I have generally been quite optimistic on the prospects of Kraft Heinz (KHC) stock. That may sound odd given what a disaster zone it has been, but 3Q19 showed improvement and with the stock in the 12x annual profit area any kind of turnaround would do wonders. Anyway, the company…

When folks look back over the past sixty years I think two developments will stand out as being major benefits to ordinary investors. The first is the proliferation of tax-deferred and tax-exempt savings vehicles. It would need its own article, but taking advantage of the benefits of IRAs and a…

Although I don’t often cover domestic equity index funds I’ll make an exception for the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM). This fund has become very popular with income hunters over the past ten years due to the persistently low interest rate environment. I also prefer it over broader-based index funds such…

Occasionally I get asked why I don’t write about indexing on The Compound Investor. Actually I may do going forward, but probably only in the scope of fixed income and foreign (i.e. non-US) equities. Anyway, it’s a good question. I mean two of the most popular assets in 401(k) retirement…

It’s an exciting time to be a Disney (DIS) stockholder. I mean between its movie studios, streaming services, new theme park attractions and incorporating the 21st Century Fox assets (“21CF’) there’s just a heck of a lot going on right now. In fact I don’t even know where to begin…

It has been a while since I wrote a dedicated BP (BP) article on The Compound Investor. The British oil giant released financial results earlier today which gives me the perfect chance to put that right. All things considered, the numbers coming out of its headquarters in London were decent,…

Although I only covered Exxon (XOM) last week I feel like I should give it another article after Friday’s results. Suffice to say they were pretty poor. Macro conditions came in way below the company’s reference points, leading to a $6,000m decrease in annual profit versus 2018. (In fact if…

One of the first articles I penned last year set out the value case for Apple (AAPL) stock (at the time the shares were changing hands for something like $153 each). Since then, I note that the shares have returned around $156 apiece in share price appreciation, plus a couple…