Straight Dope on InvestingOccidental Petroleum redeems 6.5%Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Occidental: OXY) redeemed a small portion (6.47%) of its preferred Series A stock held by Berkshire Hathaway…May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
Straight Dope on Investing(3) Icahn and IEP: How at-the-market offerings enabled IEP to entice retail investors with 15%…How baby-boomer income investors were enticed by 15% in dividend yield financed by ATM offeringsMay 8, 2023May 8, 2023
Straight Dope on Investing(2) Icahn and IEP: Retail investor sites like Motley Fool and InvestorPlace went full hog promoting…Motley Fool and InvestorPlace uncritically promoted IEP’s unsustainable dividend yield while Jefferies enabled dividend payments to…May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Straight Dope on Investing(1) Icahn and IEP: Hindenburg accuses Jefferies of committing “sellside malpractice” and seducing…Carl Icahn’s eponymous company, Icahn Enterprises LP (IEP), is taken to task by Hindenburg regarding its excessive premium (218%) above net…May 4, 2023May 4, 2023
Straight Dope on InvestingWhy price-to-sales multiples are nonsensical: when is the price-to-sales ratio ever meaningful?We often hear analysts mention price-to-sales multiples on CNBC and Bloomberg. Are such multiples meaningful? In most cases they are not…Apr 29, 2023Apr 29, 2023
Straight Dope on InvestingInmates running the asylum: low-quality articles on investing by journos pretending to be analystsWe are at that time when spouting buzzwords like B2B and “killer app” was enough to masquerade as Wall street analystsApr 28, 2023Apr 28, 2023
Straight Dope on InvestingFad Stock Snowflake (SNOW) Still Enchanting Retail Investors: But Lack of Cost Control and…The premier fad stock of 2020 is still basking in its afterglowApr 27, 2023Apr 27, 2023
