Actually, investors for the long term should always buy “Dividend Aristocrat” stocks such as Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), among others. A Dividend Aristocrat is a stock that has increased its dividend annually for at least the past 25 years. Dividend stocks should be a part of every portfolio, not […]

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 […]

Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL), the maker of Spam and other processed meat products, is up for the last week, month, quarter, six months, and year of market action (chat below).  It is now trading at an all time high, up more than 13.6 percent for 2014.  Long term investors should follow Hormel Foods for three […]

With the iPhone coming out in early September, there has been much media attention on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).  That is deserved as Apple is a great company with great products.  The attention on Apple should not divert investor attention away from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the long term. Many previous articles on this site have […]

For long term investing, there is nothing better than buying blue chips like Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) on the dips. A recent article on this site, “Drink Up Beverage Stocks for the Long Term,” detailed why it was so compelling now for Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP).  There are many intriguing elements for long […]

This an era of asset management firms doing well and T Rowe Price (NASDAQ: TROW) is one of the best. While other financial entities such as Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) are better known, few treat their shareholders as well.  Along with the rest of the financial sector, T Rowe Price has […]

Many previous articles on this site have detailed why energy stocks, particularly Big Oil such as ExxxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and BP (NYSE: BP), the biggest oil and natural gas stock in the world and the second largest in Europe, are solid buys for the long term. Recent market action has proven that to be correct. […]

Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A), the second largest oil and natural gas company in the world behind only ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), is selling off assets, most recently a natural gas field in Qatar. Wall Street approves as the stock price is up nearly 18 percent for 2014. Investors are putting a premium on oil and natural […]

Many articles on this site have focused on the attributes of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), the world’s largest heavy equipment maker, for growth, value, and income investors. There is much for those who seek to write covered put option writers to like about “The Big Cat.” Writing covered put options allows for the owner of a […]

With the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) in record territory, there are concerns about a correction for the stock market.  While it is certainly true that blue chip stocks such as Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) (chart below) have done well, investors should […]