dividends
A Very Attractive High-Yield Dividend Growth Stock You’ve Never Heard Of
2019-08-26
This FAST Graphs analyze out loud video will cover a mid-cap dividend growth stock that many may not be familiar with. However, I believe this particular dividend growth stock offers an intriguing opportunity of high current yield, above-average growth yield and enticing capital appreciation potential based on its low valuation. MSC Industrial Direct Co. (MSM) […]
Albemarle: A Cautionary Note
2019-08-20
Albemarle (ALB), this Dividend Champion, has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. The company is a specialty chemicals company, and as such, the world’s largest producer of lithium from which it generates approximately half of its total profits. Longer term, the lithium business is quite exciting as a result of the rapidly-growing adoption of […]
The Essence of Valuation is Soundness Not Rate of Return: Part 1
2019-08-15
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 […]
$PRU Prudential Financial Inc. – Subscriber Request Series
2019-07-26
Prudential Financial, Inc. engages in the provision of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, and investment management to both individual and institutional customers. It operates through the following segments: U.S. Individual Solutions, U.S. Workplace Solutions, PGIM, International Insurance, Closed Block, and Corporate and Others. The U.S. Individual Solutions segment consists of […]
Designing The Appropriate Common Stock Retirement Portfolio: Stock Selection Options: Part 2
2019-07-25
Introduction This article is a refresh and an update of an article I originally posted in 2015. However, the principles I am presenting are timeless and worthy of being revisited. Moreover, I have updated the supporting examples to more precisely reflect our current market environment. In part 1 of this series I discussed two important […]
Beware the Valuations of The Dividend Kings Fortress Portfolio
2019-07-24
Research Articles, Uncategorized
One of the great benefits for subscribing to The Dividend Kings service are the carefully-selected portfolios presented in our portfolio tracker. However, I want to caution the subscriber that these portfolios should not be looked at as simply cut-and-paste investment options. Instead, I believe our subscribers should understand that these portfolios are suggested research candidates […]