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Should Anthem Be Added To Your Portfolio
2020-06-24
Introduction Anthem, Inc. provides life, hospital and medical insurance plans. It offers a broad spectrum of network-based managed care health benefit plans to the large and small employer, individual, Medicaid, and Medicare markets. The company operates through the following segments: Commercial & Specialty Business, Government Business, IngenioRx. Anthem is the fourth largest managed care provider […]
OGE Energy: Attractive Value Above-Average Dividend Yield
2020-06-19
Utility Stock OGE Energy OGE Energy is a utility stock, and utility stocks should be primarily thought of as income investments. To a certain extent they can be considered as bond alternatives. Not bond replacements, instead, an alternative income producing asset that has advantages and disadvantages over fixed income and common stocks in general. For […]
UGI Corp.: FAST Graphs Analyze Out Loud Video
2020-06-10
Introduction I am going to be discussing UGI Corp – a divided paying stock. UGI Corp. operates as a holding company that engages in the distribution, storage, transport, and marketing of energy products and services. It operates through the following segments: AmeriGas Propane; UGI International; Midstream and Marketing; and UGI Utilities. The AmeriGas Propane segment […]
Corporate Debt Out-Of-Control Or Smart Business: Part 2
2020-06-01
Introduction In part 1 found here, Why Record Corporate Debt Might Not Be So Bad: 8 Debt-Laden Blue Chips – Part 1 of this two-part series, I pointed out that low interest rates have been a strong motivating factor for publicly traded companies to utilize debt over equity to finance their operations. Simply stated, it is a […]
Bank OZK (NAS:OZK)
2020-05-26
Introduction I was asked to cover the Bank OZK by a subscriber back in 2018, where I produced a video. Bank OZK was not a company that I had personally invested in, but when I was asked to look at it I was quite enthralled with this company, and I don’t mind saying that today […]
3M A True Dividend King for Current Yield and Dividend Growth
2020-05-20
Introduction 3M (MMM) is a true Dividend King that has increased its dividend for 61 consecutive years. Perhaps an even more impressive dividend record is the fact that they have paid a dividend continuously for 104 years running since 1916. Furthermore, on May 12 they declared a dividend of $1.47 payable June 12, 2020 which […]