BCE (NYSE: BCE) — Formerly known as Bell Canada Enterprises, BCE is one of the anchor properties of my international portfolio. The Canadian telecom and media giant owns an enviable collection of entertainment and communications assets. Start with a dominant wireless provider such as Verizon. Add Comcast’s twin revenue streams… Read More

1.21 gigawatts! Great Scott! Dr. Emmett Brown could scarcely wrap his head around the colossal power consumption needs of the time machine he would one day create. Even for a scientist, the number was mind-boggling. He repeated it in disbelief: 1.21 gigawatts. October 2024 Issue The Era of Flat Energy… Read More

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) — For the 18th straight year, Verizon has upped its quarterly dividend. Starting with the November 1 distribution, investors can expect to see regular payouts of 67.75 cents per share every three months. It’s a modest 2% bump. But then again, VZ already offered one of the… Read More

The year was 1972. Television sets were tuned into shows like All in the Family and Hawaii Five-O. Don McLean’s “American Pie” was playing on the radio. President Nixon was engulfed in the Watergate scandal. And the Oakland A’s took down the vaunted Cincinnati Big Red Machine to win the… Read More

And it continues. There was some hope that the storm that erupted on Wall Street last Thursday and Friday would abate over the weekend. Quite the opposite… it has intensified. Taking cues from swooning Asian markets (including a 12% overnight plunge in Japan’s Nikkei), domestic indexes tanked once again this… Read More

And the winning numbers are… August 2024 Issue Financial Sleight-of-Hand Profiting From Petrochemicals Dividend Raisers & Special Dividends Portfolio Updates: KMI, UVV, GSL-B “Buy First” List A few years ago, a California man came forward to claim the $320 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. But ultimately, the guy walked… Read More

International Paper (NYSE: IP) — The deal is off. Back in May, news first surfaced that International Paper was being stalked by a Brazilian pulp and paper manufacturer called Suzano (NYSE: SUZ). The two parties have been in discussions ever since. But as The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are… Read More

Some companies are making advances and breakthroughs for the betterment of humanity. July 2024 Issue Betting on Sin Stocks Profiting From the Global Tobacco Supply Chain Dividend Raisers & Special Dividends Portfolio Updates: PSTL, UL “Buy First” List Some aren’t. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be profitable for… Read More

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) — With global production closing in on 2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, there are few companies on the planet returning more cash to shareholders than ConocoPhillips. The company churned out $5.1 billion in operating cash flow this past quarter, and every last dollar was… Read More

There I was, days after college graduation, a brand-new finance/investment management degree in hand, combing through the newspaper classified ads looking for work. June 2024 Issue A Worldwide Worker Shortage Connecting Fortune 100 Giants With Qualified Workers Dividend Raisers & Special Dividends Portfolio Updates: UMH “Buy First” List Yes,… Read More