Friday, April 19, 2024
The Permian basin is one of the most active oil and gas regions. Over the last year, over 30 billion barrels of oil have come out of the ground in West Texas and New Mexico, and the experts expect that there are still another 30 billion barrels remaining. All the major oil and gas companies […]
Very few brands have the distinction of having their corporate name become “genericized” so that the brand is synonymous with the activity. Google (GOOGL – Get Rating) is perhaps the most well known today, with the phrase “Google It” meaning any internet search. Unless you’re of a certain age, you may not know the term “Make a Xerox”. And […]
France’s LVMH (LVMUY) is a titan in the global luxury goods industry and is guided by billionaire Bernard Arnault and his family. The company’s brands include Louis Vuitton, Moet Hennessey, Christian Dior, Tiffany, Givenchy, Sephora, Bulgari, Tag Heuer, Princess Yachts, and many brands spread across these broad categories: fashion and leather goods, perfumes and cosmetics, […]
As I start a new year, I work through strategies that will let me make more money as we go through the year. The first quarter brings dividend increase announcements, and they put my focus on dividend growth investing. Every day, news crosses my desk highlighting the power of dividend growth. Investing in growing dividends […]
Last week, in my 48-Hour Income service, we sold a cash-secured put on financial services company, B Riley Financial (RILY). In 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. RILY put premiums have remained elevated in recent weeks as the […]
Everyone loves a single-digit priced stock. This is despite the fact that academics tell us there is no advantage to buying a low-priced stock; instead, they say, a move from $5 to $8 is the same as a move from $50 to $80. That is not exactly true: much of the time, it takes less […]
For dividend investors, an excellent yield combined with regular dividend increases is the holy grail of wealth building. Dividend growth produces share price appreciation, so an income investment that grows dividends will almost certainly produce tremendous compounding annual total returns. Today, I want to show you my favorite ETF that does just that. In January […]
The mining sector’s largest company by market capitalization is BHP Group Ltd. (BHP). And, unlike its peers, this mining giant is growing by sticking to its proverbial knitting. BHP is using its healthy balance sheet both to buy smaller miners and to build organically, but the company has kept to well-traveled paths. This year’s $6 […]
The term goldilocks has begun to make the rounds in economic circles early this year, as unemployment remains low, interest rate cuts appear to be on the horizon, and companies are gearing up for a soft economic landing. And, as we move away from recession fears, it appears that oil could be bottoming out as […]
What can you do if you’re a biopharmaceutical company whose top-selling drug is seeing rapidly declining sales? You go on a buying spree—or at least, that’s what this top biotech is doing. Here’s why the results for shareholders are set to be fantastic. More than a third of AbbVie’s (ABBV) 2022 revenue came from Humira, […]
