Exxon Mobil (XOM) surely wins the prize for most unloved mega-cap right now. Market sentiment is horrid, and for good reason too. The price of oil remains way down on its pre-pandemic level, while conditions downstream are bad too. All of that at a time when Exxon wanted to ramp…

You may recall I set up a new portfolio last month based around zero-commission and fractional share investing. Even a spare ten or twenty dollars left over at the end of the month is now enough to swing open the doors to capital ownership. It is a potential game changer for lower-income investors.

Wells Fargo (WFC) reported 2Q20 financial results earlier this week. The stock has hardly budged an inch since I called it incredibly cheap back in early-May. If you want to see how crazy things have gotten this year then check out a chart of Wells versus electric car maker Tesla.…

I have a soft spot for restaurant and fast food stocks such as Papa John’s (PZZA). Their business models are pretty simple to understand, and they strike me as fairly defensive. That can make for a good overall combination for buy-and-holders. A quick glance at Papa John’s stock price history…

Comcast (CMCSA) stock strikes me as good value right now. Its shares change hands for around $39.85 each, which works out to circa 17x estimated FY20 profit of $2.33 per share. Out to FY21, that valuation drops to 13.5x forward earnings. That figure is based on FY21 profit estimates of…