08-23-2013, 09:16 PM
Hello Rudester! Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting!
My position in AFL is not too big either, but I really do wish that I had added more back in the mid $40s! Even at $60 it is one of my highest-rated stocks, and I do intend to add more when my funds allow. (Although I do have some competing interests right now, like PM, KO, and TGT). I agree that the currency rate is a potential risk, but not one that I know enough about to manage. I think management navigated the company through the crisis and its aftermath well, and as an owner of the company, that is what I am paying them for!
I do hope that Aflac is a little more generous with the upcoming Q4 dividend raise than they have been in recent years. I think their earnings more than allow it.
My position in AFL is not too big either, but I really do wish that I had added more back in the mid $40s! Even at $60 it is one of my highest-rated stocks, and I do intend to add more when my funds allow. (Although I do have some competing interests right now, like PM, KO, and TGT). I agree that the currency rate is a potential risk, but not one that I know enough about to manage. I think management navigated the company through the crisis and its aftermath well, and as an owner of the company, that is what I am paying them for!
I do hope that Aflac is a little more generous with the upcoming Q4 dividend raise than they have been in recent years. I think their earnings more than allow it.