A popular acid test for finding solid long-term bank stocks is to check out how they performed during the 2007-09 financial crisis. For instance, anyone tempted by the recent stellar dividend growth on offer at Bank of America might think twice when they recall the carnage inflicted on shareholders in 2008 and 2009. Conversely, investors who may have noticed New…

So far the vast majority of posts on the site have focused on the better known US and European dividend stocks. That said there’s a big wide world out there full of interesting companies worth exploring. One that has caught my eye recently is Chinese telecom giant China Mobile (NYSE: CHL), which is one of the largest cell phone service…

Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) stock has struggled for some time now. This time five years ago you could get your hands on shares in the Cincinnati based giant for around $77 apiece. Right now they’re changing hands at around the same price. Chuck in all the cash dividends paid out in the intervening period – roughly equivalent to around $13…

Shares in food giant Kraft Heinz have put in a pretty dismal performance over the last twelve months or so. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average has put on around 24% since this time in 2017, Kraft stock has actually lost the same amount over that period. Even chucking in the dividends dished out over the period can’t cover up how…

The stellar performance of McDonald’s stock has been one of the more interesting stories in the blue chip dividend space over the past few years. Back in the 2012-2015 period you could have balanced a spirit level on the share price chart it was that flat. The stock just didn’t want to move at all. Perhaps unsurprisingly the tone of articles…

Video streaming giant Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has had one heck of a run over the past five years or so. The bottom line looks like this: anyone that bought stock at the end of 2012 has seen compound returns of 73% per year to date. That’s roughly the equivalent of turning a $10,000 initial investment into $150,000 as of today.…

Following the last piece on the Disney-Fox deal I wanted to take a look at the spin-off company (‘SpinCo’) that Fox shareholders will be acquiring. From what we know at this early stage this will essentially consist of the Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Broadcast Company, Fox Sports 1 & 2, Big Ten Network and, finally, around 28…

Last Thursday we got confirmation that 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX) will sell the lion’s share of its assets to The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) in a deal valued at around $52.5 billion. By next June, and assuming all goes smoothly, Disney shareholders will own Fox’s famed film and TV production companies, along with a bunch of cable and international…