Not only is ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), the world’s largest oil and natural gas entity, trading at its 52-week low, it is substantially below what legendary investor Warren Buffett paid for his shares. ExxonMobil is down for the last week, month, quarter, six months, and year of market action (chart below). Over the last six months […]

While Big Oil stocks like Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) should reward long term investors, the short term performance has been painful.  That is much the same for the stock markets overall as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) have been doing […]

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) in that it is a “Big Oil” company that has not spun off units like so many others. As a result, Chevron, again like ExxonMobil, has not fallen in recent stock market action like so many other energy companies. Chevron is down for the last week, month, […]

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) is down three weeks in a row.  For some, that is a sign of a bear market looming.  The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is now off for the last week, month, and quarter of market action (chart below).  A bullish sign, though, is that legendary investor […]

McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), the world’s largest restaurant chain, is up for the last week and month of market action on speculation that activist investor Carl Icahn will target the company (chart below). Icahn has done very well going after companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), so McDonald’s is certainly a tempting target. Investors like Icahn will […]

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), Big Oil from California, is down for the last month and quarter of market action.  Like other Big Oil stocks such as Royal Shell (NYSE: RDS-B), BP PLC (NYSE: BP) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) that have fallen, investors should look upon this as an opportunity to develop long term holdings at […]

Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), an auto parts distribution company, has pretty much been in drive coming out of The Great Recession.  It is up for the last quarter, month, six months, and year of market action (chart below).  For 2014, Genuine Auto Parts is up must over 7 percent.  Now trading around $88.50 a […]

McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) is down for the last week, month, quarter, six months and year of market action (chart below).  While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) are up for 2014, McDonald’s is off by nearly 4 percent.  The stock of McDonald’s is now at […]

Just because legendary investor Warren Buffett is a major shareholder of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) does not mean that investors should overlook Pepsico (NYSE: PEP). As many articles have detailed, there is much to like about Coca-Cola. It is the same with Pepsi-Cola, too.  Like Coca-Cola, Pepsico is a Dividend Aristocrat.  That means that Pepsico has […]

It happens. Great companies like BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), and others will fall due to a scandal or temporary situation that brings negative news that takes down the stock price.  It is now happening with Home Depot (NYSE: HD), due to a security breach.  As with BP PLC, Caterpillar and others, buyers […]