tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584696203336871201.post5713888067774515588..comments2008-10-30T08:14:28.733-07:00Dividend Growth Investorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197290990687067072noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584696203336871201.post-74724911345247156332008-10-30T08:14:00.000-07:002008-10-30T08:14:00.000-07:00Not only is the special dividend subject to elimination, dividend growth in the "core" dividend would be somewhat slower (judging by last years performance). It seems like NUE was able to increase EPS and DPS mainly due to acquisitions. I wonder in the current liquidity crunch if they could keep raising the DPS as fast..<BR/><BR/>Another negative on the stock that I have is that Jim Cramer is recommending it :-)Dividend Growth Investorhttp://www.dividendgrowthinvestor.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3584696203336871201.post-77106703302363982942008-10-30T06:43:00.000-07:002008-10-30T06:43:00.000-07:00NUE is an interesting stock. When I did a dividend analysis of it the biggest challenge was separating out the "special" dividends from the regular dividends. I too think it is a good value at this level.<BR/><BR/>Best Wishes,<BR/>D4LDividends4Lifehttp://www.dividends4life.comnoreply@blogger.com