CPFL Energia S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:CPL)

Sold my $8K position of CPL held in my Roth IRA. Yield 7.2% with 0.6% dividend growth (1 yr). 52 week performance was (-33.9%). My gain was (-2.9%) for the 2 ½ years that I held this position. So with the dividend I made 6.2% per year. CPL pays a dividend only twice a year. Purchased $5K of LNCO and $3K of SDRL with the CPL proceeds. I also have a remaining $4K position of CPL in my Traditional IRA (paid $5K for it). My gain on that holding is currently (-23.2%). Beware high yield! I reinvested the proceeds in other high yield stocks with this old money. New money goes to more conservative stocks.

Worth a caps pick, but I won't be putting it in the real portfolio (I have enough energy, and I wasn't thrilled).

Start nibbling! Begin selling Dec 2012 20 puts on CPL @ 0.75. This is a 3 3/4% yield in a 7 month period to pick up a utility dividend payer at a price that is 15% cheaper than now.

This beats the annual 3.7% you get on your Ginnie Mae funds without taking on the risk of further MBS implosions.

i have very little to contribute at this time

12/12

Pretty much a legal monopoly

Investing heavily to expand capacity. When those investments catch up, CPFL will finally be able to boost its dividend and drive up profits.

brazil power can not lose

Electric utility in Sao Paulo - growth as country ramps up for Olympics and World Cup.

A one-sided stock--all upside.

Electricity [a major player] Brazil,emerging. Electronic Illusion {TV] the
Boom Box &the Beach. [Music]. et-cetera. Electromotive force, makes
them work.

A good way to diversify the portfolio outside North America, while getting a strong utility with above-average dividend (7,5%). Apart from their core energy plants (electricity), they are engaged in clean energy as well (biomass, wind farms,...).

Brazilian electric company paying a 7.7% dividend. Brazil will continue to grow.

CPFL is Brazil's largest non-state-owned utility company. It pays a dividend in excess of 6%, yet it is making huge investments in its distribution network to support the increasing energy needs of its customers. As the Brazillian economy continues to increase, those needs should skyrocket.

Good growth, emerging market (Brazil), and an excellent dividend that the pundits keep saying can't continue (while I've collected on it in RL three times now).

Result of quantitative screen, version B.

Brazil Utility.
5 Caps
PE less than 14
Dividend 6.2%

Stats look decent and I'm starting to track this one in CAPS to pick it up in my RL portfolio on the next down trend.

I love utilities, and from a very quick overview this one seems to have manageable debt. Brazil and the 5 Stars trigger my addition to CAPS... would love to pick this up around $50.

Got beaten recently like the girlfriend of Nebraska Conhusker player in the 1990's (here's looking at YOU, Christian Peter.) Not quite sure why this got whacked so hard - could it be that they speak the same language as some of those scummy sleazeball lazy europeans? Hey, Brazil is a different country! Beautiful beaches! Beautiful women (my girlfriend in fact is often mistaken for Brazilian so that's how I can say that.) But really, what I like about Brazil is that is where the emerging market dollars will go once China's real estate bubble implodes. Plus that president of theirs has a pretty cool beard.

great market growth ahead