During my journey to financial freedom I have continually strived to invest in high quality companies. In this post I disclose all the companies in which shares are currently held in the FFJ Portfolio and in undisclosed accounts. This is an updated from my October 9, 2018 post. Subsequent to my October 9, 2018 [...]
Not all investment decisions are made solely on a company's financial performance. In the case of my long-term investment in Philip Morris (PM), I no longer am willing to accept that I have invested in a company which provides no benefit to society. I have decided to liquidate my shares in Philip Morris and to [...]
On August 27, 2015 I initiated an 'experiment' to determine which company would generate the best investment returns over a 20+ year time frame - Chevron (CVX) or Exxon Mobil (XOM). As at November 3, 2018, the value of my current CVX holdings is ~$10,000 greater than the value of the XOM holdings; dividends are [...]
On November 2, 2018, Enbridge (ENB) released solid Q3 2018 results and provided an update on its strategic initiatives. ENB is heavily leveraged but once it completes its secured growth project inventory I envision ENB generating significant Free Cash Flow which can be used to reduce debt and support continued low double digit percentage growth [...]
Summary Enbridge released its Q3 results on November 2nd in which it reported a GAAP loss of $0.09B or ($0.05)/share for Q3. This included the impact of a number of unusual, non-recurring or non-operating factors. Q3 Distributable Cash Flow (DCF) was $1.585B versus $1.334B for Q3 2017. Management reaffirmed FY2018 financial guidance with the DCF/share [...]
Church & Dwight (CHD) released its Q3 2018 results November 1, 2018. Mr. Market promptly bid up shares over 9% by the close of business. CHD is a high quality company which focuses heavily on Free Cash Flow and its Cash Conversion Cycle which is more that can be said for other publicly traded companies [...]
This is my October 2018 FFJ Portfolio dividend income update. The portfolio was created in January 2017 for the purpose of demonstrating how investing in well managed companies with competitive advantages can assist investors in reaching their long-term financial goals without the need to speculate or to chase dividend yield. Stock values rise. Stock [...]
There are some companies in the universe of publicly traded companies which should be avoided. Owens & Minor (NYSE: OMI) is one of them. The company's financial performance has been deteriorating over the past few years and on October 31, 2018 it released Q3 and YTD 2018 results. Part of its earnings announcement included a [...]
Mastercard (NYSE: MA) released its Q3 2018 results October 30, 2018. Mastercard and VISA have recently agreed to pay $5.54B - $6.24B to a class of more than 12 million merchants who accept the payment networks’ cards in the largest-ever class-action settlement of a U.S. antitrust case. This brings to an end one litigation matter [...]
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) recently released Q3 2018 results. It warned its profits will come under pressure given rising costs but there are plans to offset these higher costs with strategic price increases on roughly a fifth of HSY products. HSY is not an investment with which you will get rich overnight. HSY is [...]
