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Colgate-Palmolive Stock: An Essential Core Holding In Your Portfolio
You gotta love America—in this country, can you get rich by buying blocks of stock in a dish soap and toothpaste manufacturer, hold it for a long time and go about your life, reinvest the dividends,...
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Amazon’s Other Competitive Advantages
Amazon’s warehouse facilities have decreased the processing speeds of typical orders in the United States by 73% since its serious entry into the distribution marketplace in 1997. Generally speaking,...
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How Bad Are Mutual Fund Fees?
When investing, there are three to keep in mind that can erode the purchasing power of each dollar that we have: (1) The first one is inflation. If inflation runs at 4.0% annually, that means it will...
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Why Russell 2000 Stocks Outperform The World
Small businesses, in addition to being the lifeblood of America because they more closely represent the dreams and ambitions of their founders than nearly any other business enterprise, have delivered...
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Brunswick Corporation’s Ill-Advised Spinoff of Life Fitness Brands
Brunswick has one of the greatest legacies in the history of American business. How many companies out there have track records dating back to before the Civil War, as Brunswick does with its inception...
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The Best Stock Right Now For Fifty Years
I view investing in the stock market under the following terms: (1) about 75% of one’s investments should be dedicated to owning shares in the most dominant business holdings in the entire world, and...
View ArticleEvery Dividend Investor Should Have A Checklist
This is a random fact about my blog writing—I keep Elmore Leonard’s “Ten Tricks For Good Writing” handy with me whenever I work my way through a post I want to add to my website. Leonard, the author of...
View Article5 Factors For Choosing An Executor In Your Will
When you draft a will, you have to name an executor/personal representative for your will, or else the State will choose one for you (a process that will likely cost attorney fees and a few months of...
View ArticleWarren Buffett’s 1993 Lesson On Coca-Cola Stock
In his 1993 letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett provided an interesting historical aside about Coca-Cola’s long-term performance: “Let me add a lesson from history: Coke went...
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IBM’s Acquisition of Red Hat & The Modern Tech Stock
From 1911 through 1991, American tech stocks delivered returns of 8.3% annualized, almost two percentage points below what a general basket of large-cap American stocks produced over the same time...
View ArticlePerfect Stocks And Perfect Market Timing Does Not Exist
What screws a lot of people up from accomplishing good things in life is this desire to wait for the moment to be perfect before beginning. The problem with that mentality is this: there will never...
View ArticleInvesting in Otter Tail Stock For A Generation
More so than most, I have long been intrigued by the 1960s fad of investing in conglomerate stocks. You have these beautiful, completely unrelated businesses that churn out profits under nearly all...
View ArticleHow To Find A Dividend Stock You Can Hold Forever
When I was a little kid, there was this hamburger joint in Clayton, MO that served calfburgers with a cheddar cheese spread and steak fries. My dad used to take me there back in the day, and it was the...
View ArticleThe Per Stirpes Distribution Default Rule: An Illustration
It is sadly not uncommon enough in the United States for a parent to outlive their child–a tragedy that befalls approximately 8% of families. I have been reviewing recent state law decisions, and I...
View ArticleA Big Threat To A Long-Term Dividend Investing Strategy
I was just reading over Michael J. Burry’s commencement speech to graduates at UCLA, and I came across this passage in his speech that I’d like to share with you: “Information swarms us. It comforts...
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A Lifetime of Income Investing Is The Best Defense Against Job Loss
What is every employee’s worst fear? While I cannot answer that question with absolute certainty, I’d be willing to wager that a forced early retirement (be it due to layoffs or a forced termination...
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BHP Billiton’s Incredibly Disappointing Management Decisions
I have been intrigued by BHP Billiton, the commodities producer with various interests in Australia, the United Kingdom, Chile, and South Africa. If you want to own an asset that produces oil, iron,...
View ArticleThe Three Most Liberating Words In Investing: “I Don’t Know”
I recently engaged in a conversation with a long-term reader (hat tip to you, Michael) who was unsure about the future of the PC and tablet market as he contemplated an investment in Intel. He has been...
View ArticleThe Best Four Percent Yielder
There is one particular business that Jeremy Siegel highlighted in “Stocks for the Long Run” that grew earnings and dividends at a slower rate than its most notorious 20th century tech peer, but...
View ArticleDividend Reinvestment Does Not Have To Be All Or Nothing
If you are a regular reader of finance articles, you probably know that one topic which many writers beat to death with a brickbat is the strategy regarding dividend reinvestment. Generally, there are...
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