Investment Jungle

My goal at Investment Jungle was to explore current stock picking strategy and techniques to develop my own system. The first system that I decided to analyze was Phil Town’s “Rule #1” system. Unknowingly, I had entered the realm of value investing. Looking at company fundamentals, determining the intrinsic value of the […]

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Bank of America is listed on several of Mergent’s dividend achievers lists including the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat list. So this looks promising.
Company Profile:
From their 10K Annual Filing
Through our banking subsidiaries (the “Banks”) and various nonbanking subsidiaries throughout the United States and in selected international markets, we provide a diversified range of banking […]

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Next up for analysis is the Bank of Nova Scotia. This stock is not only in Mergent’s North American Dividend Achievers Top 50 list, it is also listed in Mergent’s Canadian Dividend Achievers.
Company Profile:
From MSN Money:
The Bank of Nova Scotia is a full-service financial institution, active in both Canadian and international markets. In Canada, […]

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The search continues for a wonderful business paying solid dividends. Next up, the Altria Group (MO) which is the parent company of Philip Morris International.
Company Profile:
From Yahoo Finance:
Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufactures and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products in the United States and internationally. The company […]

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Having decided to use Mergent’s North American Dividend Achievers 50 list as a screening tool, I will be starting my analysis with AGF Management Ltd (AGF-B as listed on the TSX).
Company Profile:
From MSN Money:
AGF Management Limited (AGF) is a Canadian investment management company. The Company’s principal business is providing mutual fund management, private investment counseling […]

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Having run my first dividend stock screener, I will now be analyzing those companies to determine whether or not they are indeed high quality dividend paying companies and validate the effectiveness of my screen.
The company that I will be analyzing is Lowe’s Companies Inc (LOW).
Company Profile
From their 10K Annual Filing:
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. and subsidiaries […]

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Well, I have been struggling with my stock screener for the past few days trying to transfer the characteristics of a dividend paying stock into a screen that I could use.
Based on the characteristics I want, I was able to develop the following screen:

10 yr dividend growth rate > 20%
10 yr cash flow growth rate […]

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Back when I analyzed Sun Life Financial using the Rule #1 methodology, I said that I would come back to this company and perform the analysis from the dividend perspective.
NOTE: This analysis is taking place on SLF as listed on the NYSE. This is a Canadian company listed on both the TSE and […]

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The first stock that I analyzed using the Rule #1 methodology was Walgreen Co. So how appropriate that I will use that stock as the first stock I look at its dividend analysis.
Please bear with me as this is my first time using this analysis technique. Based on the characteristics of a quality […]

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Before I begin analyzing dividend paying stocks, I would like to develop a screen that will allow the ‘cream of the crop’ dividend payers to rise to the top.
One simple way would be to simply use the list provided by Mergent Dividend Achievers. This site offers a list of the cream of the crop […]

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