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UPDATE: Medical Properties Trust: 11.26% Yield – The Risk is Priced In

Authors:  James Long, Seeking Alpha Contributor & Chuck Carnevale Contribution from Professor Nathan Mauck Summary Medical Properties Trust Medical Properties Trust’s ideal role in Income portfolios is to provide a stable stream of income. The primary concern should be the safety of this income stream, and less so about price appreciation. In fact, if the …

Medical Properties Trust: 9% Current And Growing Dividend Yield

Authors:  James Long and Chuck Carnevale Summary Preamble Now, much ink has been spilled over Medical Properties Trust (MPW) since 2021. The average of 2 articles per month between January 2021 to January 2022 increased more than 3x to an average of 7 articles per month between February 2022 to 17 February 2023. It will …

FedEx: Dividend Growth Stock with Upside 

Authors: James Long and Chuck Carnevale Introduction FedEx (FDX) Contrarian investing requires extra due diligence to identify traits that give investors confidence and conviction to invest in a company when everything and everyone is against it. Not all companies that are in the doghouse are investable. Quality always matters and identifying characteristics that set these …

Amazon Stock Update – Buy Sell Or Hold? | FAST Graphs

Amazon Stock (AMZN) On October 17, 2022 I posted a video suggesting that: “Don’t Just Buy From Amazon – Buy Amazon.” At that time, Amazon stock (AMZN) was selling at approximately $107 a share, and based on consensus analyst estimates of operating cash flow, the stock appeared undervalued. However, estimates did deteriorate temporarily, and the …

Buy This Stock For Its 4% Dividend, Safety And Profit Potential

Stock Introduction The aftermarket auto parts industry has been dominated by fast-growing growth stocks O’Reilly automotive and AutoZone. These two stock behemoths with 50 billion and 46 billion market caps respectively have dominated the industry and have been powerful consistent growers over the last couple of decades. Furthermore, because of their consistency they have also …

5 Dividend Growth Stocks Offering A Margin of Safety | FAST Graphs

Stocks with a Margin of Safety During uncertain economic times – as we are experiencing currently – the ever-important principles of valuation and margin of safety become even more important. As 2022 brought us a bear market after enjoying a very strong and long-running bull market, valuations have improved tremendously. Nevertheless, since the market was …

Selecting the Best Dividend Growth Stocks for Total Return: Part 2

Dividend Growth Stocks for Total Return In part 1 of this two-part series on dividend growth stocks, I stressed the importance of having a plan. Commonly referred to as an investment policy statement, it is arguably the critical first step. However, once that plan is firmly established and clearing your mind, the second step is …

Constructing a Dividend Growth Stock Portfolio for Total Return (Part 1)

Dividend Growth Stock Portfolio – Stock Selection Process A common mistake that investors make regarding dividend portfolio construction is not having a well-thought-out plan. It is quite common for investors to compile what could best be described as a “junk drawer” instead of a successful strategy. The reasons for this are many. Over time investors …