Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD)

HoustonMatt (40.51) Submitted: 5/5/2007 9:03:52 AM : Start Price: $12.08 AOD Score: -65.02

The Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund’s primary investment objective is high current dividend income. The Fund also focuses on long-term growth of capital as its secondary investment objective.
The Fund seeks to achieve these goals by employing a research-driven approach to identifying companies globally with the potential for dividend increases and capital appreciation.

The Fund expects to invest at least 80% of its net assets plus amounts borrowed for investment purposes in the equity securities of domestic and foreign companies that pay dividends. The Fund seeks to provide dividend income without regard to whether the dividends qualify for the reduced federal income tax rates applicable to qualified dividends under the Internal Revenue Code.

youssefdaou100 (< 20) Submitted: 4/29/2007 7:56:01 PM : Start Price: $12.60 AOD Score: -60.08

Good dividends.

kash88888 (64.54) Submitted: 4/25/2007 6:45:56 PM : Start Price: $12.54 AOD Score: -60.00

Join the CEF revolution. 10% divy and growth similar to S&P.

TrackMyPicks (85.14) Submitted: 4/20/2007 1:19:03 PM : Start Price: $12.48 AOD Score: -60.80

fantastic fund family performance, great management, high-level distributions, good strategy.

mrjoey (< 20) Submitted: 4/16/2007 11:45:23 AM : Start Price: $12.68 AOD Score: -62.12

i BOUGHT 1250 SHARES OF aod WHEN IT WAS AN ipo@$20.00. i HAVE RECEIVED MY %10 AS PROMISED

Irish80122 (87.51) Submitted: 4/3/2007 12:21:10 AM : Start Price: $12.07 AOD Score: -63.47

Alpine Funds, who brought us the star mutual fund ADVDX, is the company behind AOD and I believe AOD is going to become their next star. When it comes to income investing, Jill Evans who manages this closed-end fund is one of the best out there. She utilizes a dividend capture strategy in a third of the portfolio in which she works to rotate the portfolio in such a way that the dividends qualify for the 15% tax bracket and that she can pick up 6 dividends a year. The result is a fund that will yield about 10% per year, which is an income investor's dream! I said earlier that I believe AOD is Alpine's next star, and the reason for that is it has advantages over their other well-known funds. Being a closed-end fund, inflows and outflows are not a worry for Ms. Evans, she knows what she has to work with and can count on that. This is Alpine's preferred method of investing, and I think it fits them well. Additionally, AOD has an advantage over AGD because it was formed to fix some problems in AGD. AGD is limited in how much of the portfolio can be invested internationally which Ms. Evans realized limited the fund. AOD doesn't have this limitation. It gives Ms. Evans and Alpine all the tools they need to do what they do better than anyone else...create a high yield. I own the fund and highly recommend it.

ysaye (< 20) Submitted: 3/5/2007 2:32:33 PM : Start Price: $11.67 AOD Score: +65.27

They pay too high a dividend