Introduction I have been asked to provide a FAST Graph analyze out loud video on Tesla (TLSA) from many subscribers to our YouTube channel. This is a difficult company to analyze based on fundamentals. In some sense, it is really a tale of two companies. The first story refers to the company fundamentals from the …
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Passive and Buy-And-Hold Investing Don’t Work Unless!
Introduction Legendary investor and mentor to many investing greats Benjamin Graham once aptly stated that: “investing is most intelligent when it is most businesslike.” Personally, I agree which is why I refer to what I personally adhere to and practice with my own investing as “business perspective investing.” Stated more directly, I do not believe …
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 …
FAST Graphs Analyze Out Loud – Energy Sector
FAST Graphs Analyze Out Loud on Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Callon Petroleum (CPE), Energy Transfer (ET), Diamondback Energy (FANG) and Valero Energy (VLO) Secure Your Future Disclosure: Long ET Disclaimer: The opinions in this document are for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell the …
The Proper Utilization and Interpretation of FAST Graphs
Introduction One of the most common questions we receive regarding FAST Graphs is: why are P/E ratios different on the historical graphs versus the forecasting calculators? Although this is a fair question, it also illustrates that many of our users are not fully understanding how the tool is designed and/or how it works or should …
$CVX $IMO $XOM Subscriber Request Series: Integrated Oil & Gas
FAST Graphs Analyze Out Loud on $CVX Chevron, $IMO Imperial Oil and $XOM Exxon Mobile
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 …
The Right Way to Value Growth Stocks: Part 3
Introduction In part 2 of this series I focused on how to value slow and moderately growing businesses. In this article, Part 3, I will shift my focus on how to value faster growing companies (growth stocks). My definition of a fast grower (growth stock) is one that has consistently compounded earnings at 15% per annum or …
Principles of Valuation Part 2: Price Is What You Pay, Value Is What You Get
Introduction “Price Is What You Pay. Value Is What You Get.” The venerable investor Warren Buffett has a real knack of putting complex concepts and ideas into simple and easily understood terms. In my opinion, his quote, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get” is one of the more profound and important …
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 …