Research Articles
10 S&P 500 Stocks That Rose In The Stock Market Crisis: It’s A Market Of Stocks: Part 2
2020-04-24
Market of Stocks – Not a Stock Market In part 1 of this 3 part series I provided a quick cursory look at 10 of 30 stocks that MarketWatch pointed out have done very well in the stock market in spite of the coronavirus market crash. In that first group of 10, there were several […]
30 S&P 500 Stocks That Rose In The Crisis: It’s A Market Of Stocks: Part 1
2020-04-23
S&P 500 Stocks I have long asserted that it is a market of stocks and not a stock market. Perhaps the veracity of that statement has never been clearer than it is today. We are all aware of the devastation to the stock market in general that the shutdown instigated by the coronavirus has cost. […]
Meredith Update: Dividend Paused
2020-04-21
Introduction Meredith (MDP) surprised me with the recent announcement that they were going to “pause” their dividend – whatever that means. Frankly, I was surprised because the company had been guiding for strong cash flow both operating and free cash flow and EBITDA growth over the intermediate term future. So far, those consensus estimates have […]
Bank of Montreal versus Honeywell International Inc.
2020-04-21
Introduction What I want to try to demonstrate here and reiterate, because I’ve said this often for those of you who follow my work, that it’s a market of stocks and not a stock market. I’m going to look at Bank of Montreal and Honeywell International from a standpoint of fiscal health, financial health if […]
Cardinal Health Update-A Dividend Aristocrat on Sale
2020-04-16
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 […]
Raytheon and United Technologies Merger
2020-04-10
Introduction There recently has been a merger between Raytheon and United Technologies. The company is now Raytheon Technologies (RTX). When something like this happens, it kind of muddies up the history a little bit, although it doesn’t completely make the history irrelevant. Company Description Raytheon Technologies Corp. is an aerospace and defense company, which engages […]