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The Truth About The Impact Of Dividend Reinvesting
2013-04-10
Introduction There is a growing trend towards doing-it-yourself (DIY) portfolio management. Many individual investors have become disillusioned with professional investment management at various levels, to include mutual funds as well as custom-designed professionally-managed portfolios. Consequently, they have become motivated to take their financial futures into their own hands and manage their own portfolios. Generally, I […]
Looking For Value, Growth And Income After The Recent Market Run Up, Check Out These Tech Titans
2013-03-27
Introduction A significant portion of all the great advantages that the world has received through the promise of technology can be credited to the Big 3: Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT). Great gratitude should be attributed to these technology titans, because, thanks to them, the world enjoys a functioning Internet and […]
Why Accomplished Dividend Growth Investors Can Ignore Price Volatility
2013-03-21
Introduction For a lot of reasons, dividend growth investing is becoming more and more popular every day. The historically low interest rate on fixed income is perhaps one important reason for this trend. However, an equally important, and perhaps even the most important reason, might just be that investors are better informed on the dividend […]
Forecasting Future Earnings Is The Key To Successful Stock Investing, Consensus Analysts’ Estimates Provide A Solid Starting Point
2013-03-14
Looking for good dividend paying stocks to add to your retirement portfolio? You might want to try trusting analysts’ estimates to aid in your selection process. Putting Analysts’ Estimates Into Perspective I believe that estimating future earnings growth is a major key to successful long-term stock investing. If you’re a true investor, then you are […]
UnitedHealth Group Inc: Fundamental Stock Research Analysis
2013-03-05
Before analyzing a company for investment, it’s important to have a perspective on how well the business has performed. Because at the end of the day, if you are an investor, you are buying the business. The FAST Graphs™ presented with this article will focus first on the business behind the stock. The orange line […]
The Essence of Valuation is Soundness Not Rate of Return
2013-02-22
Introduction on Stock Valuation When it comes to writing about investing in common stocks, my favorite theme typically revolves around valuation. In fact, I once had a reader dub me “Mr. Valuation.” Which, I might add was very flattering to me. Moreover, in the context of discussing valuation there are normally three concepts that are […]