B&N Stock Update

I am growing even more bullish on Barnes & Noble(BKS) by the day. Now that Borders Group has filed for Chapter 11 a lot of B&Ns competition will disappear overnight. I know the market for printed books has/is shrinking but there will always be a need for them somewhat. B&Ns Color Nook is an overnight success for them. I got a 3G e-ink Nook for Christmas and just love it! I have purchased double the books I usually do and will continue this trend for a long time. Have spoken to many Nook owners and they all love it. This will provide a continuous stream of revenue for them for years to come. Don’t forget about the 6% dividend! Got to love a nice fat dividend like B&N pays. Happy Investing. Tony

Wendys (WEN)

My reasons for owning Wendys are even better today than a few months ago when I posted to buy it. Once they get rid of their earning drag (Arbys) they can focus on growing the brand overseas and in the US. Breakfast sales alone will push this companies earnings up starting later this year. Strong buy on this one you won't be sorry! Happy Investing. Tony

Wendys Update (WEN)

It looks like one of my picks is finally starting to realize its value. I’m referring to Wendys(WEN), which today announced they are looking to sell off their losing Arby’s chain. This move makes total sense to me, get rid of this losing side of the business and focus on growing the Wendys brand. The stock is up close to 10% today but I think it has a lot more to go. I could easily see $6 a share within the next year to year and a half. You can collect a nice dividend while you wait. Also they are supposed to resume their share buyback program too. Happy Investing. Tony

New Pick for 2011

New company I am big on is Barnes & Noble(BKS). They just had one of there best 4 quarter increase in a long time. 4th quarter sales up 9.2% and Online sales up a sick 67%! The Online sales were due to sales of their E-readers the Nook line. Love this story being the Nook will drive sales to them for years to come. My wife got one for me for Christmas and I love it. I will probably buy double the books I usually due all year long. Am sure I am not the only one that will do this. The books are cheaper than Hardcovers and a little more than paperbacks. Great thing for the company is no printing/shipping costs at all. So they are making more per book and able to sell them for less! It will be the way of the future and their sales growth driver. Great thing is when you bring your Nook to the store they target other things for you to buy through specials over their free Wi-Fi connection. Printed books won't disappear but they will make up less and less of their sales. They also increased their floor space of games and puzzles. Both high margin items for them. All this plus a 6.5% dividend to collect! Another thing is the company may get bought out for a premium! Happy Investing. Tony

Happy New Year

It's been a very good year to be an investor. My individual Stocks have all done quite well. Also collected a whole year of Dividends, in which many of my picks have raised them this year.(Ex. Mcdonalds, Wendys, and General Electric.) I will stay the course this year for sure. Solid Dividend paying companies is the way to go for the long haul. Have a happy profitable year everyone. Tony

Mcdonalds Stock

McDonalds(MCD) stock has just gone through a little correcting phase in the last few weeks. It's around 10% of it's all time high. Still love the company long term and the dividend is a very attractive over 3%. They will raise it every year like their history has shown so this one keeps up with inflation easily. The company is still growing and should continue to do so. Long term buy and hold for ever! Tony

McDonalds (MCD)

Update to my Black friday predictions. Retail sales were strong and the fast food stocks, MCD in particular benefited from them big time. Look for really strong sales numbers from MCD this quarter! For one the McRibs coup worked like a charm. I know people that went to McDonalds 10 times in the last 6 weeks just to get the "
Limited" time only McRibs. Not only that but they have been doing less discounting so look for higher profit margins also. I would thing $100 a share within 6 months easily. Also look for another dividend raise in the 3rd quarter of 2011. Got to love that! Happy Investing. Tony

P.S. - The reverse is trends at Burger King, really bad! They are discounting but still losing market share to MCD and WEN. Stay away from them for sure.