The Gap Between Altria and Philip Morris International
The United States dollar is performing exceptionally well against the Euro and Japanese Yen in particular, and other global currencies in general, as unease about Greece and other maladies throughout...
View ArticleWhen A Company Has No Brand Power
There are three dozen companies that spend over $1 billion per year on advertising. If you are a sports fan, you might assume that Anheuser-Busch is the largest advertiser in the world, though it...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Buys Precision Castparts
When Warren Buffett makes an acquisition on behalf of Berkshire Hathaway, it immediately triggers a hindsight bias reaction that makes you think–oh yes, it was so obvious, how did I not see that...
View ArticleRethinking Apple
Between 2003 and 2010, Blackberry saw its profits climb from $0.10 per share to $8.28 per share. The stock, which traded around $10 in 2003, hit a high of $148 in the summer of 2008. In a five-year...
View ArticleThe Expected S&P 500 Returns 2015-2025
A great quote from Leon Cooperman, the founder of the hedge fund Omega Advisors: “I am very knowledgeable and cognizant of what the S&P 500 represents; in 2015, it is an index of 500 companies, on...
View ArticleThe Peculiarity of Socially Responsible Investing
The Ave Maria Catholic Values Fund, which trades under the symbol AVEMX, is the best example of a socially responsible fund I have encountered. It has been a long-term owner of Lowe’s, which accounts...
View ArticleProtecting Yourself From Financial Advisor Fraud
The worst investor fraud since Bernie Madoff appears to be upon us. Yesterday, managers at the New York based hedge fund Platinum Partners have been arrested as federal prosecutors allege the...
View ArticleWhat Mistake Are Smart Investors Making These Days?
Warren Buffett did the investor community a great favor by introducing the concept of an “economic moat” when explaining what types of businesses are so superior that they can be purchased and held...
View ArticleWhy The Dow Jones Should Be 20,000 Points Higher
You know how everyone in the investment community loves to rag on IBM stock? Well, there’s nothing new about that. In fact, this lament might be something you have in common with your grandfather. When...
View ArticleThe Investment Analyst Community Failed You On Sears Stock
In 2011, Sears Holdings (SHLD) reported a loss of $500 million. It was the first time in at least thirty years that Sears had reported a loss. At the time, management and investment analysts reported...
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The Competitive Advantage Of Disney Stock
An underrated advantage of Berkshire Hathaway is that Warren Buffett is able to buy family-owned companies at a discount to the maximum value that an open bidding for the company would yield. Buffett...
View ArticleProspering From Publicly Traded Stocks
For 99% of human history, you needed to already be rich in order to buy an ownership interest in a prosperous business. Even in old timey England, individual property could not be divided into more...
View ArticleREIT IRA Investing In 2017
If you are looking for something that will throw off large amounts of income over the next decade, the possibility of stuffing your IRA with shares of the real estate investment trust W.P. Carey (WPC)...
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Dividend Investing: A Seven Step Guide
Dividend investing for intermediate and serious investors has been the topic of my blog since I started it in 2013. I love the slowness during the last week of the year because it lets you step back...
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The Best Companies That Grow Their Dividends
I wanted to provide a list of factors to consider when searching for the best companies that grow their dividends over the long haul. I recommend placing a primary emphasis on per share earnings growth...
View ArticleInvesting Secrets: Four Ways To Overcome Fear
Investing Secrets: Four Ways To Overcome Fear One of my general goals for writing finance articles, which I am going to focus on specifically in 2017, is to point out that fear arising from a stock...
View ArticleThe Best Assets To Own: A Comprehensive Overview
Generally speaking, each dollar that you save can be deployed toward one of the following assets: cash, commodities/hard assets, bonds/fixed income, real estate, and stocks/business ownership. Below, I...
View ArticleWhy Get Rich Slowly Declined
When I first started reading finance articles online somewhere between 2007 and 2009, one of the first authentic voices that I discovered was J.D. Roth of the website “Get Rich Slowly.” The blog was...
View ArticleWhy PAYX Stock Creates Vast Wealth
Paychex, Inc. is a payroll processor for 605,000 businesses in the United States and Germany that have between 10 and 200 employees. It is on the short list of stocks with excellent investment...
View ArticleThe Tax Advantages Of Oil and Natural Gas Investments
In the investment arena of oil and natural gas partnerships, you see a lot of general partnerships crop up in areas that are being drilled (particularly Texas). You might wonder: Why don’t these people...
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