Intel: Something Big Is Coming In April [View article]
You are right, it was CNBC. I am afraid that too many people waste their time listening to them. It seems to me that a small group of people should not have so much power with people's money. Their panic over libor and analysts making their bearish calls are what crashed the entire global economy and lost thousands of jobs and homes. Basically it was perpetrated fraud in my opinion. The stock market has become a racket and no longer has the trust of the public.
Dividend Growth Strategies For Younger Investors - Part 2 [View article]
I thought this article was advice for younger investors. A young investor needs to read The 25 Habits of Highly Successful Investors by Peter Sander, paying particular attention to Habit 2 which explains the importance of total return. Total return is what a young investor should evaluate on an annual basis.
Dividend Growth Strategies For Younger Investors - Part 2 [View article]
Here is where many of you are wrong. When the company stops growing, you may hope the dividend continues to grow or they continue to buy back shares, but it may not happen. Then even if the company is reliable with a good cash flow business, all you are going to get is the dividend every year. This may be all you want in retirement; a safe stock that pays a dividend. But when you are young, you need to be investing in growth companies. And you do need to invest in the total stock market with part of your money as many people do not gain any more than that in their investments. In fact, when you are young, the only reason to invest in dividend stocks is to have part of your investment in income for a balanced portfolio and to insure that when dividends are in favor you take advantage of the move up. When interest rates are back up, dividend stocks will only sell at their reasonable value. All they will appreciate then is their earnings growth + dividend + stock buy backs.
Intel: Something Big Is Coming In April [View article]
Someone on MSNBC just said the stock was going down into the teens. He was pumping JPM. That's the problem. No respect for tech. Web tv sounds interesting and that must have been the reason Comcast did not move up with the market. However I turned on my pc this morning to have amazing speed this morning after Comcast upgraded their network. I won't be giving up my bundle.
The Diversity Of Microsoft Is Not Really Diversity [View article]
The stock is close to its 200 dma and if it can close over it, I think it will go higher. It reports in April and should be a lot better than last year. Then the fiscal year closes out in June, which Credit Suisse calls a make or break quarter. This year total earnings will only grow 4% which may be why the stock is down so much. The stock made no gains in 2012. Next year which is 2014 beginning this Sept earnings are suppose to grow 11%. Looking ahead, it may be time to be buying the stock, if you believe in their new products. Since 2004 they have been reducing their share count, and now with this good dividend, it seems like more people would be interested in owning MSFT. You can't really compare MSFT with IBM because IBM will grow earnings over 10% as far out as we can see as well as stock buybacks and dividends. Microsoft has not been as consistent from one year to the next. Analyst estimates have been coming down for Microsoft and going up for IBM. Credit Suisse's price target for MSFT is $38 but I doubt if it gets there, as CS has not been very accurate on their predictions when I went back and looked at last years recommendations. (Disclosure: I own only a few shares of MSFT while I am a large shareholder of IBM. I may add to both of them on any sell-offs this year. Technology will eventually catch up and outperform the market)
Dividend Growth Strategies For Younger Investors - Part 2 [View article]
Find a total return calculator. If you aren't beating the market, there is no point in picking your stocks, especially if you are young and have other things to do. There's nothing wrong with buying the S&P 500 or the total US stock market with a low cost ETF or mutual fund. IBM is one you can buy and hold reinvesting dividends, and beat the market over the long term. The total return calculator I used to use has been removed from the website. If you find one, please message me. Morningstar has a total return chart with some performance for varying time frames here. http://bit.ly/XFQpLu You can see how over 3, 5, 10, or 15 years IBM has beat the S&P 500.
National Oilwell Varco: An Excellent Opportunity To Invest In A Strong Undervalued Company [View article]
Best of luck to you waiting for this stock to get over the 200 dma. Every time I owned it it either fails there or it crashes when it reports earnings.
Interested In Caterpillar? Be Patient, Timing Is Everything [View article]
Half a percent below the 200 dma but up a little today. It will probably hang around here until earnings. At some point, people will buy it because it is so cheap. But it could be a wait.
Dell: The Barbarians Finally Arrive At The Gate [View article]
So many people want to buy it that I have to ask why the stock has sold off over 14% for the year? Meanwhile Dell has been buying up companies with their cash in software, cloud, and services. What kind of board of directors would sell Dell now to anyone? How does this benefit shareholders or Dell employees to take the company private? It doesn't. Who do the board of directors work for? The shareholders. Why would any shareholder vote to take it private when you may get your investment returned to you when none of the companies recently bought have had time to grow to their potential and the people making the future investment gains will be private equity. This is the Wall Street game: IPO out to investors at a gain while you take private companies that are under-valued. If people haven't figured this out by now, you get what you deserve, while the top 1% grows their money 40%.
He isn't the only one. Fast Money doesn't like any of the PC stocks although they have recently said buy Apple after the severe sell-off. I doubt Dell gets even 40% of their revenue from PCs, but that is what they think of when they talk about Dell. From what I can tell, they know very little about technology and rely on analysts, who also know very little and rely on anonymous comments from some supply chain company.
Intel: Something Big Is Coming In April [View article]
Dividend Growth Strategies For Younger Investors - Part 2 [View article]
Dividend Growth Strategies For Younger Investors - Part 2 [View article]
Intel: Something Big Is Coming In April [View article]
Web tv sounds interesting and that must have been the reason Comcast did not move up with the market. However I turned on my pc this morning to have amazing speed this morning after Comcast upgraded their network. I won't be giving up my bundle.
The Diversity Of Microsoft Is Not Really Diversity [View article]
You can't really compare MSFT with IBM because IBM will grow earnings over 10% as far out as we can see as well as stock buybacks and dividends. Microsoft has not been as consistent from one year to the next. Analyst estimates have been coming down for Microsoft and going up for IBM.
Credit Suisse's price target for MSFT is $38 but I doubt if it gets there, as CS has not been very accurate on their predictions when I went back and looked at last years recommendations.
(Disclosure: I own only a few shares of MSFT while I am a large shareholder of IBM. I may add to both of them on any sell-offs this year. Technology will eventually catch up and outperform the market)
Dell: Take The Premium And Run [View article]
Dividend Growth Strategies For Younger Investors - Part 2 [View article]
The total return calculator I used to use has been removed from the website. If you find one, please message me.
Morningstar has a total return chart with some performance for varying time frames here.
http://bit.ly/XFQpLu
You can see how over 3, 5, 10, or 15 years IBM has beat the S&P 500.
National Oilwell Varco: An Excellent Opportunity To Invest In A Strong Undervalued Company [View article]
Interested In Caterpillar? Be Patient, Timing Is Everything [View article]
At some point, people will buy it because it is so cheap. But it could be a wait.
A Preview Of 1st Quarter Earnings [View article]
Microsoft Is Far Too Cheap To Ignore Any Longer [View article]
http://bit.ly/10eY98F
Aviv REIT: A New Contender In The Promising Healthcare Sector [View article]
Dell: The Barbarians Finally Arrive At The Gate [View article]
Dell: Take The Premium And Run [View article]
Dell: Take The Premium And Run [View article]