Introduction What I want to try to demonstrate here and reiterate, because I’ve said this often for those of you who follow my work, that it’s a market of stocks and not a stock market. I’m going to look at Bank of Montreal and Honeywell International from a standpoint of fiscal health, financial health if …
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Cardinal Health Update-A Dividend Aristocrat on Sale
Introduction On November 22, 2017, I published an article titled: “Cardinal Health: A Dividend Aristocrat the Risk Is Already Priced In.” At that time, Cardinal Health (CAH) was trading at approximately $56 per share and was paying a dividend of $1.81 representing a dividend yield of about 3.1%. Of course, a lot has changed with …
Cisco, Apple and Oracle: Strong Cash Positions Indicate Safe Long-Term Returns
Introduction During this horrible crisis, I feel very fortunate that “social distancing” is very practical and easy for my family and me. We are blessed to live in the country on a 20-acre estate with a private lake and a backyard that is steaming with wildlife. In this time of isolation, we can sit on …
10 High Quality A Rated Blue Chip Stocks with Low Debt to Buy Today
Introduction 10 High Quality Blue Chip Stocks What I’ve put together here is a group of blue chip stocks A rated or better with good historical records. They are all trading at very low valuations. These 10 blue chip stocks all pay a dividend, and they all have debt under 40%. If you are looking …
Recent Market Action A Value Investor’s Perspective
Introduction For some time now I have been pointing out that the stock market as measured by the S&P 500 has become moderately overvalued. However, even more to the point, I still believe that to be true even after the price corrections we have experienced recently as a result of the coronavirus. In other words, …
Tesla: Do the Fundamental Support the Stock Price?
Introduction I have been asked to provide a FAST Graph analyze out loud video on Tesla (TLSA) from many subscribers to our YouTube channel. This is a difficult company to analyze based on fundamentals. In some sense, it is really a tale of two companies. The first story refers to the company fundamentals from the …
Is the New Pfizer an Attractive Investment?
Introduction Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE) is a company in transition that will soon be smaller but hopefully more profitable. Since many of their established drugs are coming off patent, the company is divesting its older drug platform under the Upjohn brand and selling it to Mylan a leading generic pharmaceutical company. Pfizer believes that this …
Passive and Buy-And-Hold Investing Don’t Work Unless!
Introduction Legendary investor and mentor to many investing greats Benjamin Graham once aptly stated that: “investing is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.” Personally, I agree which is why I refer to what I personally adhere to and practice with my own investing as “business perspective investing.” Stated more directly, I do not believe …
FAST Graphs Analyze Out Loud – Energy Sector
FAST Graphs Analyze Out Loud on Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Callon Petroleum (CPE), Energy Transfer (ET), Diamondback Energy (FANG) and Valero Energy (VLO) Secure Your Future Disclosure: Long ET Disclaimer: The opinions in this document are for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell the …
Value Investing Is A Long-Term Strategy and Should Be Judged Accordingly
Introduction Almost by definition, value investing rarely performs well in the short run. This is especially true when you are in a strong bull market like we’ve been in since March 2009. Most companies as represented by the S&P 500 are currently trading at fundamental multiples that are significantly above historical norms. Below is a …