Bill Combs

bad and good debt

Bad debt

We know bad debt when someone takes out a loan that doesn't make or save any money. For example, a loan for a holiday, a mobile phone, or someone borrows money to buy their family presents for Christmas. I see this bad debt as a problem, and I think a lot of people unfortunately take advantage of this bad debt.

Good debt

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Monster Beverage Corp is an American company that focuses on the production and distribution of energy drinks, and this company is best known for Monster Energy. When I was looking at the stock chart of this company throughout history, I have to say that I was surprised to see how much the stock of this company is rising. Over its entire history, $MNST stock has risen an...
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Today, Alibaba Group reported its results, which beat expectations. I don't like the politics in China and I don't know if I want to invest in Chinese stocks at the moment. However, if the share price drops to $85 or lower, I would probably think about buying.

Do you have $BABA stock in your portfolio and how do you view Chinese stocks?

I've mentioned ASML stock here a couple of times, a company I like a lot, and until a few weeks ago I wasn't sure whether I would buy this stock or not. Last week, despite the stock being high, I bought a portion of $ASML stock. I see great potential here and the company is expecting high revenue growth and overall expects great growth going forward.

I don't often buy stocks...
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US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company reported its results today, which beat expectations and $LLY shares are up more than 15% in response. Fundamentals are quite solid and the stock is up over 40% for the year, which I like and since I see potential in healthcare and I like pharmaceutical and medical companies, I like this company even more :D. The stock may be up,...
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Investors, if you could only have 5 stocks in your portfolio, what would they be?

For me, it would probably be $AAPL, $GOOGL, $CVS, $BRK-A and $ASML.

Tyson Foods is an American company that operates in the food industry. This company is the world's second largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork ( JBS S.A is the number one ). I have been looking at this company recently and I have to say that the company's fundamentals are stable and fairly solid. Shares of $TSN are down over 10% for this year and it seems...
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Airbnb's stock is up more than 60% this year, which is very respectable. Airbnb reported its results on Thursday which beat expectations and it looks like the company is going to do increasingly well. I took a quick look at the company's financial statements and I have to say that I really like the fundamentals. I don't know if I would want to include $ABNB stock in my...
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Investors, what stocks and ETFs have you bought or sold recently and what stocks are you looking to buy or sell?

I like every month bought $SPY, $MO and $CVSandthis week I still bought part of $ASML stock. I'm not selling anything yet but next week I plan to sell off part of $MMM stock and otherwise hoard cash for any dips.

Yesterday, CVS Caremark reported the results. The results were solid and exceeded expectations and the stock responded with a 6% increase. I have grown very fond of $CVS stock and am enjoying it, and since CVS stock is currently undervalued, I am building a larger position in the stock in my portfolio and adding to it each month.

How do you view this company and do you have...
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Lately, I've been running into companies I didn't even know had publicly traded stocks like $WISH, $GPRO or $DUOL. $WISH and $GPRO have a very similar chart, the stock shot up in the beginning, but then quickly fell again and hasn't risen since. But I quite like $DUOL as I see potential here and I think people will use this app even more and so their stock could go up. I...
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Pfizer $PFE reported results today. You could say that the results beat expectations, but the revenue just missed expectations. Revenue was down from Q1 this year as sales of the Covid-19 vaccine fell 83% and revenue from the Paxlovide antiviral treatment fell 98%.

I've been buying $PFE shares recently as they are currently at a really low price.

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Investors, which company's results surprised you the most this week and which company's results are you looking forward to next week?

I was certainly pleased with $GOOGL's results and surprised by $MMM's results as I was expecting much worse given the situation they are currently in. As for next week, I'm looking forward to and interested in the results of $PFE, $CVS, $SBUX, $AM...
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Delta Air Lines $DAL shares are up more than 40% for the year. It looks like the airline could start doing well again after Covid-19.

How do you view this company and do you have shares of this company included in your portfolio?

I've been looking at Stryker for a while now, and I quite like the company. This company specializes in the manufacture and distribution of medical equipment and technology, particularly in the areas of orthopedics, surgical technology, and neurology. This company focuses on important things and operates in an important sector, plus it is financially stable. I would like to...
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