Still Believe Like Warren Buffett In Bank Of America
By Bret Jensen: I have not covered my position in Bank of America (BAC) in these pages for over six m...
View ArticleBP: A 2014 Story To Start To Buy Now
By Bret Jensen: "The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests." - Epicurus To say the company formerly known as British...
View ArticleLinn Energy: Tide Is Turning For This High Yielder
By Bret Jensen: Linn Energy (LINE) has had a challenging six months to say the least. Barron's has questioned some of its accounting practices numerous times which has been the main catalyst (the...
View ArticleAgainst The Grain: Buying Cisco On The Dip
By Bret Jensen: Cisco Systems (CSCO) is one of my favorite stocks. Not because of its long term earnings & revenue growth, or its ability to take advantage of the migration to the "cloud", and c...
View ArticleBank Of America Is Breaking Out
By Bret Jensen: I have been a long time holder of Bank of America (BAC) since the end of the financial crisis. I have made a great deal of money both on the equity side and by using strategic...
View ArticleApple Breaks Out
By Bret Jensen: Apple (AAPL) stock had a great run from late June to late October. The stock increased in that time period from ~$385 a share to ~$525 a share, a gain of better than 35%. Since then the...
View ArticleApple Or Amazon?
By Bret Jensen: Investors seem to be answering this question with "Both" judging from the action in the stock charts of both equities leading into Black Friday (See Chart). (click to enlarge) But which...
View ArticleApple Is On Fire
By Bret Jensen: I think Apple (AAPL) shareholders can be excused from taking a bit of victory lap this week. This especially applies to those of us who said "Damn the Torpedoes" and added to our...
View Article2 Attractive 7% Yielders
By Bret Jensen: It was an interesting week in the market especially in regards to the reaction to some stronger than expected economic reports. During the week, Q3 GDP was revised up to 3.6% and...
View Article2 Picks From Barron’s ‘Top Ten Stocks For 2014′ List
By Bret Jensen: Barron's, the noted and well-followed industry weekly published its list of favorite picks for 2014 this weekend. Last year's...
View ArticleGeneral Electric Rolls On
By Bret Jensen: General Electric (GE) has been a core part of my income portfolio since
View ArticleFord Is Going Higher In 2014
By Bret Jensen: Ford (F) has been in the news recently mainly due to speculation that its well respected CEO, Alan Mulally, could leave to head Microsoft (
View ArticleApple: All Systems Go For 2014
By Bret Jensen: As we get ready to close the books on 2013, it is time to take a quit look at back at one of the stocks that has not participated in the huge rally in equities this year. That stock is...
View Article2014 Prediction #2: Apple Hits $650 A Share
By Bret Jensen: "Never make predictions, especially about the future." - Casey Stengel Tuesday is the last day of 2013. It has been a wonderful year for equity investors as the overall market is on...
View Article2 Big Banks To Own In 2014
By Bret Jensen: Citigroup came out to the start the New Year by upping its price target on two of its favorite big banks, Bank of America (
View Article2014 Prediction 4: Bank Of America Hits $20
By Bret Jensen: Like a majority of columnists I have been publishing a series of predictions for the New Year over the past week or two (I,
View ArticleApple At $525 A Share Would Be A Gift
By Bret Jensen: "In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4-H Club -- the 'hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of...
View ArticleInsiders Are Buying These High Yield Plays
By Bret Jensen: I have been doing my usual weekend review of Barron's top 20 insider buys & sells for the just completed week. A couple of things stuck out this week. First, there are some huge...
View Article3 Top Picks For 2014 From Raymond James
By Bret Jensen: Quick, name the investment firm that has had the best annual performance from its "Top Stock Picks" lists over the past decade. Would you guess Merrill Lynch? Credit Suisse? Citi? UBS?...
View Article2 Solid Dividend Picks From Barron’s Roundtable
By Bret Jensen: Every year Barron's brings together over a dozen experienced value and macro investors from around the world to a get together. They discuss the world economy and their outlooks for the...
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