Author: WSTNN

Drink Beer, Be More Creative, Make Money with Brewery Stocks

Finally, scientists have come through with a health benefit for drinking beer. Creativity! Now you don’t have to feel guilty about swigging down a bottle or two.

A study done by researchers at the University of Graz in Austria, has shown that drinking one pint of beer for men or 350 ml for women will increase creative thought. Association tests showed significant improvement. Although small amounts could improve mental spontaneity, obviously drinking to excess can reduce creativity and mental alertness.

The beer industry is often thought to be recession-proof. and fortunately, there are over a dozen publicly traded beer stocks to choose from.

TRIVIA: The average age of publicly traded beer companies is 137 years old

Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), based in Belgium, is the largest brewer in the world. The stock sports a forward price to earnings ratio of 26, and pays a generous yield of 3.23%.

Boston Beer Company (SAM) is famous for its Samuel Adams Boston Lager. The stock trades at 27 times forward earnings but does not pay a dividend.

In the smaller market cap arena, Craft Brew Alliance (BREW) has a forward PE of 34. The company brans include Kona, Widmer Brothers, Redhook.

If you want to try a taste of some of the beer stocks, go to this list of beer stocks. Maybe your portfolio will become a bit more creative.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of August

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Consolidated Edison Inc (ED) 8/14/2017 0.69 3.28%
Target Corporation (TGT) 8/14/2017 0.62 4.24%
Amgen Inc. (AMGN) 8/15/2017 1.15 2.46%
W.R. Grace & Co. (GRA) 8/15/2017 0.21 1.10%
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) 8/16/2017 0.5 1.17%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

 

On Sale Business and Financial Books

The following business and finance Kindle books are currently on sale at Amazon (AMZN). If you are interested in any of these books, you should order them as soon as possible, because often these sales only last for just a couple days.

The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement
by Hans Scheil
This comprehensive guide makes it easier to navigate through the major options, providing straightforward and effective strategies to help with your plans.
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Leadership Lessons
by Will Peters
How Warren Buffett, Walt Disney, and Steve Jobs managed to make an impact on the world. Discover the essential principles of leadership that propelled the legendary careers of six business titans.
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Blindspot
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How hidden biases shape our behavior — and how we can control them to become better people in the workplace.
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The Sweet Spot
by Christine Carter
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QBQ!: The Question Behind the Question
by John G. Miller
Over 2,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Discover how practicing personal accountability can give you an edge in the workplace. This guide will teach you how to attain professional growth by asking yourself the right questions.
Regular price: $14.99 Sale price: $1.99
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Why Twitter is a Screaming Buy

Twitter (TWTR) took a huge dump a few days ago on July 27 when it reported earnings, and by the end of the day, the stock dropped by around 14% from the previous day’s close. A couple weeks ago, it had been trading over $20 a share, and now it is less than $16 a share, at the time I am writing this.

The company reported negative earnings, as usual, so why is it a screaming buy? Let’s start off with the company’s biggest asset, President Donald Trump. Yes, Trump provides an advantage to Twitter that no other company has. He tweets almost every single day, and on many days, he tweets multiple times a day. No other president, or for that matter, no other head of state, has ever tweeted so much in the history of mankind. (You know what I mean.) Trump doesn’t use Facebook, he doesn’t use LinkedIn, he doesn’t use Snapchat, he doesn’t use Instagram, he doesn’t use any of the other social media platforms, he doesn’t even send out mass emails. He uses Twitter.

Trump is Twitter’s Biggest Asset

So, the President of the United States is providing free advertising for the company. Imagine the free advertising that Blue Apron would get if Trump ordered from them every day (and told everyone about it).

One of these days, someone is going to figure out how to monetize this unique feature. It may or may not be Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO. It may or may not be Anthony Noto, Twitter’s COO. Or it may be someone new that the company brings in. But someone is going to do it.

Earnings?

But what about earnings? Yes, Twitter hasn’t been generating a profit. But look at Facebook (FB). The company lost $56 million back in 2008, and finally turned it around in 2009 with net income of $229 million. Everyone complains about Amazon (AMZN) not making any money. It lost $278 million in 2014 then showed a profit of $618 million the following year. LinkedIn generated losses in 2010 and 2011, then went profitable in 2012.

Here’s the thing about earnings. When you have income, you have to pay taxes. Once that money is paid out to the IRS, it is dead money; it is money that doesn’t benefit the company. However, applying excess cash flow to tax deductible expenditures, such as more employees, buildings, equipment, machinery, research and development, marketing, and advertising, will benefit the company. These expenses help the company grow and keep taxes low. As long as revenues keep increasing, it pays off in the end, as it did for Facebook, LinkedIn, and Amazon. (Yeah, yeah, I know, Amazon has an outrageously high price-to-earnings ratio and forward P/E, but look at the growth rate of revenues and earnings. Income for the latest fiscal year spiked 292% over the previous year.)

6 Revenue Increasers

But what can Twitter specifically do to increase revenues and earnings? Here is a list of suggestions.

  1. Offer ads that appear by every tweet made by Trump. These ads could appear either above or below the tweet, or both.
  2. Offer ads that appear by every major celebrity tweet, especially those with over a million followers.
  3. When you check your lists, there should be an ad above or below the lists.
  4. In the left hand column, under Trends for You, an ad should be available to advertisers. It would not be intrusive to users who first log on, but would be a great location for advertisers when users scroll down.
  5. Aggressively go after major advertisers to pay for promoted tweets (Amazon book of the day, Wal-Mart deal of the day, Priceline travel deal of the day, etc.)
  6. Set up a Tweet Bank. There are tweets that I want to save that have interesting links, gifs, or pictures. However, when I look for them after a month or two, they are very hard to find, even if I check my Like list. It would be nice if there was a little Save icon next to the Direct Message icon, where I could save the tweet into my Tweet Bank. (This isn’t really a profit making suggestion, just a user enhancement making idea.)

By the way, this is not a stock recommendation (in spite of what the title of this article says). I never give investment advice. This is just a suggestion for your own research and entertainment.

One of these days, Twitter will turn around. The bird will fly. It’s just a matter of who, what, and when.

Disclosure: Author owns TWTR and AMZN.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of August

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Sonic Corp. (SONC) 8/7/2017 0.14 2.26%
American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP) 8/8/2017 0.59 3.30%
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) 8/8/2017 0.25 1.74%
Wynn Resorts, Limited (WYNN) 8/8/2017 0.5 1.56%
Boeing Company (BA) 8/9/2017 1.42 2.10%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

 

Business & Financial Books on Sale

The following business and finance Kindle books are currently on sale at Amazon (AMZN). If you are interested in any of these books, you should order them as soon as possible, because often these sales only last for just a couple days.

Sam Walton: Made In America
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The Addictive Organization: Why We Overwork, Cover Up, Pick Up the Pieces, Please the Boss, and Perpetuate
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Listful Thinking: Using Lists to Be More Productive, Successful and Less Stressed
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Drink Coffee, Live Longer, Make Money with Coffee Stocks

Great news for you coffee drinkers. About a week ago, the news came out that drinking coffee can extend your life expectancy. And it wasn’t just one study that released this information, there were two studies.

One study, funded by the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers and International Agency for Research on Cancer was the largest research on coffee ever, involving half a million subjects from ten European countries. The study found that there was reduced risk of death from various causes, due to drinking coffee.

The other study involved multiethnic participants, including African Americans, Native Hawaiians, Japanese Americans, Latinos, and whites. This study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, found that coffee drinking was associated with a reduced risk for death in African Americans, Japanese Americans, Latinos, and whites.

If the desire for a longer life through coffee consumption catches on, this could certainly benefit the coffee companies. It is interesting to note that since these studies were released on July 11, the price of the iPath® Bloomberg Coffee Subindex Total Return ETN (JO) has increased by over 8%. JO consists of one futures contract on the commodity of coffee, and it is a way for investors to participate in the price of coffee without investing in the futures market.

Of course, Starbucks (SBUX) is the big elephant in the coffee cup with a market cap of $84 billion. The stock trades at 23.8 times forward earnings, and pays a dividend yield of 1.63%. Dividends have increased every year for the last seven years. Earnings for the latest quarter jumped 13.5% year-over-year.

If you are looking for a coffee producer and distributor, there is Coffee Holding (JVA), which is a very low cap stock at $25 million, and therefore very speculative. The stock trades at 20.8 times trailing earnings and has a very favorable price to sales ratio of 0.36.

If you are looking for a list of publicly traded coffee companies, look no further than the free list of coffee, caffeine, and tea stocks HERE. Hopefully one of these stocks can stimulate your portfolio and keep it healthy.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above stocks at the time the article was written.

 

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of July

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW) 7/24/2017 0.41 1.82%
Royal Bank Of Canada (RY) 7/24/2017 0.644 3.34%
Signet Jewelers Limited (SIG) 7/26/2017 0.31 1.87%
Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) 7/28/2017 0.57 1.84%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

 

7 Ways to Invest in Warren Buffett

Billionaire Warren Buffett is the second richest American and fourth richest person in the world, according to the May 11 issue of Forbes. He is the head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK.A), the highest priced stock and one of the most successful companies during the last half-century. Buffett’s wealth is due to his expertise in investing.

So if you want to invest in Warren Buffett, or like Warren Buffett, or side-by-side with Warren Buffett, you have several options available to you.

#1 Berkshire Hathaway A Shares

Do you have a spare $256,000 in your portfolio? If so, you can pick up one share of Berkshire Hathaway.

#2 Berkshire Hathaway B Shares

If a quarter of a million dollars is out of your price range, the company also has Class B shares (BRK-B), currently trading for around $170 a share. The Class B common share is equal to one-fifteen-hundredth (1/1,500) of the Class A shares.

#3 Markel

Markel Corp. (MKL) is an insurance company that many consider to be a mini-Berkshire, especially since it has over $250,000,000 of Berkshire Hathaway Class A stock and another quarter of a billion dollars of the Class B stock.

#4 Oppenheimer Financials Sector Revenue ETF

The Oppenheimer Financials Sector Revenue ETF (RWW) has over 15% of its portfolio invested in Berkshire, its largest holding.

#5 Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund

Berkshire is the second largest holding of the Financial Select Sector SPDR® Fund (XLF) , amounting to more then 10% of the portfolio.

#6 iShares U.S. Financials ETF

iShares U.S. Financials ETF (IYF) also has Berkshire as its second largest holding, making up almost 7% of the portfolio.

#7 Stocks that Warren Buffett Owns

One other option is to create a portfolio that emulates Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings of publicly traded stocks. (Keep in mind that this wouldn’t cover Berkshire’s holdings of non-public stocks.) In addition, it would involve purchasing many different stocks, so you would be better off just buying the Class B shares. But if you think that you can outperform Buffett using his ideas by picking and choosing his best picks, then you should check out a list of Berkshire’s major stockholdings.

For a free downloadable list of all of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stockholdings, which can be changed, added to, and sorted by yield and forward PE, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written. 

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of July

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Clorox Company (CLX) 7/17/2017 0.84 2.42%
Oracle Corporation (ORCL) 7/17/2017 0.19 1.28%
WD-40 Company (WDFC) 7/19/2017 0.49 1.70%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM) 7/19/2017 0.39 3.29%
C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR) 7/20/2017 0.26 0.33%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.