Today I've profiled two of my favorite baby aristocrats -- or aristocrats in the making. Stocks that I think will continue to pay ever increasing dividends... Read More
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A Third Pick for my $100,000 Real-Money Portfolio
We’re less than a week into my $100,000 real-money portfolio undertaking, and we’ve already seen plenty of excitement. I committed more than $12,000 to my first pick, Ford Motor (NYSE: F), which jumped nicely in the days after my initial analysis. If you had the chance to… Read More
A commodity that soon may become more precious than gold or oil is, surprisingly enough, clean water. It may sound far-fetched, but reliable sources such as the World Health Organization have been warning that the Earth is rapidly running out of clean drinking water. Today, more… Read More
Take a Look at My “Cheat Sheet” of Undervalued Stocks
They say stocks “climb a wall of worry.” Well, investors now have something new to worry about. Concerns are growing that profit margins may have peaked for many companies in 2011 and could slip a bit in 2012 and 2013. It’s… Read More
One of my Favorite Stocks for This Year Could Double
Since the fall of last year, investors have sent most financial stocks plummeting, regardless of the underlying strength of the firm’s business prospects. But what has been a period of unadulterated selling so far could spell big opportunity for smart investors who buy… Read More
Time waits for no one. The market has rung in the New Year, and slow-to-move investors may miss out on further gains ahead. So I’m moving quickly to name the second pick in my $100,000 portfolio. As is the case with Ford (NYSE: F), my initial holding, it’s also… Read More
This 18.1%-Yielder Could Be in Trouble
Investors have been asking me about this stock for weeks. And I don’t blame them… The stock is yielding more than 18% right now. This high yield comes on top of a 7-million share buyback announcement this company made just weeks… Read More
You may not remember it firsthand (I certainly don’t), but 1954 was a pretty interesting year. “I Love Lucy,” starring Lucille Ball, was the most popular show on TV. The New York Giants beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series four games to none, the league’s first win since… Read More
While taking time out on a trip to Hong Kong a few years ago, I took a ferry over to the island protectorate of Macau. The place felt like a ghost town, with few tourists, though the locals said that would soon change. They were right. A few years later,… Read More
The Investing Advice That Makes Brokers Cringe
It’s one of the best investing strategies I know… and brokers hate it. Brokers are in the business to make money. Every time you make a trade, they collect a fee. This means they like it when you make as many trades as possible. Read More