Dividend Growth Portfolio I am on record of often pointing out that it is a market of stocks and not a stock market. The same concept applies to individual investors. It is a market of investors, not an investor’s market. In short, this is a fancy way of saying that just like stocks, not all …
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Dogs of the DOW: Lessons on Valuation And Dividend Growth | FAST Graphs
Dogs of the Dow Each year financial news services such as the Wall Street Journal and others like to talk about the strategy known as Dogs of the Dow. This is a popular and established strategy involving buying the 10 stocks with the highest dividend yields of the 30 Dow components at the first of …
4 High-Yielding Dividend Growth Stocks | FAST Graphs
Dividend Growth Stocks In this video I will cover 4 dividend growth stocks: Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Intel Corp (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM) and AT&T Inc (T) I believe one of the most important considerations when selecting stocks to add to your portfolio is honestly answering this question: What am I investing for? However, …
IBM Is Growing Again: Buy Low | FAST Graphs
Introduction IBM is a company that has been in transition since 2014. Despite falling earnings-per-share over that timeframe, high-yielding IBM has continued to increase its dividend as it has for the past 26 years in a row. Therefore, investing in IBM has been about receiving a high current yield while exercising intelligent patience. According to …
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 …
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 …
Did IBM Buy Red Hat at a Fair Price?
Introduction On October 23, 2015 I wrote an article titled “Retirees: I Did Not Buy IBM to Sell; It’s about the Dividend Income Stupid.” At the time I published the article, I was long International Business Machine (IBM) and remain long today. With the article I attempted to illustrate why I was including IBM in …
IBM Fundamental Analysis by the Numbers
Introduction All investing is not done with the same objectives or goals in mind. This applies to investing in common stocks just as it does to investing in real estate, commodities, fixed income vehicles, fine art or collectibles – and any other investment that comes to mind. There are times when investors are looking for …
Are These 5 Dow Stocks As Cheap As They Appear?: Part 5 of 5
Introduction This is the final installment of the five-part series where I examined the past operating histories and valuations of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks. With this 5 Part series I attempted to cover the 30 Dow stocks in order of highest valuations to lowest. For the most part, I suggested that the …
A Comprehensive Look At Dividend Growth Stock Valuations Sector By Sector: Part 2
Introduction Finding attractively valued dividend growth stocks is getting harder and harder to do. The overall market has been on a relentless advance for many years now, and high quality dividend paying growth stocks have been leaders. Consequently, valuations have become extended beyond historical norms and I contend prudence. Nevertheless, there are attractive dividend growth …