DJIA Big Tech – Featuring Apple & Microsoft: Part 3 This is part 3 of my three-part series dissecting the Dow Jones Industrial Average. I am going refer to this as the big tech version because I will be focusing on and featuring Apple stock. In part 1 I covered the most fairly valued of …
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The Dow Jones – How Bad Is It?
Introduction The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an index of 30 stocks that is often utilized as a proxy for the overall market. Since it is such a small index, I thought you all might find it interesting to see what the market looks like considering the recent volatility. Therefore, with this video I will …
The 6 Most Expensive Stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average: Part 1 of 5
Introduction When the Dow Jones Industrial Average first hit 20,000 in January of this year it generated quite a buzz within the financial community. Since January the Dow Jones Index has continued to rise and currently is over 22,700. However, the Dow Jones is not the only market index that is currently sitting at or …
MisterValuation Stock of the Week: Boeing Company (BA)
MisterValuation Stock of the Week: Boeing Company (BA) Introduction The MisterValuation dividend growth stock of the week is Boeing. Hopefully the stock needs no introduction to most of you. Nevertheless, the following short business description courtesy of S&P Capital IQ should provide deeper insights into the company’s businesses. “The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, …
The Dow Hits All-Time Highs, But The Truth Is It Remains Cheaply Valued
The Dow Jones industrial average sits above 15,000, an all-time high. But don’t be fooled, this doesn’t mean that stocks are expensive. I understand that it seems logical to assume that if the Dow Jones industrial average, what many believe to be the bellwether index of the stock market, is at an all-time high, then …
Don’t Be the Equivalent of a Stock Market Racist
There is no shortage of pundits and prognosticators willing to offer their opinions (rarely based on facts) as to whether or not stocks are cheap or expensive, or as to whether the markets are going to rise or fall. In every case, the opinions and prognostications are directed as generalities such as stocks or markets. …
9 of the Second 10 Best Performing Dow Stocks are Fairly Valued
The Dow Jones Industrial Average Second 10 Best Performers There is a lot of discussion taking place today about whether or not stocks are good long-term investments. Most of it is slanted towards the negative with dire forecasts of poor future returns. Implied in these forecasts of doom are opinions that stocks are overvalued today. …
Ben Graham’s Stock Valuing Formula: It Really Works
Ben Graham’s famed formula for valuing a stock works in the real world! V* = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) Ten Real World examples of companies growing between zero and 5% These ten examples are based on our article: “A primer on valuation: Testing the Wisdom of Ben Graham’s Formula” (part one) published on 2/08/2011. …
Ten Prominent Defense Stocks That Pay Dividends, Part II
Introduction In Part I of this two-part series we pointed out how proposed spending cuts by Defense Secretary Robert Gates are designed to hold the growth of the $680 billion defense department budget to only 1% or 2% for the next few years. We further pointed out that these pending spending cuts were casting a …