Our best performance came from Pfizer (PFE +9.5%), which jumped after beating revenue and earnings expecations, and hiking its full-year earnings forecast by 9.3%. Qualcomm (QCOM +8.4%) broke out...
Intel is a business worth owning at curent prices for the next two to three years. Both revenue and earnings are expected to grow modestly in 2024, and to accelerate in 2025, as Intel’s capital...
The S&P 500 Index declined 3.1% for its biggest weekly drop since March 2023, and its first three-week slide since last September. The technology sector, dragged lower by artificial intelligence ...
https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbes-dividend-investor/2024/04/20/april-20fdi-weekly-review/
We are provisionally adding three new stocks to the FDI portfolio, but only if they trade down to their respective buy prices: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL $54), kids’ clothes company...
Fueled by a 4.5% surge in the price of crude oil to $86.91 per barrel, the week’s best performing sector was energy (+3.9%). Even better was gold, which gained 4.8% and shined its way to a new ...
https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbes-dividend-investor/2024/04/06/april-5fdi-weekly-review/
Despite lackluster performance, UPS does not look cheap. Earnings are expected to slide for a third consecutive year, down 6.6% to $8.20 per share. At 18.1 times next 12 months of earnings, UPS t...
https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbes-dividend-investor/2024/03/29/march-29fdi-weekly-review/
Seagate (STX +4.3%) rode the coattails of fellow memory maker Micron Technology (MU), which jumped after reporting blowout earnings on Thursday. Fastenal (FAST +4.1%) caught another updraft on Mo...
https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbes-dividend-investor/2024/03/23/march-23fdi-weekly-review/
February consumer and producer price inflation came in well above expectations this week and dashed hopes of a quick shift to interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, but accelerating inflation...
https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbes-dividend-investor/2024/03/16/march-16fdi-weekly-review/
Carnage inflicted on New York Community Bancorp did not drag down the broader regional bank group. Our top weekly gainer was Oregon-based Columbia Banking System (+9.2%). Our other reginal banks,...
https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbes-dividend-investor/2024/03/09/march-9fdi-weekly-review/
Buoyed by a heavy allocation to REITs, the Forbes Dividend Investor portfolio gained 1.15% on the week. Data center REIT Digital Realty Trust (DLR +9.3%) was our biggest weekly winner among REITs...
https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbes-dividend-investor/2024/03/02/march-2fdi-weekly-review/
Apple Hospitality generated $1.41 per share in free cash flow over the past 12 months. That’s well above the $0.96 per year that it pays in dividends at a monthly rate of $0.08 per shre, good f...
Rebounds for two real estate investment trusts, both based in Massachusetts, provided the biggest gains: retail and office REIT Boston Properties (BXP +5%), and distribution center landlord STAG ...
https://www.forbes.com/newsletters/forbes-dividend-investor/2024/02/17/february-17fdi-weekly-review/
Ames National has been through the ups and downs of the agricultural economy many times since its establishment in 1975, but it’s not unlikely that the market value will decrease before it incr...