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 …
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Meredith Corp.: Buy of a Lifetime or a Value Trap
Introduction Today I am going to cover one of the most befuddling stocks that I think I have ever covered – Meredith Corp. In the video I will talk about why I find the stock befuddling and I will talk about what the company does and what some of their products are. Below is their …
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 …
Even With This Crisis It’s a Market of Stocks
Introduction It’s stating the obvious to say that the stock markets have been in a freefall as a result of the coronavirus. However, I think it’s also important to point out that what we have recently experienced in the stock markets more resembles a flash crash than it does a correction. Furthermore, I think it’s …
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, …
How To protect Your Dividend Growth Portfolio from the Pending Market Crash
Introduction Ever since I first entered the investment industry circa 1970, I have been confronted with a constant and persistent admonition about the next pending market crash. In those early days I contributed much of the negativity toward stocks to a lingering overhang from the Great Depression. Many of the people I was talking with …
The Top 3 Medical Distributors Are On Sale: AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson Corp.
Introduction The top 3 Medical DistributorsAmerisourceBergen (ABC), Cardinal Health (CAH) and McKesson Corp. (MCK) dominate the distribution of pharmaceuticals and are estimated to represent 90% to 95% of the market. Moreover, each are dividend growth stocks, and as a specific subsector group all appear significantly undervalued. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the issues …
Interest Rates and Stock Values Truth Be Told
Introduction The idea that interest rates directly affect stock prices is a commonly held belief among many investors. There are some that even go as far as to say that the only reason the stock market is up is because interest rates have been artificially kept low by the Fed. With this article, I’m going …
This is How You Can Beat the Market Without Fail
Introduction With this article I am going to present several ways that investors, especially retired investors, can beat the market without fail. However, what I will be presenting may not be what you are expecting, particularly if you have a narrow notion of what beating the market means. In other words, one of my primary …
Answering the Important Questions: When to Buy or When to Sell A Stock: Part 1
Introduction As a seasoned and grizzled veteran of the financial services industry for now going on 50 years, the most commonly asked questions I have received, and still do to this day, are: when to buy and when to sell a stock? Moreover, these very questions are the mother of how and why I have …