I think the culling of jobs that took place recently is good for stock price. Investors are sick of waiting for the company to be in the black despite surging revenues over the past few years. “Moments” should increase engagement and user growth rates going forward. Forward looking commentary on how successful it should be…
There are a number of great companies in the market today. By using the ModernGraham Valuation Model, I’ve selected the five undervalued companies reviewed by ModernGraham trading closest to their 52 week low. Each of these companies has been determined to be suitable for the Enterprising Investor according to the ModernGraham approach. Defensive Investors are defined as…
The Chart of the Day belongs to CommunityOne Bancorp (NASDAQ:COB), I found the southeastern commercial bank stock by using Barchart to sort the Russell 3000 Index stocks first for a Weighted Alpha of at least 50.00+, then again for technical buy signals of 80% or better. Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy on 9/24 the stock gained 24.84%. CommunityOne…
Photo Credit: Tony & Wayne || Do we PEG the growth of pretty flowers? I was looking through an article to see if it had any decent stock ideas, and noted that most of the companies featured were growth stocks. As such, my first pass for analysis is the PEG ratio, which is the ratio…
Most cats bounce at least once when they die, but not this one: after CAT posted its first annual drop in retail sales in December of 2012, it has failed to see a rise in retail sales even once. In fact, since then Caterpillar has seen 34 consecutive months of declining global sales, and 11 consecutive months…
A little over a year ago we looked at a new income vehicle called a yieldco which was highlighted in Barron’s. Over the weekend Barron’s provided an update on the still small niche and basically they’ve had a rough go in the last three or four months although I should note that for the six months prior they were white…
You won’t hear this on CNBC. For some perspective on the long-term performance of the stock market, today’s chart presents the Dow priced in another global currency — gold. Today’s chart illustrates how it currently takes 14.7 ounces of gold to ‘buy the Dow’ (i.e. the Dow / gold ratio) — well off the 44.8…
McCormick & Company (MKC) is a leading global provider of spices, seasonings, condiments, and flavors. The company was founded in 1889 and has increased its dividend payments for 28 consecutive years. The company has assembled a large portfolio of high quality brands. The image below shows many of the company’s easily recognizable spice and flavoring…
Abbott and Manpower released their latest earnings reports before opening bell this morning. Abbott posted adjusted earnings of 54 cents per share, beating consensus by a penny, on $5.2 billion in revenue, which was in line with the consensus estimate and a 10.9% year over year increase. Manpower reported earnings of $1.61 per share, which…
Fundamental Approach workbook: Fundamental-Approach The following paragraphs detail the seven steps involved (as used in the above excel workbook) to run a fundamental approach to investing in US stocks. Step 1 Each month (around the 10th business day), I go to Vanguard’s “Custom Reports” tool to download to excel the following data for 10 US Sector ETFs: Earnings growth…
