Coca-Cola: Can you say pricing power?

October 25, 2022 @ 7:46 pm | Breaking News, Dividend Income Portfolio, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, KO | 0 comments

This morning before the stock market open Coca-Cola reported earnings of 69 cents a share for the third quarter. That was up from 65 cents a share in the third quarter of 2021 and was above the 64 cents a share expected by Wall Street analysts. Revenue of $11.1...

Walmart’s warning shrinks pool of safe stocks–Coke and McDonald’s benefit on strong earnings today

July 26, 2022 @ 7:27 pm | Breaking News, Dividend Income Portfolio, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, KO, MCD | 0 comments

With Walmart (WMT) shares down 7.74% as of noon New York time today, July 26, on the company’s warning yesterday about falling revenue, the pool of safe consumer stocks continues to shrink. Which is bad if you owned Walmart or Dollar General (DG), also down...

Consumer staples outperform on Wednesday

June 29, 2022 @ 11:43 pm | Breaking News, COST, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, KO, PEP, WMT | 0 comments

It’s not surprising given the greater than expected decline in U.S. first quarter GDP reported on Wednesday, which followed on the slump in consumer confidence reported Tuesday, that stocks in the consumer staples sector outperformed both consumer discretionary...

My candidates for gains tomorrow after some of today’s more mindless selling? Coke and Pepsi

May 18, 2022 @ 5:12 pm | Breaking News, Dividend Income Portfolio, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, KO, PEP | 0 comments

Ok, the bad news on profit margins from Target (TGT) was a big deal. No argument. When you’re operating margin falls to 5.37% when Wall Street was projecting 9.5%, it’s a big deal. And after yesterday’s earnings miss from Walmart (WMT), it’s...

Good enough earnings from Coke and Pepsi, adding both to additional portfolios

April 26, 2022 @ 10:41 pm | Breaking News, Dividend Income Portfolio, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, KO, PEP | 0 comments

Neither company crushed Wall Street earnings expectations, but both reported good enough news in a very tough environment. I own PepsiCo in my long-term 50 Stocks Portfolio, where it was up 220.4% from my initial December 30, 2008 pick as of the close on April 26. I...

Please watch my new YouTube video: Three great summer trades get tricky

March 18, 2022 @ 7:38 pm | Breaking News, DAL, Jubak Picks Portfolio, KO, MGM | 0 comments

I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. My one-hundredth-and fourteenth YouTube video “Three great summer trades get tricky” went up today. Special extra video this week! Ahead of tomorrow’s Quick Pick (no,...

Watch my new YouTube Video: 5 Picks for the next 6 months

February 24, 2021 @ 7:07 pm | Breaking News, CAT, DIS, Jubak Picks Portfolio, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, KO, MGM | 2 comments

I’m starting up my videos again–this time using YouTube as a platform. The twelfth YouTube video “5 Picks for the Next Six Months” went up today. Please watch and subscribe to my YouTube channel. And like my video. You can see it...

Adding Coke to my Dividend Portfolio

April 30, 2020 @ 5:48 pm | Breaking News, Dividend Income Portfolio, KO | 2 comments

Today’s shocking announcement from Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A) that it would cut its 10% dividend, to 16 cents a share is a brutal reminder of one of the big challenges facing dividend investors. Royal Dutch shares were down 12.02% as of 3 p.m. Nw York time today,...