Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), the drug and consumer product maker, is a classic blue chip that all should all have in their portfolio, That is shown in that more than two-thirds of the stock is owned by institutional investors such as mutual funds, pensions groups, and others. It is always a bullish when institutional […]

For long term investors, the positive outlook recently issued by BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is very bullish news. BHP BIlliton is the world’s largest natural resources company. In that capacity, it has operations spanning the globe.  The better China does, the better it is for BHP BIlliton.  China gobbles up many of the industrial metals […]

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 […]

Like Big Oil, Big Pharma stocks like GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) can provide Big Dividends to shareholders. GlaxoSmithKline is superior to Big Oil Stocks like Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) in that it has a robust profit margin.  For GlaxoSmithKline, the profit margin is 27.60 percent.  That is far superior to the 8.10 percent […]

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world’s largest natural resources company is down for the last week, month, and quarter of market action (chart below). As the business of BHP Billiton is natural resources, that means China is its biggest customer.  China is reporting problems in its housing sector as reported by the Financial Times, so […]

There is much to be bullish about for Shaw Communications (NYSE: SJR), the Canadian cable company. It has appeal to income investors, growth investors, and value investors.  The company is growing and expanding, acquiring other businesses.  The shareholders are rewarded with a generous dividend yield. This looks to keeping up for the future, which should […]

Investors should be bullish on Unilever (NYSE: UL), the British consumer goods behemoth, even though it is down for the last week and month of market action (chart below). Like Kraft Foods (NASDAQ: KRFT), Mondelez International (NASDAQ: MDLS), and others in the sector, there are many reasons that Unilever has a favorable outlook for the […]

As previous articles on this site have detailed, there is much to like about Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT).  Both are great companies.  Due to this and the bull market, both Microsoft and Apple are up sharply. Investors should also consider China Mobile (NYSE: CHL), the world’s largest mobile phone company. Like Apple […]

Merrill Lynch, a unit of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), recently upgraded Joy Machinery (NYSE: JOY), which sent the stock price soaring.  That is also bullish for Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and securities in the coal sector such as Market Vector Coal (NYSE: KOL), the exchange traded fund, and Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), as Joy Machinery […]