Do NOT pick stocks without looking at these 4 profitability metrics:

🧵 1. Return On Invested Capital (ROIC)

ROIC measures the profitability and efficiency of a company's capital investments.

ROIC shows how effectively a company utilizes its capital to generate profits.

A higher ROIC indicates better capital allocation and operational efficiency.

Stock Valuation 101:

How to find the intrinsic value of a stock (and stop overpaying)

🧵 First off, what is intrinsic value?

Intrinsic value is what an asset is worth.

A stock’s intrinsic value is based on its underlying characteristics, such as:

• Cash Flow
• Earnings
• Debt

Intrinsic value is not swayed by short term market fluctuations.

I spent hours analyzing $LVMH business so you don't have to.

Here's what I learned:

👇🏻 Highlights:

• $LVMH is a luxury goods company that sells Spirits, Fashion/Leather Goods, Perfumes & Jewelry.
• LVMH's opportunities for growth include emerging markets, digital transformation & acquisitions.
• Shares are at all-time highs, but I don’t find them too expensive

I spent hours analyzing $BLK business so you don't have to.

Here's what I learned:

👇 Highlights:

• $BLK is the largest asset manager in the world with over $8.59 trillion in AUM
• It's invested across nearly every asset class that exists
• $BLK has been met with criticism for its role in ESG
• The dividend has grown for 14 straight years

The Trailing P/E and Forward P/E are 2 metrics that provide a quick valuation based on a company’s stock price and earnings.

But which one should you use?

How do you use them?

Here's a breakdown 🧵 To understand Trailing & Forward P/E, it's important to first understand the concept of P/E (Price/Earnings).

The P/E Ratio is used to assess how much of a premium an investor would be paying to own a stock.

Selling Cash-Secured Puts is a conservative options trading can turbocharge your portfolio's returns.

Here's your ultimate guide so you can you can take advantage of selling Cash-Secured Puts 🧵 Step 1: Understand What A Put Option Is

To sell cash-secured puts (CSPs), you have to understand what put options are and how they work.

A put option is a contract that gives the buyer the opportunity to sell 100 shares of a stock at an agreed-upon price.

Selling Covered Calls is a conservative options trading can turbocharge your portfolio's returns.

Here's your ultimate guide so you can you can take advantage of selling Covered Calls 🧵 1: Understand Covered Calls

A call option is a contract that gives the buyer the chance to buy 100 shares of a stock at an agreed-upon price.

To make it covered, you the seller must hold 100 shares of a stock and must sell the shares if the stock reaches the agreed-upon price.

If you’re not investing in dividend growth stocks, you are severely limiting your wealth potential.

Here are 6 surprising graphics that demonstrate just how powerful dividend growth investing is.

🧵👇 If you invested $10,000 into the S&P 500 in 1960, you’d have $795,823 without reinvesting dividends.

If you were to reinvest those dividends, that number would balloon to an incredible $4,949,663.

Reinvest those dividends folks.

I spent hours deep diving into $ASML business so you don’t have to

Here’s what you need to know 🧵 Highlights:

• $ASML is a semiconductor machine manufacturer and has a monopoly on EUV machines
• The demand for chips has made $ASML the center of geopolitical attention
• Dividends have increased steadily with room to raise them in the future

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Over the past 12 months, I've created over $2,000 in passive income without ever making more than $3,000 a month from my salary.

Here are the 10 methods I used to reach $2,000 in passive income:

🧵 #1: Dividend Investing

The most passive form of income is dividends.

• Companies pay out portions of profits to you
• Good ones raise the dividends annually
• By reinvesting, you compound your gains

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There are over 100 metrics to look at when analyzing a stock.

But how do you know which ones matter the most?

Here are 10 metrics that are crucial to look at before investing in any stock.

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🧵 1) Earnings Per Share

EPS is the measure of a company’s profits relative to each share outstanding.

• Helps you determine the profitability of your shares
• Helps forecast future profitability
• Can be diluted by stock based compensation

Use EPS to value company earnings.

Union Pacific is a company that’s crucial to the U.S. economy.

But does it make for a good investment?

Your breakdown of $UNP is here 🧵 Thesis:

$UNP is one of the country’s largest railroad companies, and demand for train shipments continues to grow.

40% of freight in the US is sent by train & economists are forecasting increased demand for years to come.

$UNP large rail network puts it ahead of competition.

I’ve gained over 8,000 followers in the last 10 months.

My biggest gains have come from writing threads.

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I spent over 1,000 hours learning to invest effectively— because school completely failed to teach me.

Here's everything I learned distilled into 11 tweets (that you can start applying today): There’s never a perfect time to start investing.

The “Once I ___ then I’ll invest” is just an excuse.

• Once I have free time
• Once I have more money
• Once the stock market crashes

Free time and more money just don’t appear, you need to prioritize where you spend them.

You’ve probably never heard of this company,

But if they didn’t exist, the world as we know it wouldn’t exist either.

I spent hours deep diving into Air Products & Chemicals $APD

Here’s what you need to know

🧵 Thesis:

Air Products & Chemicals $APD is the world’s largest supplier of industrial gases such as hydrogen, neon, and helium.

APD’s core gas business & its 3 green business segments will propel us to a greener future and reward shareholders with growth and handsome dividends.

$COST reported Q4 earnings on September 22nd.

Here’s what you need to know 👇 $COST reported Q4 revenue of $72.09 billion,

which beat average analyst estimates of $72.06 billion.

Revenue is up 15.2% year over year.

I gave myself a “dividend” this morning on a stock that doesn’t pay one.

Let me explain 🧵 This morning I sold a covered call on $SOFI.

A call option gives the buyer the opportunity to buy 100 shares of a stock at an agreed upon price.

The seller (me) must hold 100 shares of the stock and must sell if the stock reaches the agreed upon price.

Alex Rodriguez will be the first MLB billionaire.

$475 million in MLB money and CEO of a venture capital company with assets of over $1 billion.

Here’s A-Rod’s 5 best investments 🧵 A-Rod had a controversial baseball career, but he was the highest paid during it.

During his 22 year career with the Mariners, Rangers, and Yankees, A-Rod made $475 million.

He’s now worth $350 million as of August 2022 and CEO of A-Rod Corp.

The 180-year-old company John Deere, $DE, has a trick up its sleeve.

It’s quietly become a powerhouse in Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Driving.

Here’s what you need to know:

🧵 On January 6, 2022, Deere unveiled its 1st fully autonomous tractor.

The 44,000-pound tractor can be steered from your smartphone and harnesses the power of $NVDA GPUs.

It also lets farmers watch from their phones using the tractor’s 12 cameras.