Exxon Mobil (XOM) is copping a lot of flak from investors right now. An awful low of folks out there don’t appreciate the fact that the stock price hasn’t done anything for more than a decade. Compare that to its peer Chevron, which has put on over 50% in capital appreciation – not to mention the boat load of cash…

Kraft Heinz (KHC) shareholders have been put through the wringer over the past few years. The stock has been an absolute disaster zone in terms of wealth destruction and underlying business results have been poor. To compound matters the company slashed its quarterly dividend by some 36% in order to shore up the balance sheet. On Thursday the troubled food…

On Friday beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) released its Q3 2019 results. With the stock down over 10% at the closing bell the market reaction tells you what you need to know. The short version is non-existent volume growth and an uptick in costs and income taxes eating into profit. Moreover, the company expects that performance to carry on into the…

On Tuesday morning fast food giant McDonald’s (MCD) released its third quarter results. The headline grabber was a rare earnings miss, though beneath the surface the numbers actually looked fairly positive. Suffice to say the market did not respond particularly well. As I type McDonald’s shares are changing hands for under $198 apiece, down around 6% on Monday’s closing price.…

It’s been a while since I last added a story to the dividend millionaire archive. Actually strictly speaking this one is not quite in the same mould as the others. That said the story of Steward Horejsi is such a crazy example of long-term compounding that it more than deserves to be lumped in there. It also features a stock…

There’s one financial myth I’ve come across a few times that’s often aimed at younger folks. The advice given is to avoid buying large-caps when you start out investing and to target growth stocks instead. Presumably the logic is that high earnings growth will do the heavy lifting of wealth creation before transitioning to stodgy dividend stocks in old age.…