For the News of the Week, we started the show by talking about Germany which has now officially entered into a technical recession. As the biggest market in the EU, the market did not overreact to this news. Was it already priced in?
Medtronic ($MDT) released full-year results and EDGI gives a brief rundown on the results. The Share price has dropped to 81.50 USD while the company hiked its dividend by 1.5%. Derek questions the dividend safety of the company.
Dividend Increases:
- Lowe's Companies hikes dividend by 5%
- Guess hikes the dividend by 33.3%
- LyondellBasell Industries hiked the dividend by 5%.
Main Topic
In the main topic, both EDGI and Derek give 5 points each around what they wish they knew before starting investing.
Key points include
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Investing regularly is not easy
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Have a plan and stick to it
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You cant borrow conviction
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Dividend Safety
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Numbers don't lie. Humans do
We finish the show with questions from the community where we talk about tickers such as $SBUX, $LIGHT, $JNJ, $ABBV, $VHYL, $WSM
Links mentioned in the show
Ep #9 – How we perform fundamental analysis – Dividend Talk
EP #21 – Why the balance sheet of a company is so important to us – Dividend Talk
EP #32 – How to spot a company in decline – Dividend Talk
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