Micron Technology Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) is a cyclical semiconductor manufacturer specializing in memory chips. The company is an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. The company presents itself as a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate …
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Why I Continue To Like IBM Even After Yesterday’s Drop
International Business Machine After reporting earnings yesterday IBM’s stock price fell 10% and is down another 1% today as I write this. Mr. Market is reacting to IBM’s slight revenue miss despite earnings coming in a penny higher than analyst forecasts. Quarterly revenue was expected to come in at $17.81 billion but instead came in …
Nike (NKE) and Disney (DIS): Great Companies – Risky Stocks
Great Businesses v Risky Stocks I believe that successful long-term investing in stocks implies investing in the greatest businesses as you can identify. However, it is important to recognize that there can be a distinction between a great business versus a risky stock. The differentiator, as always, is valuation. You can overpay for even the …
The Fastest Dividend Growth Stock I Have Ever Seen (MED)
Fastest Grower This Dividend Challenger is cheap with the fastest dividend growth rate I have ever seen. As a Dividend Challenger the company represents a recent dividend payer with a dividend streak of 5 years or greater. This gem of a mid-cap dividend growth stock has also been a powerful growth stock as well. The …
Alibaba (BABA) Too Much Political Risk | FAST Graphs
Is Alibaba Too Risky? Alibaba’s (BABA) stock price along with many other China-based ADRs has fallen precipitously. The question has become: is the political risk too great to invest? An article published in the Wall Street Journal this past weekend motivated me to produce this update. I believe the fundamentals of Alibaba are excellent relative …
Energize Your Portfolio Buy this 8.5% Dividend Payer MLP (EPD)
MLP Enterprise Products Partners This master limited partnership (MLP) has increased its distributions for 22 consecutive years. It is extremely undervalued and offers a current yield of 8.23%. The company’s long-term prospects are extremely well defined offering the unique potential for extremely high current income coupled with significant capital appreciation potential. This high-quality BBB+ investment …
This Dividend Champion Is A Buy (PII)
Dividend Champion Polaris A Dividend Champion is a dividend paying stock that has increased its dividend for at least 25 consecutive years. The Dividend Champion presented in this video has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years. Since 2001 the company’s dividend growth rate has averaged 13.75% and its compound average dividend growth rate 12.84%. …
Identifying Value Traps In Advance: Part 2
Introduction to Identifying Value Traps Here is a link to Part 1 In what has become part 2 of this two-part series, I simply identified the difference between a value trap versus a value investment. The sole purpose of that video was to illustrate the distinctions between a true value stock versus a value trap. …
3 Model Dividend Growth Portfolios for 3 Different Objectives
Introduction Dividend Growth Portoflios With this video, which is the 3rd and final part of a 3-part series, I present 3 dividend growth portfolios that can be built in today’s generally overvalued market. One portfolio is designed for aggressive current income, the second for realistic current income and the thrid for higher growth of income. …
Is This 7% Dividend Yield Worth The Risk?
7.11% Dividend Yield With this week’s Subscriber Request Video I will be covering Artesian Partners Asset Management, Inc. (APAM) – a dividend paying high yielding small-cap that appears attractively valued. This will be an interesting video because I will be covering a company that I have not evaluated before. Therefore, this video will represent an …