In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
For example, the number of Zoom customers with over 10 employees grew from 50,800 in 2019 to 81,800 in 2020, to 467,100 in 2021, Statista estimates. Thus, Zoom is experiencing enormous growth in the pandemic. This important because Backlinkinfo estimates 64% of Zoom’ revenues come from customers with over 10 employees.
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Value investing is an approach to investing in which one calculates the intrinsic value of a stock against its current share price. Basically, it is waiting for a precious gem to go on the table of a yard sale, snatching it up, and selling it off at its true price later.
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6. The basic value investing criteria still apply. No matter how overheated the market gets the fundamentals of value investing are still sound.
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The latest crop of Darden financial numbers, those from November 30, 2015, definitely do not justify the $61.93 a share the company was trading at on January 22, 2016. Some of the numbers are so bad they even cast doubt on Darden’s whole business model.
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Alphabet and Facebook are showing that they are ahead of the curve; value investors should take notice. Smart investors would be well advised to keep abreast of these developments and add these two wonderful companies to their portfolios.
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The bottom line is if you want your portfolio to grow, Facebook would be an excellent addition. If you want to buy one technology stock right now, Facebook would be a great choice.
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Beyond the existential reasons, UnitedHealth is just a good basic stock. It gave investors a dividend yield of 1.51% and a return on equity of 18.71% on September 30. In contrast, Amazon paid no dividend and offered investors a return on equity of 2.92% on a stock that was trading at $657.02 a share on November 10, 2015.
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The bottom line is that widows and orphans stocks still exist. You just have to know where to look for them.
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The 2016 holidays and the free shipping offers may prove whether Target and Best Buy are going to be major players in the world of online retail or not. One just hopes that management teams are not betting the company on such offers. If they are, the death spiral could be closer than we think, especially for Target.
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That means American Express could be a nice bargain stock at some point next year. It also means that Amex is still a really good long-term investment, even if it is no longer America’s favorite credit card.
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