A view of a power transmission line at sunset. energyy As a dividend growth investor, I tend to balance the past with a forward-looking focus. The past can’t tell an investor everything, but it could be a decent place to start. In the case of 3M (MMM) which I alluded to in a recent article…
ChiccoDodiFC/iStock via Getty Images There are three supporting themes driving our conviction that the timing for investing in gold, silver, copper, and other metal exploration stocks has never been more compelling: In our analysis, the unsustainable debt and government deficits in developed economies make inflationary pressures intractable and fiat currencies more susceptible to debasement than…
traveler1116/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Summary Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN), owner of the iconic Kentucky Derby, is a diversified gaming operator with a strong historical record. Over the past 3 years, the stock has consolidated while revenue and net income has grown. This has presented investors with a great opportunity to purchase a long-term compounder at…
Marat Musabirov The Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund (NYSE:BGX) is an unusual closed-end fund that income-focused investors can purchase in order to pursue their goals. The fund certainly manages to do pretty well at providing its investors with a high level of income, as its 10.26% yield compares fairly well with most other debt-focused closed-end…
Chip Somodevilla On the first day of Powell’s testimony, not much happened, and he failed to take control. There was very little that was new. This comes despite continued signs of inflation reaccelerating and robust economic data. If the Fed is correct in its assessment that inflation will return to target, the unemployment rate will…
amgun Life is a sort of a debtors’ prison where we are all playthings of fortune ― Smollett Tobias George Today, we put RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE:RNG) in the spotlight. The stock appears cheap by some key valuation metrics, but the shares saw some notable insider selling in February. As can be seen below, the stock…
Justin Sullivan We all know about the classic “beat and raise” during earnings season, where a company beats estimates and raises guidance for the next quarter or year. And the market typically rewards the stock. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) took this to a new level last night, to the extent that I am struggling for…
Kanur Ismail/iStock via Getty Images When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?”― Don Marquis. Today, we put Angi Inc. (NASDAQ:ANGI) in the spotlight. The company is the clear market leader in its niche but has struggled to find a way to profitability. It also has destroyed plenty…
Urupong According to an update by Seeking Alpha on January 9, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) has confirmed it is acquiring Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR) for about $14 billion. Now, since news of a potential combination hit the market, the networking company’s stock has jumped by more than 20% as illustrated in the orange chart…
RichLegg/E+ via Getty Images The best security against the future is to act in the present.” – Unknown. Today, we put ADT Inc. (NYSE:ADT) in the spotlight for the first time. The stock is trading roughly at 20% above the levels where some insiders acquired more shares in May of last year. This followed a…
ABEMOS Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) investors had a very tough 2023. It was rough to see the broader market power higher driven by tech. However, a land investor playing on the oil and gas theme can look past that. One did expect TPL to suddenly announce that they had found an AI-themed play on…
spooh Thesis Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:VIST) is in the middle of a significant expansion. They are drilling new wells and attaching them to a pipeline network for servicing both local and export markets. While this is producing significant capital expenditure, it should also lead to significant revenue increases. This is a follow up…
Toby Jorrin A key to any business is to make transactions that set the company up for success. For a long time, AT&T (NYSE:T) has been trapped into paying escalating prices for wireless spectrum that provided the company no real economic benefit. My investment thesis remains Bullish on the stock, as the telecom giant appears…
Hundley_Photography/iStock via Getty Images This article was coproduced with Leo Nelissen. It’s time to talk about what may be one of the coolest stocks on the market. A company flying under the radar. A company that benefits from the oil boom without producing a single drop of oil. A company that has its roots in…
Bruce Bennett Shares of Gap (NYSE:GPS) have been on a strong run recently, essentially doubling since May, moving them solidly into positive territory over the past year. Still, shares have lost nearly half of their value in the past five years as the company has struggled to reinvent its brands and keep them relevant for…
TMSC saw their quarterly profits plunge the highest since 2019. However, the company says that the the PC and smartphone market concerns are abating and chip demand is rising again. On Thursday, October 19, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported its Q3 2023 numbers with profit standing at 211 billion New Taiwan dollars ($6.69…
FatCamera/iStock via Getty Images By Inga Fechner & Rico Luman Drought and low water have had a major impact on vital inland water trade routes lately Waterways have always been crucial for transport. They’re a cheap and environmentally friendly way of transporting heavy or bulk goods such as coal and steel, mineral oil products, chemicals…
hapabapa Focused on the Fundamentals In a recent Management Meeting, PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) executives went into details on some key business initiatives that they are rolling out. I want to highlight a few of these as they look promising for future earnings growth. Before I get started on this, I want to provide some helpful background…
This is an opinion editorial by Tali Lindberg, a mother, the co-founder of Free Market Kids and host of “Orange Hatter: Bitcoin Podcast For Busy Women.” Typically, Bitcoin meetups come in two types: “BitDevs” and “plebs.” In the former, coders gather to discuss technical developments in the Bitcoin ecosystem, and the discussions are heavy with…