After breaking above resistance earlier this year, gold has been using the $1,560.00 price level as support and has resisted falling below this level numerous times over the past few months. The commodity is currently lingering around this price, keeping gold investors on their toes.
Similarly, related ETFs like iShares Gold Trust (IAU) and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) have also been teetering along relative support.
As the markets continue to churn sideways in our summer months, I have kept a significant portion of my portfolio in dividend yielding (income producing) equities and, as my readers likely know, I continue to seek new, dividend-yielding value.
A recent screen of mine, which captures equities with low price to book (P/B) ratios, low price to sales (P/S) ratios, positive return on equity (ROE), positive dividend yield, buy or better analyst ratings, and high EPS growth, yielded 20 dividend-yielding equities ...
Continue Reading →Naturally, investors are always looking for the next Apple Inc. (AAPL) or the next Google Inc. (GOOG). As all companies begin with modest capitalization, the question is, what differentiates the Apples and Googles from the, well, whoever they were?
A broad, easy answer, of course, is growth. Successful companies grow; unsuccessful companies don’t.
If we look at a company’s analyst-projected EPS (earnings per share) growth we are given a somewhat reliable look into its growth potential and future ...
Continue Reading →With a 13.92% year-to-date (YTD) return, versus the S&P’s 7.72% YTD return, the real estate investment trust (REIT) industry has significantly beaten the overall markets in recent months.
Even the well-performing NASDAQ, with its 12.75% TYD return, trails the REIT industry by over 1%, YTD.
REITs offer real estate investment diversity to investors in lieu of owning physical real estate. This along with their, at times, hefty dividends have helped ...
Continue Reading →The S&P 500 recently broke support and is now– as of this writing– lingering just below its 200-day simple moving average (SMA). Though there is hope for our equities markets to stay strong throughout the year, a major break in support raises a big red flag.
If the S&P 500 continues to fall, breaking its 200-day SMA, additional support will likely not be found until the index reaches the– somewhat far off– ...
Continue Reading →Five Star Quality Care Inc. (FVE) has a P/B of 0.52 with a ROE of 28.02%. The company holds an average analyst price target, from a total of three analysts, of $4.73, 54.57% above its current price of $3.06.
The stock has used the $3.00 price level as strong support throughout 2012. As it is now trading just above this level, at $3.06, investors may find opportunity in this entry point…
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As worries in Europe continue to push markets downward, many stocks are now selling at a relative discount. This two-part series will focus on stocks that appear undervalued due to low price-to-book ratios (P/B) and high, over 20%, return on equity (ROE).
A company’s price-to-book ratio and return on equity are generally good fundamental statistics to look at when beginning a search for value opportunities. A low P/B, a ratio used to compare a stock’s market value to its actual book ...
Continue Reading →I am a value investor and, when investing in stocks, I often seek out companies that appear undervalued. Closed-end fund (CEF) values can often be found in a similar fashion.
The net asset value (NAV) of a CEF is the total value of all the securities in the fund divided by the number of shares and, therefore, represents the true current value of the fund. The market price ...
Continue Reading →Below is a list of five equities with significant upside, 35% average, that are trading just above strong support.
1. Communications Systems, Inc. (JCS), a communication equipment manufacturer, is currently trading at $12.88; just above support at $12.50. This stock has not spent more than a few sessions below this strong support level since October, 2010. Of notable fundamental statistics, Communications Systems, Inc. has a very low price to sales ratio (P/S) of 0.76, a strong return on equity ...
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