Luckily for the planet, the widespread use of fossil fuel is likely to end. Just not anytime soon. And as a true fiduciary should, Exxon Mobil remains committed to growing long-term shareholder value—despite relentless pressures from the climate-change woke mob. In this report, we review Exxon Mobil’s business strategy, climate change pressures, dividend safety, valuation and risks. We conclude with our opinion on investing.
New Options Trade: Very High Upfront Income, Bullish Vertical Put Spread
This report reviews an attractive high-income-generating options trade on a compelling long-term fintech business (Warren Buffett and Cathie Wood are both shareholders). The trade generates attractive upfront premium income, and gives you a shot at picking up shares of this attractive business at a lower price. We believe the trade is an attractive one to place today, and potentially over the next few trading sessions, as long as the price of the underlying shares doesn’t move too dramatically.
Celsius Fitness Drinks: High-Growth Disruptor, Important Things to Consider
Celsius Holdings offers fitness-focused energy drinks, and the business has been experiencing dramatic growth as the pandemic serendipitously led the company to shift its marketing strategy from gyms to mainstream. Investors are optimistic as the company has serious momentum but currently holds just over 1% market share (suggesting a lot of room for continuing growth). However, Celsius faces formidable competition (such as Red Bull, Monster and Rockstar). In this report, we consider the business model, market opportunity, financials, valuation and risks, and then conclude with our opinion on investing.
Dry Bulk Shipper: 6.4% Yield, Attractive Supply-Demand Dynamic
There is a lot to like about this large dry bulk shipper, not the least of which is its attractive 6.4% dividend yield. More specifically, the company is benefiting from a cyclical rebound in dry bulk shipping rates, on both the supply and demand sides. It’s expected to announce earnings on August 5th, and its 8.0% yield baby bonds are expected to be called at the end of this month. In this report, we review the business, market conditions, prospects, valuation and risks, and then conclude with our opinion on investing.
Powerful Blue Chip: Highly Attractive, Classically Misunderstood
The stock we review in this report is highly attractive, even though its financials are misunderstood by many. Specifically, the company is the strong leader in providing a business critical function that is being transformed from an outdated manual process into a 21st century digitized cloud-based solution. And the total addressable market opportunity (to keep growing rapidly) is massive and growing. Unfortunately, many investors misunderstand the high valuation multiples and low profitability as a weakness. To the contrary, it’s an absolute strength and the right thing to do as the company capitalizes on the highly attractive opportunity. This business will eventually become a massive cash cow.
Top 5 Growth Stocks: Despite Fear, Massive Upside
One of the biggest deterrents to successful long-term growth investing is near-term fear. Whether its driven by the relentless media fearmongering, short-term Wall Street valuation methodologies, or the psychological notion that people react more than twice as strong to down moves as up moves, near-term fear prevents investors from participating in massive long-term gains. It’s challenging for some people to recognize the amazing power of compound growth, but it is often referred to as the 8th wonder of the world by those who understand it. In this report, we countdown our top 10 growth stocks with massive upside potential (despite near-term fear), starting with #10 and finishing with our #1 top idea.
The Trade Desk: Growth at an (Un) Reasonable Price?
If you don’t know, The Trade Desk (TTD) is growing rapidly. The company’s self-service software platform (that enables ad agencies and brands to make data-driven ad placements across a variety of mediums) is benefiting dramatically from secular growth in digital ads and Connected TVs. Further, the company’s recent launch of a more secure and effective Unified 2.0 solution (an alternative to cookies) has added to the growth momentum. But is the company’s valuation simply too high? In this report, we review The Trade Desk’s business model, its market opportunity, financials, valuation and risks, and then conclude with our opinion on whether the shares offer an attractive balance between risks and rewards.
Digital Payments Company: Attractive Growth and Value
The company we review in this report has tremendous long-term price appreciation potential—thanks to its ongoing high growth trajectory, its large total addressable market and its reasonable valuation. The pandemic accelerated one half of its business, and now the other half is expected to accelerate thanks to re-openings. This one doesn’t pay a dividend, and the growth can be lumpy, but over the long term the company has a clear path to dramatic share price gains. In this report, we review the health of the business, growth opportunities, valuation, risks, and conclude with our opinion on investing.
New Purchase: High Growth Media Platform Stock
This is simply a quick note to let you know we made a new purchase in our Discipline Growth portfolio this morning. This is a high growth company that recently posted another quarter of impressive results whereby they raised forward guidance on their already very strong and healthy growing business. The shares are trading below the price when we released our original full write-up on the company back in March (see that full write-up below). And as mentioned, the business continues to improve. The shares sold off hard on Friday (on what appears to be incorrect news about an application rule change). We don’t expect the price to stay low for long, and we just added shares this morning.
7.7% Yield: A Rare BDC Offering Dividend Growth, Equity Upside
While other business development companies (“BDCs”) were cutting their dividends as a result of the pandemic, the big-dividend payer we review in this report not only maintained theirs, but has also significantly increased it in each of the past four quarters. Moreover, the shares are trading at an attractive discount to net asset value (“NAV”). In this report, we review the health of the business, the highly-experienced management team, its balance sheet, liquidity, dividend safety, valuation and risks. We conclude with our opinion on investing.
A Top Growth Stock: Well Positioned to Leverage Global Streaming Tailwind
There are a lot of things to like about the largest TV-based on-demand streaming platform in the US, starting with its dramatic business growth thanks to the global shift from linear TV to over-the-top (“OTT”) streaming services. The company is consistently delivering powerful top and bottom-line growth, driven by an increasing number of users and higher advertising revenues. It’s also taking initiative to expand into international geographies (to fuel more growth), and it enjoys a very large and expanding total addressable market opportunity. In this report, we review the business, growth, its unique selling opportunity, the financials, valuation and risks. We conclude with our opinion on investing.
Top 10 High-Income CEFs (5.2% to 9.4% Yields)
If you like high-income investments, this report reviews our top 10 high-income closed-end funds (“CEFs”) with annual yields ranging from over 5.0% to over 9.0% (many of them paid monthly). The opportunities range from bond funds to style-specific equities, and we consider the distribution yields, premiums/discounts (versus NAV), investment strategies (versus current market opportunities), fees, risks and more. We currently use a handful of CEFs within our prudently concentrated Income Equity portfolio (along with other attractive income opportunities, such as dividend-growth stocks, REITs, BDCs and more), and if you are an income-focused investor—the CEF names on this list are very attractive and worth considering. Without further ado, here are the details on our top 10 high-income CEFs.
PIMCO's Big-Yield CEFs: Cracks in the Dam? (PCI) (PDI) (PKO)
Income-hungry investors flock to PIMCO’s fixed-income closed-end funds for multiple reasons, including the big yields (often in excess of 9.0%), monthly payments, and sometimes even the ridiculously low prices (as we wrote about here and here). And while some investors are reassured by PIMCO’s track record of no distribution cuts in several of their most popular funds (for example (PDI), (PCI) and (PKO)), there is a lot more going on under the hood, and the recently proposed merger between these funds could be a little window dressing by the firm as the track of no distribution cuts may be in jeopardy. In this report, we pull back the curtains on these funds to reveal a little bit about how the sausage is made, and then conclude with our opinion on whether they still make for good investments, or if it is time to move on to new opportunities.
Palantir: Massive Upside
Palantir is a software company, that is growing rapidly, and it has a massive total addressable market. It provides big data analytics solutions (ranging from data mining to visual analytics), on a single consolidated platform, thereby enabling informed decision-making. The company is having great success landing and expanding government agency contracts, but is also recently attempting to diversify into enterprise-grade commercial organizations too. In this report, we analyze Palantir’s business model, its market opportunity, financials, valuation, risks, and finally conclude with our opinion on investing.
No Brainer: Own This High-Growth, Cloud-Based, CRM Juggernaut
If you like to own well-managed, high-growth, industry leaders that will likely make you a lot of money over the long-term, this cloud and subscription based Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) company is a no brainer. The is so much to like about this business, including it large total addressable market and digital transformation trajectory, its impressive top and bottom lines, its powerful cash flow, the constant innovation, impressive acquisition track record and compelling valuation, to name a few. In this report, we review the business model, market opportunity, financials, valuation, risks, and finally conclude with some important takeaways for investors.
Undervalued 5.4% Yield Midstream: Decreasing Leverage, Increasing Distributions Expected
One of the largest and most diversified midstream pipeline operators in the US, the company we review in this report is focused on deleveraging its balance sheet and positioning for future distribution increases. And despite the recent strong price gains, the company continues to trade at discount to peers and has more upside ahead considering the healthy fundamentals. In this report, we review the health of the business, valuation, risks, dividend safety, and conclude with our opinion on investing.
Top 10 Big Dividends: Income Ahead of Inflation
If you are an income-focused investor, you’re likely concerned about the combination of low yields and inflation. For example, with the 10-year US treasury offering less than 1.5% yield, and growing inflation threatening to devalue your nest egg, you’re likely looking for differentiated investment opportunities that don’t involve too much risk. One strategy worth considering is to assemble a wide-ranging portfolio of investments (wide-ranging to help you diversify away a lot of the big risks) that also provides higher yields and will help keep you ahead of inflation. In this report, we share our top 10 Big Dividends to help you identify opportunities that might fit the bill for you.
This 8.5% Yield BDC Is Compelling
The 8.5% yielding BDC we cover in this report is relatively new, but well established and large, and it has a strong balance sheet and ample access to attractive deal flow. Like other BDCs, it faced challenges during the pandemic, but has come through relatively unscathed, and continues to use market dislocation to optimize its portfolio. Importantly, management expects the dividend coverage to improve (including the return of special dividends), going forward. Yet because of nervous near-term and backward-looking investors, it still trades at a discount to NAV. If you are a long-term high-income-focused investor, this one is worth considering.
Income Equity Portfolio Performance; +4 Top High-Income Opportunities
The Blue Harbinger Income Equity portfolio was up 0.76% in May (outpacing the S&P 500), and it is now up 14.77% for the year (also outpacing the S&P 500). And it finished the month with a highly compelling 6.0% yield. In this report, we review the performance and positioning of the portfolio, plus 4 top high-income opportunities, all of which we currently own.
Disciplined Growth Portfolio Update; +2 Powerful Rip Van Winkle Stocks
After gaining 52.9% in 2020 and 51.6% in 2019, the Blue Harbinger Disciplined Growth portfolio is down nearly 2.3% this year, as top growth stocks take a breather. In this report we review one new trade in the portfolio, as well as 2 very attractive growth stocks (that we own) that will likely be trading much higher a few years from now if you can force yourself to ignore the near-term volatility.