Chris Hodge
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Is There a Future for Small Pharma?
By Chris Hodge - May 19, 2013 | Tickers: CBST, MDCO, UTHR
Small pharma is fighting uphill. Fortunately this is precisely what inspires a lot of companies to reach for the heavens. Unfortunately, the huge costs associated with taking a medicine from being a great idea to a great product on store shelves is one that can easily leave a smaller company broken and derelict. Let's see how some of the smallest drug makers in the world are likely to do more »
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Is There Grow Juice in Massive Drug Stocks?
By Chris Hodge - May 16, 2013 | Tickers: JNJ, NVS, PFE
In an already massive market segment, are dividends all you can hope for when you hunt down "elephants" like Warren Buffett does? While you probably won't get a five-bagger at this level, seeing a price increase in the 20-50% range is very possible. In the case of stock splits, you may very well see adjusted share prices rise considerably. Plus, there's always the prospect of a company's more »
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Small-Cap Utilities: Rockets or Bombs?
By Chris Hodge - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AVA, MGEE, PNM
What's more likely to happen: a $50 billion behemoth growing by 50% or a $2 billion upstart doubling or tripling? Theoretically, any company can expand with almost no limit. But in practice, investors are more likely to buy a $20 stock that was $10 last year than a $500 stock that used to be $400. If you remember the Panic of 2008 and particularly the Dot-Com bubble bursting in more »
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Can Major Drug Manufacturers Still Have Room to Grow?
By Chris Hodge - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: AZN, LLY, ZTS
Major drug manufacturers are literally a market sector unto themselves. With valuations that frequently soar into the $50 billion level and beyond, these companies have already grown to incredible proportions. But can they grow further still, or is the best they can do to keep going along a steady path?
Never Underestimate a Dark Horse
Astrazeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) is a Swedish and British company, which automatically puts its epicenter more »
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Dividend Mania in Utilities
By Chris Hodge - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: EXC, NU, VVC
Utility companies are well known for a few things: being boring investments, being reasonably secure and for paying dividends. The problem is, security is a relative concept that's hard to nail down. So I've decided to look at three companies from the utility sector that pay reasonably high dividends and represent small cap, mid cap and large cap sizes.
Small With Room to Grow
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Utility Companies to Watch, Or Watch Out For
By Chris Hodge - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: AVA, CNP, EXC
Utility stocks come from companies where there's a lot of room to upgrade and two solid moats. For one thing, people in the modern world love their utilities. For another, most of these companies are protected by being among the few legal monopolies going. But are the following companies reasonable deals with security and value, or are they value traps? Let's take a look.
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Looking for Great Utility Stock Deals
By Chris Hodge - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: NRG, NVE, PEG
Utilities and their potential for financial security is a topic I've written about before, but it bears repeating: a stock is only as secure as its likelihood of delivering value to your portfolio. Any business with a moat, a solid business model, and steadily growing earnings has a good chance of making you wealthier over time. The real trick, however, is finding a good company for a great price more »
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Watch Out for Bad Machinery Stock Deals
By Chris Hodge - May 1, 2013 | Tickers: HON, ITT, NDSN
I am a fan of any company that can help my portfolio grow, but I have some qualifiers. For one, I need to know what the company actually does to make money. For another, I need to feel like the company is going to talk straight with me. Finally, just as important as the first two, I need to be able to buy at a reasonable price for what I more »
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Machinery Stocks at Insanely Bad Prices
By Chris Hodge - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: BGG, IEX, PHG
There are some great deals in the market right now. While the panic of 2008 is just barely in most investors' minds anymore, some companies are still clinging to low prices because the market has forgotten about them. The companies we're about to discuss, however, are definitely not being sold for bargain-basement prices. The following is a warning list of some companies that may be great to watch but more »
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Good Dividends in Diversified Machinery
By Chris Hodge - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: GE, HUB-B, ITW
Machinery companies are some of the cornerstones of our economy. They produce what we use every day, help our police and military to keep us safe and provide potentially awesome returns to us shareholders. But in my opinion, the best returns are solid dividends that I can reinvest over the long term.
Storied history
General Electric (NYSE: GE) is a massive company with a storied history and a high ranking more »
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Are These Machinery Dividends Going to Break Down?
By Chris Hodge - April 19, 2013 | Tickers: GE, HI, PHG
The diversified machinery world is one where a lot of a company's clients are either large non-cyclical or less cyclical businesses or government entities, and I like how that adds stability to the industry as a whole. And as we all know, I'm a hardcore dividend junkie who hates few things worse than having those dividends pulled out from under me. So let's see if a few more »
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The Search of a Well Oiled Machine
By Chris Hodge - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: ITW, PLL, ROP
I like machinery manufacturer stocks to a point. On the one hand, the fact that they tend to service long-term contracts means that their business model is more stable than, say consumer electronics companies. I like stability and plenty of profitability, so I'm going to check out some companies that appear very profitable and try to determine whether this trend is likely to continue. I'm even trying to more »
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The Quest for Great Small Cap Machinery Stocks
By Chris Hodge - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: BGG, MKSI, RAVN
Small caps are great because they have a lot of potential room to grow, and I like diversified machinery stocks because their underlying companies tend to have stability because their bread and butter is long-term contracts. Let's see whether a few candidates from this group warrant your further attention.
Briggs & Stratton (NYSE: BGG) carries a $1.15 billion market cap and trades at a reasonable 2.5 times book more »
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The Quest for Great Small Cap Machinery Stocks
By Chris Hodge - April 9, 2013 | Tickers: BGG, RAVN
Small caps are great because they have a lot of potential room to grow due to their generally low share prices, and I like diversified machinery stocks because their underlying companies tend to have stability because their bread and butter is long-term contracts. Let's see whether a few candidates from this group warrant your further attention.
Briggs & Stratton carries a $1.15 billion market cap and trades at an more »
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Are These Machinery Dividends Going to Break Down?
By Chris Hodge - April 6, 2013 | Tickers: GE, HI, PHG
The diversified machinery world is one where a lot of a company's clients are either large non-cyclical or less cyclical businesses or government entities, and I like how that adds stability to the industry as a whole. And as we all know, I'm a hardcore dividend junkie who hates few things worse than having those dividends pulled out from under me. So let's see if a few more »
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Are These Machinery Dividends Going to Break Down?
By Chris Hodge - April 6, 2013 | Tickers: GE, HI, PHG
The diversified machinery world is one where a lot of a company's clients are either large non-cyclical or less cyclical businesses or government entities, and I like how that adds stability to the industry as a whole. And as we all know, I'm a hardcore dividend junkie who hates few things worse than having those dividends pulled out from under me. So let's see if a few more »
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The Search for a Well Oiled Machine
By Chris Hodge - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: ITW, PLL, ROP
I like machinery manufacturer stocks to a point. On the one hand, the fact that they tend to service long-term contracts means that their business model is more stable than, say consumer electronics companies. I like stability and plenty of profitability, so I'm going to check out some companies that appear very profitable and try to determine whether this trend is likely to continue. I'm even trying to more »
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Are These Machinery Dividends Going to Break Down?
By Chris Hodge - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: GE, HI, PHG
The diversified machinery world is one where a lot of a company's clients are either large non-cyclical or less cyclical businesses or government entities, and I like how that adds stability to the industry as a whole. And as we all know, I'm a hardcore dividend junkie who hates few things worse than having those dividends pulled out from under me. So let's see if a few more »
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What Will These Communications Stocks Tell Your Portfolio?
By Chris Hodge - March 13, 2013 | Tickers: CCOI, OIBR, TEO
Communications are great. We're communicating right now, and hopefully you'll either get a good idea for your next acquisition or advice to stay well away from something toxic. So let's take a look at some communications companies and the stocks that track their popularity.
Cogent Communications Group (NASDAQ: CCOI) is one of the cornerstones of the Internet. Providing Net access and data transporting as well as data more »
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Are These Investment Companies Worth Your Money?
By Chris Hodge - March 12, 2013 | Tickers: AINV, CBOE, GS
The idea of an investment company is a bit of a misnomer. After all, isn't the idea of having individual investments all about planning and thinking for yourself? In a perfect world, there wouldn't be public-style investment companies and expensive mutual funds. But even a Fool, or an idiot such as myself, knows better than that. Let's look at these anachronisms and see if there's any more »
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