If you would like to try a full version of the Trade-Ideas software, follow this link for a free 7-day trial. Trade Ideas

This is a repayment of an earlier loan which is been recycled into the fund. I have a new membership contribution which it is still to be distributed which when done will bring the number of active loans to 19 with 8 paid off, and no defaults. KIVA

Difficult to gauge the reaction to the Fed since the buying came yesterday, rather than today. Today's finish was weak - but given it held all of yesterday's gains the initial reaction would appear positive. One concern on the technical front is the sharp drop in money flow for the key indices. June lows look pivotal if markets don't want to see a test of February highs and/or the 200-day MAs. The S&P is perhaps the index to watch as it is struggling at these levels the most. The candlestick dojis created by today's close on initial inspection imply weakness, but given short term market conditions (< 3 weeks) and intermediate term (1-6 months) are oversold-to-neutral rather than overbought the significance of the formation on these time frames is reduced - so further upside to early June highs is well within range (as an aside, the late May and early June dojis in the Nasdaq did occur at overbought conditions for both short term and intermediate term time frames

Traders took advantage of some positive earnings and 50-day MA support to bid the market up in the face of the upcoming Fed decision. The Trade Ideas scan was quick of the mark with a top-8 pick list in under 1 minute and a "20-appearance" list also selected inside a minute too. Strong stuff. If you would like to try a full version of the Trade-Ideas software, follow this link for a free 7-day trial. Trade Ideas

The final position in the portfolio was sold after a close below the most recent reaction low. OMNI Energy Services looks like it will test the 50-day MA, to coincide with oversold stochastics and possible 'buy' trigger (a decent bounce opportunity). The 1,000 share lot closed with a +$1,470 profit ( +15.15% ). Collective2