Introduction – Joel Greenblatt Magic Formula Stocks To keep myself sharp and my skills honed, I routinely go to my library of investment books on stocks and re-read classics that have had an impact on me. This week I did a complete re-read of a Joel Greenblatt classic “The Little Book That Beats The Market.” …
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FedEx Corp.: Fundamentals Support the Price Increase
Introduction After reporting better than 4th quarter results on Tuesday, the stock price of FedEx Corp. (FDX) has been on a tear. With this article, I plan to demonstrate that the fundamentals support the current price rise. Moreover, the fundamentals also suggest that it is not too late to take a long-term position in this …
Should Anthem Be Added To Your Portfolio
Introduction Anthem, Inc. provides life, hospital and medical insurance plans. It offers a broad spectrum of network-based managed care health benefit plans to the large and small employer, individual, Medicaid, and Medicare markets. The company operates through the following segments: Commercial & Specialty Business, Government Business, IngenioRx. Anthem is the fourth largest managed care provider …
Demo – FUN Graphs: Financial Underlying Numbers
Introduction In this video Chuck Carnevale, Co-Founder of FAST Graphs will go over FUN Graphs. FUN is an acronym for Financial Underlying Numbers. FUN Graphs are designed to empower premium subscribers the capability to quickly and efficiently engage in a comprehensive and deep dive into each company’s historical fundamental results. There are 4 separate but comprehensive and powerful …
OGE Energy: Attractive Value Above-Average Dividend Yield
Utility Stock OGE Energy OGE Energy is a utility stock, and utility stocks should be primarily thought of as income investments. To a certain extent they can be considered as bond alternatives. Not bond replacements, instead, an alternative income producing asset that has advantages and disadvantages over fixed income and common stocks in general. For …
Demo – The Forecasting Tool Powered by FAST Graphs
Introduction The 5 Forecasting Calculators are found under the Forecasting tab. These are used to perform performance calculations using the estimates provided. Each Calculator has 11 different valuation lines with clickable points for each of the four quarters in the fiscal year. The Estimates Forecasting Calculator is the default calculator when going to the Forecasting …
Oracle: All Important Fundamental Metrics Say Buy
Introduction Oracle (ORCL) was founded in 1977 and today is one of the largest enterprise grade database, middleware and application software providers in technology. Although the company has been slow to adopt cloud computing, it has expanded its operations in recent years. Today the company offers cloud solutions and services that customers can use to …
Bank OZK (NAS:OZK)
Introduction I was asked to cover the Bank OZK by a subscriber back in 2018, where I produced a video. Bank OZK was not a company that I had personally invested in, but when I was asked to look at it I was quite enthralled with this company, and I don’t mind saying that today …
Why Record Corporate Debt Might Not Be So Bad
Introduction – Corporate Debt Since the Great Recession corporate America has been binging on corporate debt. According to S&P Global over the last year, corporate debt maturing through 2024 that is rated by S&P Global Ratings increased by 3%, to $10.6 trillion. As a result, according to an article in the website Common Dreams, corporate …
NetApp: High-Quality Dividend Growth Stock
Introduction In today’s uncertain investing world, I believe it is extremely important to first and foremost focus on safety and quality. Since my primary investment focus is now on dividends and dividend growth, safety to me is primarily about valuation along with dividend coverage and predictability. Most long-term followers of mine know me as Mr. …