When a stock has soared 63% for the year it’s a risky proposition to step in the way of the momentum freight train and short it, but sometimes the highest flying stocks create setups for the biggest crashes. One social media stock that went on a huge run this year falls squarely into that category.
While the S&P 500 rallied from its October lows, crude oil prices and the shares of energy companies like Conoco Phillips, have declined. This trend, however, may present an investment opportunity as undervalued assets like COP become attractive.
Conoco Phillips’ stock, tracking the oil futures, showed a decline until a notable recovery in mid-December,
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Imagine you wanted to earn passive income forever more, how would you go about picking stocks likely to pay a yield large enough that it will be lucrative but low enough to ensure it’s sustainable?
The latter part of the sentence is the key because it’s always possible to find companies that pay sky high yields,
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Chevron and Occidental Petroleum are two oil stocks garnering a lot of attention these days, primarily because both are held in the esteemed portfolio of Warren Buffett.
But a closer examination of them both and their rivals suggests another oil stock may be a much better deal right now. So, is it time to buy?
Warren Buffett has spent his life building Berkshire Hathaway, a firm he describes as a mosaic that will never be completed. You would think that having put so much of his heart and soul into painting this canvas that he would surely advise his beneficiaries to cling on to Berkshire shares with a tight grip after he has passes on.
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If you look down the list of dividend stocks that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway owns, the highest yielding one will surprise you and it’s not apparent at first glance.
A cursory examination of his portfolio would suggest that the highest paying dividend stock is Citigroup, which pays a 4.3% yield and represents a 0.7% stake.
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How would you identify the #1 stock in Buffett’s portfolio? Is it the fastest growing stock, the biggest by market cap, the largest by weighting or the most undervalued?
We decided to pick the latter for this article and do a deep dive into all his positions to figure out which one is most undervalued across his whole equity portfolio.
It’s rare to find an $8.6 billion market capitalization firm that is severely undervalued. Once you get to the billion dollar company level, analysts and investors are astutely aware of what an enterprise is worth as they run quarterly financial models to assess value.
But every once in a while a deal crops up,
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Believe it or not you’re about to get a very precise answer to the question when will the market top but, before the entree, a little appetizer.
As we enter year-end, the market has a lot of bullish forces driving it higher, and should continue to support the markets into the new year.
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Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) poses something of a conundrum to investors at the moment. On the one hand, the share price has dramatically underperformed the market, leading to concerns that further declines are on the horizon. And on the other hand, the valuation is starting to look really attractive to bargain hunters.
So,
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