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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 …

How to Build A Dividend Income Retirement Portfolio: Part 1 – FAST Graphs

Introduction – Dividend Income Portfolio It is hard but not impossible to find attractively valued dividend growth stocks in today’s frothy stock market.  Low interest rates have given investors to look to dividend growth stocks for their income needs.  Additionally, this simultaneously resulted in the flight to quality that has driven most of the best-of-breed …

When is the PEG Ratio Superior to the P/E Ratio? Part 2

Introduction Financial metrics such as P/E ratios, price to cash flow ratios, PEG ratios, price to sales ratios, price to book value, and many others, should be thought of as tools in the investor’s toolbox.  They can all be useful when appropriately utilized towards putting together a successful stock portfolio.  However, just as you wouldn’t …