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Vita Nelson

Ms. Nelson began her career as a “market-maker” in municipal bonds at Granger & Company and other brokerage houses in NYC. She was a founder, editor, and publisher of Westchester magazine, the first regional magazine in the Eastern US. A graduate of Boston University, she is currently editor and publisher of Moneypaper’s Guide to Direct Investment Plans, Chairman of the Board of Temper of the Times Investor Services (a DRIP enrollment service), co-manager of the MP 63 Fund (DRIPX), and responsible for the contents of www.directinvesting.com.

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The Moneypaper’s Guide to Direct Investment Plans is the most complete listing of company-sponsored direct investment plans in the world today. The Guide lists more than 1,000 DRIP plans and gives complete details on each plan’s components, including plans offering discounts, minimum/maximum investments accepted, investment frequency and dates, transfer agents...
RPM International (RPM - yield 2.10%) from DirectInvesting.com RPM International (RPM) manufactures specialty paints, protective coatings, roofing membranes, sealants, and adhesives for the industrial and consumer markets worldwide. Its Industrial segment also produces polymer flooring systems, fiberglass-reinforced plastic gratings, fireproofing products, colorants and pigments, fuel additives, wood and lumber treatments, and concrete...
Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores (CBRL) operates 608 combination full-service restaurant and gift shops in 42 states. The restaurants, which feature home-style country cooking menus, accounted for 79.6% of fiscal 2013 revenues. The gift shops (20.4% of sales) feature rocking chairs, apparel, toys, cookware, ceramics, and an array of food items. Consensus...
Bemis Company, Inc. (BMS)—Founded in 1858 as the Bemis Brothers Bag Company, this is a major manufacturer of flexible packaging products and pressure-sensitive materials, primarily serving the food distribution industry. Its Flexible Packaging unit produces high-barrier, polyethylene and paper products, while the Pressure Sensitive Materials segment makes printing,...
“Founded in 1904, Beam, Inc. (BEAM) is a major producer of distilled spirits, including bourbon, whiskey, tequila, scotch, rum, vodka, cognac and gin, whose brands include Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Sauza, Canadian Club, Courvoisier, Teacher’s, Cruzan, Hornitos and DeKuyper. It recently acquired Dublin-based Cooley Distillery, entering the fast-growing...
Vita Nelson’s The Moneypaper specializes in direct investing through dividend-reinvestment plans, or DRIPs. However, this month Nelson also provided subscribers with some helpful advice for investing in fixed-income instruments in today’s low-yield environment, and explained the pros and cons of various types of bond funds. “Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke has promised...
“As has become abundantly clear this summer, the federal government has a debt crisis. In the past 10 years, U.S. Treasury obligations have risen from less than $6 trillion to more than $15 trillion. Normally, a borrower loading up on debt in this manner becomes less creditworthy. Indeed, Standard &...
With annual sales exceeding $44 billion, SUPERVALU, Inc. (SVU 14.89 NYSE – yield 4.70%) is one of the nation’s largest food wholesalers and retailers, servicing over 5,000 stores in 48 states. It owns and operates 2,400 retail supermarkets, including Acme Markets, Albertson’s, Bristol Farms, bigg’s, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hombacher’s,...