Category: Stocks

How Are Dividends Paid? As you learned in the previous lesson of the dividend investing course, a dividend is a payment that shareholders receive for their investment in

Table Of Contents What Is A Dividend? Why Do Companies Pay A Dividend? And Why Some Don’t? How Often Are Dividends Paid? What Is A Dividend? A dividend

What Is Value Investing? Value investing is an investment philosophy that consists of buying stocks that are trading for less than their intrinsic value. This simple yet effective

Do you know what the most successful companies in the world, such as Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and Tesla have in common? They are founder-led companies (i.e., companies where

For investors (and indeed for everyone else) 2020 has been a year where a crisis seems to be followed by yet an even bigger crisis. It started with

While increasing regulations on financials have made investment far safer and less volatile, it has also made seeking alpha far more difficult. To earn higher returns on their

Recently, Finbox users have been asking us to add a metric called the Beneish M-Score to help them quickly identify companies that are likely manipulating their earnings reports.

When inflation sets in, savings lose value, which can be devastating if it happens too quickly. Economists like to see a bit of inflation in an economy, since

In 1980, Congress passed an amendment to the Investment Company Act of 1940, giving way to a new investment vehicle known as Business Development Companies or BDC’s. Although

Developed by award-winning author and CIO of Acquirers Funds Tobias Carlisle, the Acquirer’s Multiple is an investing technique that focuses on the use of EV / EBIT valuation

Have you ever seen anyone make $2.4 million in 28 minutes? Believe it or not, it has been done before. You may be asking yourself how is that even

Water stocks are poised to be one of the fastest growing investment sectors in 2020 – and with good reason. According to the U.N., water usage has grown twice

That chart show the current price for one share of Berkshire Hathaway. That’s a lot of money! For that much cash, you could easily pay for 4 years

In 1980, Congress passed an amendment to the Investment Company Act of 1940, giving way to a new investment vehicle known as Business Development Companies or BDC’s. Although

For the Enterprising Investor Are you the investor that loves to inspect every individual data point in a stock? Are you an active trader? Let’s introduce you to

Listen on: iTunes | Google Podcasts | Online  Question: What do you think about investing in marijuana stocks? We have a great front-row view of this industry, as Colorado was one of the

  As an investor, you should be digging into a company’s financial statements. However, you can’t look at these financials in isolation – it’s important to compare a company’s results to other

The history of the savings and loan industry is nothing less than fascinating. Savings and loan programs or “Thrifts” as they are often referred to, have collectively transformed

To put it bluntly, investors are concerned about the future of investing. With a trade war with China looming overhead, most are checking their cell phones or the television with trepidation

A client asked recently for my view on Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group and its substantial investment in WeWork, whose CEO evidently has sold WeWork stock to buy properties in

Investors continually use price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio as a way to make a claim about an undervalued or overvalued stock. I continually cringe at the thought that investors will

Here’s how the major US stock market indexes performed today. The S&P 500 (see also: SPY) was up by 10.46 points (0.4%) The Dow Jones Industrial Average (see

What is fair value? How’s it related to margin of safety? Upside? Warren Buffett’s views on the importance of fair value. Calculating the finbox fair value. Before jumping

Our firm bought Apple shares for clients’ portfolios in 2013, and we are used to being a contrarian voice when it comes to the stock (read here and here) — we

Recently my firm replaced all of our short-term bond exchange-traded funds with U.S. Treasury bills. The core motive for this decision was not to pick up a few