Five Dividend Achievers Raising Dividends Last Week
I invest in Dividend Growth Stocks. These are companies that have managed to increase dividends for many consecutive years in a row. This is not a small achievement. Out of…
What Is Eco-Anxiety And Why Is It On The Rise?
Authored by Katie Spence via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sadness, depression, fear, and a deep sense of betrayal, coupled with the feeling that humanity is doomed, are some of…
Diversification – Dividend Growth Investor
Some people out there want to beat the market. As a result, many try different things, in order to achieve their goals and objectives. One of these things they try…
America Tried Third-World Immigration In The 1980s And The Results Were Horrifying
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, The American Founding Fathers built our nation on a core premise that has been long forgotten and this memory lapse is causing endless grief…
Altria and Microsoft – returns over the past decade
Microsoft (MSFT) and Altria (MO) grew Free Cash Flow/share at roughly comparable rates between 2013 and 2024. Each company has delivered different total returns since the end of 2013 however.…
“Who’s Running The Country…” – Why Is Jill Biden Chairing A Cabinet Meeting?
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Biden White House held its first cabinet meeting in a year, and for some bizarre reason that no one can fathom, Joe Biden’s…
What’s Better Than “Buy and Hold”? — Oblivious Investor
The default prudent investment strategy these days is essentially a “buy and hold” (or, more precisely, “buy, hold, and rebalance”) strategy with low-cost index funds or ETFs. I’m convinced that…
Patience, Persistence, Perseverance – Dividend Growth Investor
Successful investing boils down to Patience, Persistence and Perseverance. You need the patience to wait for the right company to hit the right entry price. You then need the patience…
Lazard CEO Says Junior Bankers Are Fine With 80-90 Hour Weeks As Long As The Work Is “Interesting” And “Important”
Lazard Chief Executive Officer Peter Orszag doesn’t seem to be bothered by recent complaints of junior bankers being overworked on Wall Street. As a matter of fact, he took to…
Intrinsic Value – Dividend Growth Investor
Price is what you pay, value is what you get – Warren Buffett The market for stocks goes above and below intrinsic value all the time. Share prices are more…
USS Roosevelt Carrier Heads Home After Extended Deployment In Middle East
The USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier is heading back to US shores and its home of Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia after an extended Mideast tour. This brings to an…
Peter Lynch on Big Winners and Patience
The companies that do well, look out five, six, seven years, and some decisions they make may not be the right thing for the next year.” Peter Lynch The typical…
Boeing Starliner Spacecraft Returns To Earth Without Crew
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft left the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday evening and landed in White Sands, New Mexico, in the early hours of Saturday, without astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore…
Mistakes of Omission – Dividend Growth Investor
According to Buffett, his biggest mistakes by far have been mistakes of omission. For example, in a talk founder Bill Gates in 1998 at the University of Washington Business School,…
‘Over Ruled’: Who Guards The Guardians?
Authored by John Maxwell Hamilton via RealClearPolitics, “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” – Who guards the guardians? – is an old question that began as amusing repartee and has bedeviled democratic…
Chasing the Hot Fund — Oblivious Investor
Just a few years ago, if you read financial news at all, it was impossible to avoid headlines about Cathy Wood’s ARK Innovation fund. The fund’s performance was off the…
Altria, Dividends and Total Returns
Altria (MO) reached an all time high of $77.79/share in 2017 Today, the stock sells for $53.50/share If you look at prices alone, you can reach all sorts of conclusions…
Would The Party Of ‘Real Freedom’ Stand Up?
Authored by Matthew J. Brouillette via RealClearPennsylvania, In his recent speech at the Democratic National Convention, Gov. Josh Shapiro said his party carries the banner of “real freedom.” On everything…
Audit your investment decisions – Dividend Growth Investor
One of the best things you can do as an investor is to audit your investment decisions. This is an underrated factor that can help improve as an investor. Very…
Biden-Harris Admin Busted Using Secret Rule To ‘Trump-Proof’ DOJ
Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA.com, The Biden-Harris administration appears to have intensified its efforts to block a potential return by President Donald Trump to the White House, according to…