Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Disney's Contemporary Resort (Walk-Thru Monorail and All!!!) at Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7/11/2017 (Part 3)

I had the privilege of visiting Disney's Contemporary Resort at Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL last week. The past couple of months I have been looking at Disney's stock (NYSE ticker:  DIS), it pays over a two-dividend and earnings have been up three-fold the past ten years. Things are looking good at Disney, Disney amazingly holds eight out of nine top spots for theme park attendance world-wide!!!

This is the third part of several videos which is a complete walk-through of this extraordinary resort and hotel. The resort is decades old but so well kept that it looks almost brand new.  Included, is a cameo appearance by the Monorail, the Grand Canyon atrium and, of course, the pool.  The rooms are a bit pricey but I highly suggest visiting and booking a room as the resort is one stop away on the Monorail line from the Magic Kingdom and two stops away from Epcot Center

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Disney's Contemporary Resort (Walk Thru Monorail and All!!!) at Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7/11/2017 (Part 2)

I had the privilege of visiting Disney's Contemporary Resort at Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL last week. The past couple of months I have been looking at Disney's stock (NYSE ticker:  DIS), it pays over a two-dividend and earnings have been up three-fold the past ten years. Things are looking good at Disney, Disney amazingly holds eight out of nine top spots for theme park attendance world-wide!!!

This is the second part of several videos which is a complete walk-through of this extraordinary resort and hotel. The resort is decades old but so well kept that it looks almost brand new.  Included, is a cameo appearance by the Monorail, the Grand Canyon atrium and, of course, the pool.  The rooms are a bit pricey but I highly suggest visiting and booking a room as the resort is one stop away on the Monorail line from the Magic Kingdom and two stops away from Epcot Center.

The pool is complete with a waterslide, everything in the resort is clean and every the fast food is superb.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Disney's Contemporary Resort (Walk Thru Monorail and All!!!) at Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 7/11/2017 (Part 1)

I had the privilege of visiting Disney's Contemporary Resort at Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL last week. The past couple of months I have been looking at Disney's stock (NYSE ticker:  DIS), it pays over a two-dividend and earnings have been up three-fold the past ten years. Things are looking good at Disney, Disney amazingly holds eight out of nine top spots for theme park attendance world-wide!!!

This is the first part of several videos which is a complete walk-through of this extraordinary resort and hotel. The resort is decades old but so well kept that it looks almost brand new.  Included, is a cameo appearance by the Monorail, the Grand Canyon atrium and, of course, the pool.  The rooms are a bit pricey but I highly suggest visiting and booking a room as the resort is one stop away on the Monorail line from the Magic Kingdom and two stops away from Epcot Center.

Friday, June 30, 2017

McDonald's Stock Market Price and Dividend

McDonald's (NYSE ticker:  MCD) stock market price closed at $153.16 today.  McDonald's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently 27.04 trailing twelve months (TTM) and its dividend yield is 2.45%. The market capitalization of the company is $124.8 billion.

Friday, June 23, 2017

Church and Dwight's Amazing Dividend Streak!

As of December 31, 2016, Church & Dwight has paid 463 consecutive dividends, a streak going back more than 115 years, (source Seeking Alpha).


Monday, June 19, 2017

Church and Dwight (Ticker NYSE:  CHD)

Church and Dwight (Ticker NYSE:  CHD) - Today's closing price:  $53.75; Price-to-earnings ratio:  29.37; dividend yield: 1.43%; maker of Arm and Hammer products.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Rare: Warren Buffett's Partnerships Letters

After all of these years, someone out in cyberworld has kept and posted several of Warren Buffett's partnership letters from 1959 to 1969.  Some of these letters go into the business deals that the partnership has made investments in, others describe how Mr. Buffett values a company for investment purposes such as balance sheet analysis; really fascinating stuff if you are trying to get into the mindset of Mr. Buffett from his pre-Berkshire Hathaway days.

The link to Warren Buffett's partnership letters:

http://www.pragcap.com/warren-buffett-partnership-letters/

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Peter Lynch - Former Fidelity Magellan Stock Fund Manager

One of my favorite videos from Peter Lynch.  Lynch is the famed, former Fidelity Magellan common stock fund manager, chalking up annuals performance returns of nearly 30%.  In the video, Lynch discusses some of his techniques for selecting common stocks: