The Psychology of Investing in the Market

STOCK: PM
Philip Morris International, or PMI, is the world’s leading tobacco company and the third most profitable international consumer goods company. It generated revenue in excess of $55 billion and operating profit of roughly $8.9 billion in fiscal 2007.

The company sells its products in some 160 countries and owns seven of the top 15 brands in the world, including Marlboro, Parliament, Virginia Slims, and L&M. In all, PMI held a 15.6% share of the international cigarette market in 2007. The company is especially strong in the higher-margin premium segment of the market, where it estimates that it held a 52.4% share (excluding China) in 2007.

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All I can find is Tyson expects international sales to rise to $5
billion from $3 billion by 2010.

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Drips are offered by companies to their shareholders as a way to buy stock directly from the company (usually through a transfer agent) in very small amounts to large amounts, and usually on a monthly basis if desired. The plans also reinvest all or partial dividends paid (it’s up to the shareholder) into more stock, thus the name “Dividend Reinvestment Plan.”

Now, we know Drip or DRP isn’t a very Foolish name, but for now it gets the point across: You’re reinvesting dividends, but you’re also “dripping” money into your holdings every month, ideally. Drip… drip… drip…. And that adds up over time.

The advantages of such plans are numerous, the most obvious of which being: You don’t need a large amount of money to start. You can open an account with as little as one share of stock. Let’s look at some other “perks.”

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Simply define risk as uncertainty: the possibility that an outcome might be different than what is expected. Risk according to Emmett and Therese Vaughan Risk is a condition in which there is a possibility of an adverse deviation from a desired outcome that is expected or hoped for.