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Subscriber Request: The Trucking Industry

4 Trucking Stocks I reserve each Tuesday for subscriber requests. Most of the time I have familiarity with the companies or the industry that I’m asked to present. However, the trucking industry for whatever reason has not been an industry that I have personally been attracted to. Consequently, this gives me the opportunity to not …

Make A Fortune Investing in Fortune Brands (FBHS)

Investing in Fortune Brands If you like investing in consistent predictable double-digit growth as I do, then you will love Fortune Brands Home and Security Inc. Not only has this high-quality home and security company produced exemplary and consistent growth in earnings, cash flows, and sales, they have also raised their dividend every year since …

Railroad Stocks Analysis: CSX Corp. & Union Pacific Corp (UNP)

Are These Two RailRoad Stocks Too Expensive? Railroad stocks have a history of double-digit earnings and dividend growth.  Union Pacific Corp. and CSX Corp. have produced excellent total returns for its shareholders.  Both capital appreciation and dividend growth have exceeded the average stock by a large margin.  As a result of their consistent operating performance, …

11 Dividend Contenders For Growth And Income

Dividend Growth Stocks Dividend Contenders are high-quality dividend growth stocks that have increased their dividends for 10 up to 24 years. Therefore, they offer investors the opportunity to receive a growing dividend income stream to help keep up with inflation. Even better, they tend to be among the faster growing dividend growth stocks that also …

Alibaba (BABA) Too Much Political Risk | FAST Graphs

Is Alibaba Too Risky? Alibaba’s (BABA) stock price along with many other China-based ADRs has fallen precipitously. The question has become: is the political risk too great to invest? An article published in the Wall Street Journal this past weekend motivated me to produce this update. I believe the fundamentals of Alibaba are excellent relative …

Energize Your Portfolio Buy this 8.5% Dividend Payer MLP (EPD)

MLP Enterprise Products Partners This master limited partnership (MLP) has increased its distributions for 22 consecutive years. It is extremely undervalued and offers a current yield of 8.23%. The company’s long-term prospects are extremely well defined offering the unique potential for extremely high current income coupled with significant capital appreciation potential. This high-quality BBB+ investment …

4 High-Yield Dividend REITs For Income Now

Dividend REITs for Income Here I will cover 4 REITs that have a dividend. Real Estate Investment Trusts are excellent vehicles for generating high income over time.  However, just like most other income generating equity investments, it’s hard to find good value in this sector in this low interest rate environment.  Fortunately, I identified 4 …

Identifying Value Traps In Advance: Part 2

Introduction to Identifying Value Traps Here is a link to Part 1 In what has become part 2 of this two-part series, I simply identified the difference between a value trap versus a value investment.  The sole purpose of that video was to illustrate the distinctions between a true value stock versus a value trap.  …

2 Stocks Beating Bonds For Income (K) (GIS)| FAST Graphs

Are These 2 Stocks Better Than Bonds? Can a case really be made to use blue-chip dividend paying stocks as bond substitutes?  This is a very controversial question that has existed in the investment community since I have been involved over the past 50 years.  Bond purists can get angry and even antagonistic if you …

Amgen Buy The Dip For Growth And Income

Introduction to Amgen (AMGN) Amgen stock price fell approximately 6 and half percent yesterday.  Although that sounds like a lot, it is really nothing more than normal volatility in my humble opinion.  On the other hand, it did create an opportunity to buy this already attractively valued biotech giant at an even more reasonable valuation. …