How Buffett Earns $2.7 Billion From 3 Stocks
It’s no secret that Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has a soft spot for dividend paying stocks. Perhaps more surprisingly is that Buffett keeps a $157 billion cash hoard on the Berkshire balance sheet and refuses to pay a dividend to his own shareholders.
The reasoning is simple, Buffett thinks he and Berkshire can earn a better return on that cash than shareholders can. » Read more about: How Buffett Earns $2.7 Billion From 3 Stocks »
Read MoreWarning, Warning: Real Estate Crash Incoming
According to Apollo, the housing slowdown is on pace for the fastest ever decline in history. Relative to past corrections, which appear to meander slowly downward by comparison, the 2022 housing market appears to virtually fall off a cliff.
Within 7 months of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, the cumulative change in existing single-family home sales eclipsed a record -20%.
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Read MoreBuffett Slashes Stake in Decade-Long Holding
A great investor knows when to pivot and let go of investments that once fit within their portfolios but may no longer suit their current and future goals. That may explain why Buffett cut his holding company’s position in U.S. Bancorp (USB) by more than half.
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Read MoreIs This Dividend King The MOST Undervalued Of All?
Dividend kings are a rare breed. A company must have increased its dividend consecutively for the past 50 years to qualify for the elite status. The list of companies that make the cut is small, as a result, and includes:
- Johnson & Johnson
- Procter & Gamble
- Coca Cola
- Altria Group
- Target
- Sysco
- Parker Hannafin
- American States Water Company
- Tootsie Roll Industries
The total number of companies that are on the list could hardly be counted on your fingers and toes.
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Read MoreBizarre Trend To Appear In Next 8 Weeks
Some things are just hard to explain away, like why a stock will dramatically outperform at certain times of the year. But that’s exactly the case for Performance Food Group, a company very few investors have even heard of let alone invested in.
Performance Food Group is a standout candidate over the next couple of months for investors who are willing to bet on the increasingly embraced idea of seasonality.
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Read MoreThe Burst
Market Commentary: 3 Stocks Flashing RED Alert
It all seemed so rosy during the summer of 2023. Markets were booming, bad news was tossed to the curb. Stocks were flying high. And then in early August, the trend changed.
In a matter of days, a tectonic shift took place in three stocks that warned danger lies ahead for the market as a whole.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Fast Growth Stock To Pop 230%?
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Read MoreThe Daily
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACAD) shareholders have endured a 37% loss from investing in the stock five years ago
In order to justify the effort of selecting individual stocks, it’s worth striving to beat the returns from a market index fund. But every investor is virtually certain to have both over-performing and under-performing stocks. At this point some shareholders may be questioning their investment in ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAD),