Summary This Constellation Brands Stock Analysis is based on Q2 2018 results released October 5, 2017. Constellation Brands has certainly rewarded long-time shareholders. As an investor who currently has no position in the company I view the current valuation to be too rich to initiate a position. The company released its Q2 2018 results at [...]
Summary JP Morgan’s analyst downgraded 3M to “Sell’ In September 2017. Some investors voiced their displeasure on blogs and message boards. In a January 2017 post I indicated I thought MMM was expensive. The price has just ratcheted up subsequent to that post. I am cautiously optimistic JP Morgan’s analyst’s call will be correct and [...]
This is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada so I am somewhat pre-occupied with activities which have relegated work on my blog to the back burner. As a result, I only have one article for your reading pleasure which was recently posted on the Sure Dividend blog. Continue reading...
It is that time again for a status report on the FFJ Portfolio. In September I borrowed $5000.00 from the Canadian portion of Investment Account #1 as we had some major expenses; our daughter’s tuition/books and various annual insurance premiums had to be paid. In order to reduce the balance owing I decided to suspend [...]
When I originally thought of creating this blog and forming the Financial Freedom is a Journey Community, my intent was to provide a forum in which a community of people could share ideas on how to become financially free. My wife and I became financially free several years ago. I can assure you that once [...]
Summary Brookfield Asset Management ("BAM") is an ideal investment for investors with a long-term investment time horizon; Its astute management team has developed a reputation which enables it to raise billions of dollars for investment purposes from institutional investors; BAM has exposure in geographic regions where others may not venture. Limited competition for some acquisitions [...]
When I initially created this blog I never thought I would encounter so many people who are passionate about taking their financial destiny into their own hands. Perhaps the #1 reason many readers have done this is because nobody else is going to treat their, and their family’s, financial future with the same level of [...]
The following is a list as at September 20, 2017 which reflects all the companies in which my wife and I own shares (not just those in the FFJ Portfolio). It does not reflect the number of shares per company we own nor our average purchase price. [...]
Summary After completing this Microsoft Corporation stock analysis I decided to purchase shares for the FFJ Portfolio. MSFT is only the second tech stock we own among all our investment holdings. It is 1 of only 2 companies rated AAA by Moody’s (Johnson & Johnson is the other) which provides me peace of mind that [...]
Summary JNJ warrants a position in your investment portfolio because of its financial strength, historical performance, and future growth prospects. It has been and will remain a long-term hold in our retirement accounts and in the FFJ Portfolio. JNJ is 1 of only 2 companies rated AAA by Moody’s which provides me peace of mind [...]