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What's the point investing in AT&T or KO over high-yield Dividend stocks?
Hey everyone. I'm not new to investing and have been doing pretty well, but one thing I've never quite been able to figure out is why people recommend investing in companies like AT&T or KO or other consistent dividend stocks instead of higher yield dividend stocks like GAB or USA. …
If IRS makes ruling on BOXX will the ETF's price drop?
Right now BOXX ETF is operating in a gray area to reclassify short term capital gains into long term capital gains. If the IRS makes a ruling disqualifying the treatment of gains on BOXX as long term capital gains and recategorizes the gains to short term capital gains at either …
Weaknesses in fundamentals vs cyclical trend
# The market seems to punish and rewards stocks at different times. How to clearly distinguish between weakness between long term potential vs cyclical trends. What does current value in hdb, nike and abbot stocks indicate? Specifically, what differentiates the cyclical headwinds from temporary disruptions, and true long‑term impairment in …
Are we REALLY two weeks away from running out of oil?
I've been seeing analyst after analyst saying that the oil reserves mostly of European and Asian countries are two weeks away from running out if no Iran deal is reached. This will cause prices everywhere to skyrocket. Thing is, I've been hearing this same thing for weeks. Regardless of politics …
"Oil prices surge on reports that Iran has cut off communication with US" - Y!Finance
[**Link**](https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/oil-prices-surge-on-reports-that-iran-has-cut-off-communication-with-us-142159576.html) (to Yahoo Finance). Frankly, this doesn't surprise me in the least; although there has been talk of ongoing negotiations, I have no idea if those were face-to-face someplace, or just two strong-willed old men texting demands at each other. For discussion: what does someone smarter than I am, think …
Thoughts on Telus new AI infrastructure deal with Canadian government?
How everyone feeling about Telus? I believe recently Telus and the Canadian government reached a deal to work together to create more AI infrastructure within Canada. Although Telus is an alright dividend stock, I personally wouldn’t invest in the company for growth. However, could this new deal flip over a …
ServiceNow's debt raise timing was either brave or informed, let's look at the primary evidence
I’ve been looking into ServiceNow’s recent debt raise, and the timing doesn’t add up. They hit a 52-week low three weeks ago, but then management went ahead and raised $4B in debt, including some 30-year paper at 6.3%. Their Q1 numbers that same month: $3.77B revenue, 22% YoY growth, 32% …
1M milestone! (pre-tax.) Would you tell people?
This took me about 15 years, started with 50k. I'm 40. I was/am ignorant about money matters, I just didn't waste any and saved whatever income that came my way. My biggest investments were/are super boring, brkb and various vanguard funds. My biggest mistake--excluding missed opportunities--is in the same category--I …
International Business Machines IBM
International Business Machines IBM Up over 8% today. For those of you who have rode the near-term.wave up, where are you getting off at? It's interesting that this stock rode it all the way down to the 200s based on disappointing earnings and questions about its AI play. Now appears …
How do I figure out NAV erosion in an ETF?
Say there's an ETF with great returns. How can I tell if it's just returning my capital to me, versus doing some good trading to get those returns? IOW, what if it's a Ponzi scheme? Are there any documents (like S-1s) filed with SEC that will help me answer this …