International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) is a fascinating company that specializes in creating unique scents, flavors, and other innovative ingredients for a variety of industries. They are a key player in the fragrance and flavor sector, providing essential components for perfumes, food, beverages, and personal care products. Imagine the fragrance of your favorite perfume […]
Read MorePVH Corp. operates as an apparel company. The company operates through six segments: Tommy Hilfiger North America, Tommy Hilfiger International, Calvin Klein North America, Calvin Klein International, Heritage Brands Wholesale, and Heritage Brands Retail. It designs, markets, and retails men’s, women’s, and children’s apparel and accessories, include branded dress shirts, neckwear, sportswear, jeans wear, performance […]
Read MoreOllie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. offers housewares, bed and bath, food, floor coverings, health and beauty aids, books and stationery, toys, and electronics; and other products, including hardware, candy, clothing, sporting goods, pet and lawn, and garden products.
Read MoreThe Vita Coco Company, Inc. develops, markets, and distributes coconut water products under the Vita Coco brand name in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers coconut oil and coconut milk; Hydration Drink Mix, a powdered form of flavored coconut water; sparkling water; Runa, a plant-based energy […]
Read MoreOver the last few years, I’ve used stocks in the Food Products industry to find useful value under often uncertain market conditions. Food Products companies, and others in the Consumer Staples sectors don’t generally get a lot of investor attention because they just aren’t very “sexy.” The dichotomy between fundamental strength and lack of investor […]
Read MoreBeing a value-oriented investor means that seeing stocks trading at or near historical lows tends to make a stock more interesting than when it is trading near historical highs. For growth investors, that sounds odd since growth investing puts an emphasis on upward trends and stocks trading at or near their yearly highs. Sometimes a […]
Read MoreWhen everybody is buying, contrarian and value-focused investors tend to get more cautious. The opposite is also true – when everybody is running for the exits, we start finding more and more attractive opportunities at great prices. The past year and a half has been rough for just about every investing strategy, no matter whether […]
Read MoreOne of the primary elements I like to use to filter through the tens of thousands of stocks in the market is dividend payout. In the broadest sense, companies that pay a consistent dividend only do so because they have the financial resources – including healthy liquidity, free cash flow, and operating margins – to […]
Read MoreAs a conservative-minded, value and fundamental-driven investor, my natural tendency is to shy away from stocks that market experts and popular market media analysts tend to talk to the most about. Another way to describe this mindset uses the word “contrarian,” and it’s a mindset that I think becomes more useful when market uncertainty increases. […]
Read MoreGrowth investing leans heavily on the idea that stocks tend to follow the direction of their previous trends. That may just be a nerdy way to say that the longer a stock has been going up, the more likely it is to keep going up. It is also why growth investors shun stocks that are […]
Read MoreValue-oriented, contrarian-minded investors like me tend to think a little differently than the average investor, which means we like to look for opportunities in the areas of the market everybody else tends to ignore. The Food Products industry is a good example. While this is pocket of the economy that I think makes sense to […]
Read MoreFor several years now, I’ve been writing about the wisdom in taking a defensive approach to your investing portfolio. There are lot of ways you can get defensive. Pulling cash out of the market when you have opportunities to do so, and keeping it on the sidelines for the time being is one approach. Another […]
Read MoreLamb Weston Holdings, Inc. produces, distributes, and markets value-added frozen potato products worldwide. It operates through four segments: Global, Foodservice, Retail, and Other. LW $113.9100 0.5100 % 0.4500 Lamb Weston Holdings Inc Sector : Consumer Staples Industry : Signal Short Term Trend Long Term Trend BUY UP UP Day: 0.45% Wk: 1.19% Mo: 1.59% Yrly: […]
Read MoreNo matter what your approach to the stock market may be, there are a myriad number of issues that come at you and demand attention. Some of those elements can be anticipated, if not predicted; for example, if a company is getting set for a new quarterly earnings report, it’s pretty normal to see a […]
Read MoreMore than two decades of experience as a student of the markets have taught me that while the market is generally resilient, there is one word that always seems to automatically put the market on edge: change. For the last few years, change has been a constant reality in the global economy. Whether you want […]
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