France Moves to Tax Tech Giants, Stoking Fight With White House Beijing Signals Talks at Early Stage as Trump Vents Frustration Jerome Powell Is Becoming Central Banker to the World This Could Be a Rare Time When It’s Smart to…
Visa: Attractive Growth, But This Dow Stock Is Too Expensive Today
Published on July 11th, 2019 by Jonathan Weber Visa (V) is one of the largest companies in the intersection between technology and finance. The payment technology company operates globally, and it has been creating highly compelling earnings-per-share and dividend growth…
Merck: Weak Expected Returns for this Dow Stock
Published on July 9th, 2019 by Nate Parsh With a market cap of more than $200 billion, Merck & Co. (MRK) is one of the largest companies in the world. Merck is also a member of the Dow Jones Industrial…
Surprising Jump in Core CPI
This time it’s the Dow’s turn to break a milestone. The index broke through 27,000 this morning. Jay Powell testifies again today but this time before the Senate. This morning’s CPI report said that inflation rose 0.1% in June. Economists…
Trends That May End With The Baby Boomers
On this week’s podcast, Michael and I discussed some things that may end with the baby boomer generation: https://awealthofcommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/boomers.mp4 My example wasn’t exactly ground-breaking but here are some other things that will likely go away for good with…
Dogs of The Dow: The 10 Highest Yielding Dow 30 Stocks Now
Updated on July 11th, 2019 by Bob Ciura The “Dogs of the Dow” investing strategy is a very simple way for investors to achieve diversification and income in their portfolios while remaining in the sphere of more conservative blue chip…
Morning News: July 11, 2019
Central Banker With Too Much Gold Wants Treasuries Instead The Nordic Model May Be the Best Cushion Against Capitalism. Can It Survive Immigration? Bleak China Autos Outlook Triggers Raft of Profit Warnings U.S. Announces Inquiry of French Digital Tax That…
Pfizer: Hold This Dow Stock For Its Dividends, But Don’t Buy At This Price
Published on July 10th, 2019 by Eli Inkrot Pfizer (PFE) is a global biopharmaceutical company that has been around for over 150 years. The company discovers, develops and manufactures medicines, vaccines and many of the world’s best-known health care products.…
Dow Inc.: Time-Tested Dow Stock Yielding Nearly 6%
Published on July 10th, 2019 by Josh Arnold The current Dow Inc. (DOW) can trace its roots back to 1897, when H.H. Dow founded a one-product start-up. The founder was an electrochemical pioneer who first tasted success when using electric…
The S&P 500 Breaks 3,000
For a brief moment this morning, the S&P 500 broke 3,000. Of course, this is an arbitrary number, but it’s worth reflecting on the market’s stunning climb. Ten years ago, the index was around 900. For context, the S&P 500…