Stocks Analysts Loathe & Love
The chart below takes all the stocks in the S&P 500 and breaks them into five groups The first group on the left are the stocks analysts loathe (the worst-rated stocks) The last group on the right are the ...
Staples Stocks are a Buy Today UPDATE
What You Need Has Never Been Cheaper vs. What You Want: This piece updates our last post on investing in staples The chart below shows the market cap of Consumer Staples to Consumer Discretionary stocks is now at a ...
Debt to EBITDA Ratios: The Spiral Higher Continues
The Wicked Winds of High Leverage, Low Rates & Weak Covenants In our Chart for the Curious (CFTC) last week, we showed that levels of risky debt had hit ...
Debt to EBITDA is Out of Control: The Next GFC?
US Corporate Debt: The Next Crisis? Post the implosion of banks in the Great Financial Crisis the Federal Reserve stated that non-financial firms with debt/EBITDA >6x were a cause for concern regardless of industry Below is the percentage of ...
Best Agriculture Stocks: Is CF Stock a Good Buy?
Looking at CF Industries Holdings’ stock price over the last three years. The chart shows the performance of fertilizer and agricultural chemical manufacturer CF, over the last three years Since the stock’s most recent trough in October of 2020, ...
Who is the Next Amazon? This Post Will Change Your Life
Financial Freedom from A Simple Formula By KCR standards, this post is somewhat wicked. For long-time readers, we hope the following creates a grin. For anyone new, we hope ...
Twilio Investor Relations: A Tougher Job than Most
The chart shows the performance of internet infrastructure company TWLO over the last three years Since the stock’s most recent peak on March 1, 2021, it has stalled, falling -17% in an up 12.5% tape[1] Twilio has been a ...
Is DVN’s Stock Price Today an Opportunity?
The case for undervalued energy, looking at Devon Energy over the last three years. The chart shows the performance of oil and gas exploration company DVN over the last three years Since the stock’s trough in October of 2020, ...
Net Zero Emissions by 2050: The Possible vs. The Plausible
The charts below are from the International Energy Agency’s fantastic “Net Zero by 2050” report. The sheer breadth, depth, and work in the report boggles the mind. Designed to ...
What is Fixed Income Investing Today?
Low Yields are Now the Norm KCR recently came across a fabulous tweet by @charliebilello that caught our attention. In his tweet, he pointed out...
Market Cap of Companies Over 10x & 20x Sales is Out of Control
Are the Most Valued Companies in the World this Valuable? In March, we published a chart showing the market capitalization of firms over 10x price to sales hit $10 trillion The navy blue line updates that chart: today there ...
Oil Stocks to Buy: A Preference for Profits Over Promises
We believe investors should be open-minded about old-fashioned energy for two reasons. First, we have a growing conviction in oil companies’ capital discipline. Second, while commodity prices may rise due ...
