stock investing
Stock investing has grown in popularity with the advent of discount brokerages that reduced the fees involved in trading individual stocks. Along with investing, the appetite for stock advice surged, spawning books, newsletters and televisions shows related to the topic.
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (New York symbol BAX; www.baxter.com) makes medical products, such as intravenous pumps and kidney dialysis equipment. It also makes vaccines and drugs. Half of its sales come from single-use products that need to be continually reordered. Demand for the company’s products continues to improve, particularly as an aging population needs more medical devices and drugs. Baxter’s sales rose 23.4%, from $11.3 billion in 2007 to $13.9 billion in 2011....
Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions about stock investing and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for the Inner Circle.
This week, we had a question from an Inner Circle on a U.S. company that operates a group of bakery-cafes. This stock has seen its share price rise substantially in the past year and Pat examines whether it can continue to maintain its strong niche in the face of intense competition among restaurant chains....
This week, we had a question from an Inner Circle on a U.S. company that operates a group of bakery-cafes. This stock has seen its share price rise substantially in the past year and Pat examines whether it can continue to maintain its strong niche in the face of intense competition among restaurant chains....
While a high p/e ratio can be a sign that a stock is overvalued, it can also be a signal that investors recognize the company’s future earnings potential. One example of a well-established stock with a high p/e ratio is the world’s most recognizable fast-food chain. MCDONALD’S CORP. (New York symbol MCD; www.mcdonalds.com) is the world’s largest fast-food company by sales. Its 33,735 restaurants in 119 countries serve a wide variety of foods, but they are best known for their hamburgers and french fries....
Media companies continue to look for ways to cut their costs in response to rising competition from free information on the Internet. In some cases, the reductions are drastic. Recently, Postmedia’s Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald all dropped their Sunday editions. But one Canadian media stock with a more specialized clientele aims to remain profitable and maintain its dividend thanks to a major cost cutting measure. The company has also been expanding its presence in international markets....
Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on specific stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. This past week, one Inner Circle member requests Pat’s stock investing advice on a company that has a chance to profit from the growing global demand for clean water. One of the company’s biggest areas of growth could be in the highly-publicized area of “fracking” for oil and gas, where it has acquired a new water monitoring service. ...
Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on specific stocks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on a selection of the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. Last week, one Inner Circle member asked for stock investing advice on one of the world’s largest chemical manufacturers. Pat notes that the company has made headway with new specialty chemicals, but that its future is closely tied to the economic recovery. ...
Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on specific stocks and other investing topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on a selection of the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And every Friday, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. This week, there was a question about a stock that has been on the rise, Canada’s biggest private liquor store operator. Pat examines the company’s prospects for future growth in Canada as well as the possible risks and rewards of U.S. expansion....
Investors often ask us why we don’t publish price targets for the stocks we recommend in our newsletters and investment services. After all, stock price targets commonly appear in brokerage and media reports. There are several reasons we do not follow this practice. The main one stems from a key piece of our stock trading advice: predictions are the least reliable part of the investment decision-making process....
Successful investors know that there is more to good stock investing than simply picking stocks whose share prices will rise. You add a great deal of value to your portfolio when you also select stocks that are prepared to distribute their profits to the shareholders. A company can share the wealth in two main ways—it can buy back its own shares, or it can pay dividends. Both pay off for investors, especially in BCE’s case....
