No matter what happens after Americans vote today, long term investors should continue buy stocks with a history of increasing the amount of the dividend such as Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), among others. The bull market has been going on for more than five years, so it is difficult […]

3M (NYSE: MMM) is one of those leading companies that investors should look towards in adverse market conditions. The maker of many household goods such as yellow post-it notes, and packaging materials, 3M has a secure market position that should appeal to investors when the share price falls. As with so many other stocks, that […]

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), the world’s largest oil and natural gas company, is falling in price at the same time that the exchanged traded funds for oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO), and natural gas, United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), are falling. That is an unusual situation that long term investors should use to their […]

Both Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) are down today due to disappointing earnings from Coca-Cola.  This is what is known as an opportunity to buy at a discount.  Long term investors should accumulate positions in PepsiCo and Coca-Cola due to potential long term total returns each offers. Interestingly enough, both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo […]

Watching the Super Bowl to check out what giants of corporate America such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Coca Cola (NYSE: KO), Anheuser Busch (NYSE: BUD), and others have thought up to peddle their products is right up there with the game for many (especially those who were rooting for Denver.) It is not just the […]

There has been a move in recent times for companies to do away with paying traditional benefits, according to an article in Fortune magazine.  The emphasis now is for workers to provide for their own retirement income with a 401K, individual retirement account, or some other type of plan.  Stocks that pay dividends with a […]

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), the world’s largest company, has a new chief executive officer, Douglas McMillon.  He is “old school” Wal-Mart, working his way up through the ranks, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.  That means that he understands the mission of Wal-Mart is bringing goods and services of an acceptable quality at […]

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the Standard & Poors 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) hitting record highs (chart below), those owning stocks should be very thankful.  It looks like the future holds many thanks, too, as the bull market looks like it still has plenty of upside ahead, according to a recent […]