Colgate is one of the best examples of the best defensive stocks. The so-called defensive stocks refer to stocks that investors are more willing to hold during economic downturns or stock market crashes. Consumer staples stocks, real estate, and utilities are the most typical groups, and Colgate belongs to this category.
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Walmart, the real retail overlord, how it makes money?
Walmart has been ranked at the top of the Fortune 500 list for eight consecutive years since 2014. According to the October 2022 Fortune Global 500 ranking, Walmart is the largest company in the world by total revenue.
How does BYD make money? Why it beat Tesla? Sweeping the global EV market
Due to geopolitical risks and the United States’ anti-China policy and decoupling from China in various fields, BYD may become another target of embargo, retaliation, or containment by the United States after Huawei.
Several possible threats to the Visa and Mastercard credit card networks
Visa and Mastercard Credit Card Network are subject to antitrust investigations by various countries almost every year around the world, but they always escape safely.
American Express, one of the best investments of Buffett’s career
American Express is one of Buffett’s most successful investments
Two or three stocks in your life can make you very rich
Two or three stocks in your lifetime can make you very rich. Excellent companies will still be excellent companies three to five years later. However, most people do not agree with this statement. They always think that the stock prices of excellent companies are always high, and this perception is not wrong. But investors always miss the forest for the trees, mistaking price for value and misplacing cause and effect.
Dollar General vs. Dollar Tree
Dollar General (ticker: DG) and Dollar Tree (ticker: DLTR) are the two largest American retailers with many commonalities, I mentioned Dollar General in my book “The rule of 10 baggers”.
How does Costco make money?
How does Costco make money? Is it a good company?
Why did Western hypermarket retailers retreat in China and Taiwan?
Why did Western hypermarket retailers retreat in China and Taiwan? After I published my first Costco post, a Singaporean investor asked this question on my English version of the post.
Costco moats, and the Differences from Other Competitors
This post will discuss Costco moat and the differences between Costco and other retail competitors. Please read the first the article I wrote a few days ago about Costco, “How does Costco make money?”.