On Tuesday, November 24, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic and poor economic conditions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) reached an all time high and crossed 30,000 points. It became evident that the divergence between the Main Street (businesses/ economy)…
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Is ExxonMobil Stock A Buy? – Exxon Stock Analysis
This week, I fundamentally analyze ExxonMobil's stock. I review Exxon's key ratios, derive the intrinsic value using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, and look at expected rate of return from this investment. In the recent months, the entire oil and…
Is Phillips 66 Partners (PSXP) Stock A Buy? – Stock Analysis
This week, I build on my last week's blog post. In this video blog, I fundamentally analyze Phillips 66 Partners' stock. I review PSXP's Business Setup, Annual Report, Risk Factors, Key Ratios, PSX's (Phillip 66 - General Partner) Key Ratios.…
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Is BHP Group’s Stock A Buy In 2020? – BHP Stock Analysis
In this week's video blog, I fundamentally analyze BHP's stock (BHP). I review BHP's key ratios, derive the intrinsic value using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, and look at expected rate of return from this investment. In the recent months,…
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Is Nucor Stock A Buy In 2020? – Nucor Stock Analysis
In this week's video blog, I fundamentally analyze Nucor's stock (NUE). I review Nucor's key ratios, derive the intrinsic value using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, and look at expected rate of return from this investment. In the recent years,…
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Is Chevron Stock A Buy In 2020? – Chevron Stock Analysis
This week, I build on my last week's blog post. In this video blog, I fundamentally analyze Chevron's stock. I review Chevron's key ratios, derive the intrinsic value using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, and look at expected rate of…
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Chevron Business Segments, Risk Factors, and Contingent Liabilities
In this week’s video blog post, I look at Chevron's business model, top 5 risk factors, and contingent liabilities outlined in the company's annual report. As value investors, it is important to review the company's fundamentals before deciding to invest…
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Is IBM Stock A Buy In 2020? – IBM Stock Analysis
This week, I build on my last week's blog post. In this video blog, I fundamentally analyze IBM's stock. I review IBM's key ratios, derive the intrinsic value using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, and look at expected rate of…
IBM Business Segments, Risk Factors, and Contingent Liabilities
In this week’s video blog post, I look at IBM's business model, top 5 risk factors, and contingent liabilities outlined in the company's annual report. As value investors, it is important to review the company's fundamentals before deciding to invest…
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Amazon Stock Analysis – Business Segments, Key Ratios, And Intrinsic Value
In this week’s video blog post, I fundamentally analyze Amazon's stock. I look at Amazon's business segments, review the key ratios, derive the intrinsic value using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis, and look at expected rate of return from this…
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Amazon Business Model, Risk Factors, and Contingent Liabilities
In this week’s video blog post, I look at Amazons business model, top 5 risk factors, and contingent liabilities outlined in the company's annual report. In the recent months, Amazon has gained a lot of attention since it is a…
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Investing in Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)
In this week’s video blog post, I look at Tesla’s business model, all the risk factors, and contingent liabilities outlined in the company's annual report. I also look at Tesla's key ratios and financial statements, perform a Discounted Cash Flow…
Investing in CVS Health Corp (CVS)
Every week for the past two years, I have posted a written blog post. Now, I have decided to give video blogging a try. I still plan on posting written blogs, however, it will be less frequent than before and…
The US – China Cold War
In May 2020, the White House published a report, United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China, detailing a whole-of-government strategy with respect to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This 16 page report outlines when and how…
Disconnect Between The US Economy and The Stock Market
The stock market, for the most part, reflects the condition of the economy. So, if the economy is in a bad shape, then the stock prices will drop and reflect those worsened economic conditions. Mr. Market has this bad habit…
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Investing In Medtronic (MDT)
I was recently reading about the Micra pacemaker, which is one of the many medical devices manufactured by Medtronic. Micra is one-tenth the size of its competing models, and attached directly to the heart. This means there are no wire…
The World Of Negative Interest Rates
The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates on July 31, 2019. This was the first rate cut since the 2007-08 financial crisis. In the latter part of 2019, with inflation at bay, the Federal Reserve has changed its stance from…
Asset Backed US Corporate Bond Investment
As volatility returns in the US stock market, investors become risk averse and seek safer investments such as bonds. Since most of the developed countries in the world, including Japan and many European countries, offer negative interest rates, investors have…
US Economy, Federal Reserve, And Interest Rates
On September 18, 2019, the Federal Reserve decided to cut the interest rate by 0.25%. This has been the second rate cut of the year. Let me illustrate what is going on with an analogy. You can think of this…
Trade War, Federal Reserve, China, Interest Rates, Currencies, And More
There has been a lot of action in the stock and the bond market recently. In this week's blog post, I will talk about my take on the current events. Let me briefly go over these current events: United States…
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