What is a Quality stock? | Personal Finance & Lifestyle | Yakezie Forums

Post edited 2:31 pm – June 8, 2012 by Jasaglimbeni

Hi, I am rather new here to Yakezie.com, but I figure I would introduce myself by adding a new topic here at the Forum. So, I have a blog called Access Not Denied! and I ask what is a quality stock to you? Here are some of my quality stocks:

MasterCard(MA), Apple(AAPL), Starbucks(SBUX)…just to name a few.

Let me know what some of your picks.

Thanks again,

J. A. Saglimbeni

My Site: http://www.accessnotdenied.com/

My Twitter: @JASaglimbeni

I only own one individual stock. The rest is mutual funds. But I would definately not recommend the stock I own. I apparently bought high and I've lost 96% of my investment. I only keep it because 1)I worked for the company for a brief time and it's the only publicly traded company I've worked for and 2)I'm really not concerned with loosing that last 4 cents. :)

Jasaglimbeni said:

Hmmm, interesting…..I do not agree on holding one stock, I have a basket of 12-15 great companies…and I do agree that you must look for quality businesses…this is what I meant by a quality stock….thanks for the responses…there are many quality stocks out there which also pay great dividends also…such as JNJ, INTC and MSFT…I own Intel myself…

 

Keep it going guys and girls….

I thought I would add some more quality companies: CHD, MKC, PEP, and HRL…these are a bit conservative, but I do consider them quality….

MO, is certainly great, but I do know many investors that detest cigarette smoking, which forces them to stay away from MO. I personally like to invest in some Reits like DLR or Mlp's like KMD…for income, thanks for the reply

Joe

In large caps, I like APA, RIG, and F. For small caps, I like ACAS, MDF (not my favorite based on valuation), and DAR (not too much near-term upside left). Own all of these in some capacity.

Not really a buy and holder kind of guy, though. I generally prefer value to growth, and don't have much of a problem dumping a stock after a year. Small cap value is my favorite kind of value.

Jasaglimbeni said:

JT, nice work with your blog first of all…as for some of your picks here, wow you are interested in companies that have all sorts of valuations and industries…I personally played DAR through options…actually liked F during the 08/09 crisis but was a bit scared to move on it (wrong decision)…MDF has some chart, looks real interesting….something I might have to explore…keep it going!

 

Joe

Thanks, Joe. I'll chase any industry if I think I can make a buck, so long as it isn't tech or mining. Anyway, it usually ends up that I have a really weird mix of companies, but I don't care about exposure so much as I care about the businesses. MDF has a rockin' chart, and I'd love to find another one that offers the same upside. I thought it was a buyout candidate, but then it merged with another company that I also owned (CNU) and became big enough to attract some analysts and fund companies. I'm not loving it now on valuation – I do like it – but they do have an impressive moat in local medical services and management is top-notch, IMO. I've been taking some off the table to find more attractively-priced companies.

BTW, welcome to Yakezie! We need more active investors around here. Going to check out your blog now.

JW @ AllThingsFinance said:

To expand on Glen's question, "what is a quality business?" – what do you consider a quality stock?  Low volatility, a solid dividend yield, proven trading pattern?  Personally, I prefer the latter.  I've traded only one stock this year, and I'm up 21% on that position alone.  My overall portfolio is slightly lower because I've taken 4 debit spread positions and I've been on the wrong side of 3 out 4.  It will only take one more to break even though.

JW, sorry it took me awhile to answer, I basically trade stocks two different ways (not including options)…In my IRA I trade (for the long-term mostly) dividend paying stocks that raise their dividends while growing earnings close to double digits, my holding currently include: INTC, CHD, DLR, MA, TROW, BBL, UNP, and AAPL. I also trade using charts and earnings in my regular account, it is a bit long to explain here, but I briefly explain on my blog: http://www.accessnotdenid.com how-i-evaluate-stocks-earnings-and-revenues and charts.

There you go my friend,

Joe