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It’s A Great Big World Out There
Those considering a trip across the pond in 2023 might lament not taking it last fall, as the euro bottomed out at 0.96 € to the dollar at the end of September, moved above parity in November and buys...
Investing In A Higher Interest Rate Environment
While Jerome H. Powell & Co. hiked the target for the Fed Funds rate yet again this week, the current benchmark lending rate of 4.5% is still below the average rate of 4.92% since 1971. And, despi...
Is Apple A Value Or Growth Stock?
While 2022 is marked with red ink for the majority of stocks, it’s been a good year for those of the Value persuasion, relatively speaking. Indeed, as of 12.07.22. the Russell 3000 Value index had a n...
Is Alphabet (GOOG/GOOGL) A Value Or Growth Stock?
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BARGAIN HUNTING A stock often lumped in the Growth bucket is Alphabet (GOOG & GOOGL), formerly known as GoogleGOOG . The titan of search and the “G” in the FANG (Facebook/Meta Pl...
Is Microsoft A Value Or Growth Stock? An Update
While 2022 is marked with red ink for the majority of stocks, it’s been a good year for those of the Value persuasion, relatively speaking. Indeed, as of 11.17.22. the Russell 3000 Value index was dow...
The Prudent Speculator Likes ENS & HPE
As we suspect that many have limited exposure to small- and mid-cap stocks, we’ve updated our special report, Small Companies, Big Potential. Recent History – Small vs. Large Kovitz We also offe...
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
No doubt, it has been a tough go of it for corporations and their stock prices this year. Higher interest rates and fears of recession have led folks to bail on stocks no matter their valuations. Mark...
What Are Dividend Stocks?
Financial planning getty Dividend stocks are securities that include a regular distribution of the issuing company’s earnings. They operate like ordinary stocks and represent a share of ownership in a...
Investing With John Neff’s Contrarian Screening Strategy
. In this article I cover a strategy that focuses on firms following the Neff strategy. Inspired by John Neff, who served as portfolio manager of the Vanguard Windsor Fund from 1964 until his retireme...
Finding Value Stocks Trading At A Discount
. Value investing consists of buying unappreciated or ignored stocks at attractive prices. Value investors seek stocks that are priced attractively relative to some measure of intrinsic worth—for inst...
22 Stock Ideas From Benjamin Graham, The Father Of Value Investing
. How Benjamin Graham Does It For over 80 years, the works of Benjamin Graham have served as the bible for value investors. Successful money managers such as Warren Buffett and John Neff swear by the ...
Dividend Aristocrats For “Prudent Speculators”
Growing investment concept getty We find significant appeal in dividend stocks as relatively low interest rates for developed markets around the globe plague income-oriented investors, while sustained...
15 Buyback Monsters To Power You Through 2022
getty getty Just a few years ago, stock buybacks were a political punching bag. Ultra-low interest rates and borrowing costs, courtesy of the Federal Reserve, were contributing to the record-breaking ...