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7 Dividend Stocks To Take The Emotion Out Of Investing

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:48:11 GMT

Deep-down in my soul, I am a contrarian. The third quarter market run-up converted most of the great dividend stock buys into ‘ok' buys (at best). As September came to a close, I felt a sense of excitement entering October. This is the month that stocks have traditionally gone on sale. I was prepared to make a double allocation (or more) depending on the level of the markets decline. It didn't happen. Once again, investor emotions drove the market in an unpredictable direction.[More...]

Kimberly-Clark: High Risk Dividend Growth Stock

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:10:02 GMT

Kimberly-Clark is a global health and hygiene company with operations in 37 countries. It’s products are sold in more than 150 countries. It has a well-known family care and personal care brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Andrex, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Poise, and Depend.[More...]

Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:50:00 GMT

For all the analysts and pundits in the financial media, there is still no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the owners and executives of those companies themselves, along with major institutional shareholders.[More...]

Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:39:37 GMT

WSJ: As Boom Times Sour in Las Vegas, Upward Mobility Goes Bust

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:50:17 GMT

An excellent article in the Wall Street Journal on a topic we've been following since blog inception in 2007: Las Vegas. (Oct 3, 2007: A Top in Casino Names? Wynn and Las Vegas Sands) Long time readers know I targeted Las Vegas as one of the canaries in the coal mine - as really there is no better city to represent the excess of America. We had the crossroads of housing speculation with conspicuous consumption, all in 1 spot - I mean where better else to observe homo [More...]

The Long And The Short Of It All: Fair Value By The Market

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:40:32 GMT

We are presenting a list of companies which we believe are currently mispriced, based on our estimate of fair value, by the market. We develop our fair value ranges by projected free cash flow out one year and estimating an appropriate FCF multiple based on our assessment of risk and the strength of the balance sheet. Cisco Systems (CSCO: 19.57, +0.84 (+4.48%)) Recent Price $17.04 Value Range 21.86 – $38.41 Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. [More...]

Colgate Palmolive (NYSE: CL) Dividend Stock Analysis

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:21:05 GMT

Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets consumer products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Oral, Personal, and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. The company is a Dividend Achiever and a [More...]

A New Signal For Next Great Decline In Stocks

Thu, 28 May 2009 14:13:00 GMT

It's getting a bit tiring, waiting for the great decline that never comes. But it will. There's a long list of reasons why. And I've gone over many of them in previous essays... Technical indicators have rolled over and generated intermediate-term sell signals. The major market indexes have broken down from bearish rising-wedge formations. Insider selling is at the highest level since October 2007. And investor sentiment, a contrary indicator, is off the charts. But the market hasn't broken down. Not yet, anyway. Oh sure, the S and P 500 has pulled back a bit after topping out at 930 three weeks ago. But a 3% decline following a 36% rally is a freckle on the market's bullish complexion. It's taken longer than I thought. But by the look of the following chart, the drop will happen soon...[More...]

S&P 500 Stocks

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT

The S&P 500 comprises of 500 large cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The largees public companies that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are included in the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 index was lunched in 1957 and is a value weighted index which is based on the 500 American stocks with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index After the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and it is considered a barometer for the American economy. The S&P 500 index is included in the Index of Leading Indicators. There are the number of trading vehicle that are designed to follow the S&P 500 index. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in this index. The SPY (Exchange Traded Fund) is one of the most actively trading stock over the world. The Rydex,[More...]

Invest With Main Street

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:06:00 GMT

With all the recent hub-bub about “Wall Street vs. Main Street,” maybe its time investors start taking stock of what Main Street wants. After all, it’s consumer demand which ultimately drives those sales numbers that seem to have been in free fall. Warren Buffett once described his philosophy of looking for businesses with “wide moats” that protect their operations. Buffett was speaking of looking for enduring competitive advantages. Normally, we think of competitive advantages as traditional economic advantages - high switching costs or cost leadership. But, in a market where consumers are pulling back and thinking long and hard about where to spend their hard earned dollars. The firms most likely to retain and capture market share are the ones which deliver more than economic value to their customers. Companies must deliver compelling value. Value is more than just low prices or high quality. It’s perception and experience. This is why companies like[More...]

ClubLink Enterprises Limited announces second quarter 2009 results and 25% increase in its quarterly eligible dividend

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:28:00 GMT

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Aug. 7 /CNW/ - Financial Highlights -------------------------------------------------------------------------[More...]

ClubLink Enterprises Limited (formerly Tri-White Corporation) Completes Acquisition of ClubLink Corporation.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:17:00 GMT

MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 28 /CNW/ - ClubLink Enterprises Limited (formerly Tri-White Corporation) (the "Company") (TSX: CLK) announced today the completion of the previously announced amalgamation (the "Amalgamation") of ClubLink Corporation ("ClubLink") (TSX: LNK) and 2207610 Ontario Inc. ("2207610"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Amalgamation was approved by the shareholders of ClubLink at the annual and special meeting held on June 30, 2009. The amalgamated entity will continue to carry on business under the name "ClubLink Corporation". The Company now indirectly holds all of the outstanding shares of ClubLink Corporation.[More...]