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4th Largest Bank in Canada – Bank of Montreal (BMO)

Introduction Bank of Montreal (BMO) engages in the provision of banking and financial services to individuals and institutions. The reason I am featuring this over any of the other Canadian banks, there are some concerns about the retail housing market in Canada and the exposure that a lot of the big banks have.  Once of …

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 …

UGI Corp.: FAST Graphs Analyze Out Loud Video

Introduction I am going to be discussing UGI Corp – a divided paying stock. UGI Corp. operates as a holding company that engages in the distribution, storage, transport, and marketing of energy products and services. It operates through the following segments: AmeriGas Propane; UGI International; Midstream and Marketing; and UGI Utilities. The AmeriGas Propane segment …

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 …

3M A True Dividend King for Current Yield and Dividend Growth

Introduction 3M (MMM) is a true Dividend King that has increased its dividend for 61 consecutive years. Perhaps an even more impressive dividend record is the fact that they have paid a dividend continuously for 104 years running since 1916. Furthermore, on May 12 they declared a dividend of $1.47 payable June 12, 2020 which …

Here’s A Growth Stock Story – II VI, Inc.

II VI Growth Story In light of what’s been going on with the pandemic I thought I might change things up a little bit with this video and show you kind of a growth stock story, and more than that, a company that’s had really tremendous momentum here in spite of what’s been going on …