Happy with my 100 shares of PEP today, along with MRK and XOM these three positions have been carrying my portfolio over the past year.

Some implied moves for earnings next week - 1651 companies reporting:

$MSFT 4.1%
$GOOGL 5.4%
$META 9.1%
$AMZN 7.1%
$SNAP 15.8%
$PINS 10.0%
$INTC 6.9%
$ATVI 7.6%
$NET 11.2%
$FSLR 7.6%
$AMGN 3.2%
$GILD 3.5%
$DXCM 9.7%
$SKX 9.3%
$SAM 10.7%
$AYX 13.8%
$MHK 10.3%
$FICO 8.3%
$XOM 3.0%
$CVX 2.9%
$CL 3.9%
$CHTR 6.7%
$ROKU 13.6%
$TDOC 12.2%
$NOW 6.5%
$CAT 4.7%
$ABBV 3.0%
$MA 3.3%
$LLY 4.1%
$DPZ 5.8%
$CROX 9.7%
$MRK 2.8%
$LUV 5.1%
$HON 3.3%
$BMY 2.6%
$HAS 9.0%
$HOG 8.1%
$NEM 3.9%
$ALGN 10.0%
$EBAY 5.7%
$WM 2.6%
$ORLY 5.3%
$QS 11.5%
$NVRO 15.5%
$VKTX 23.2%
$BA 4.7%
$HES 4.4%
$HUM 3.2%
$V 3.5%
$CMG 6.2%
$TXN 4.4%
$BYD 6.7%
$JNPR 5.2%
$AZZ 7.4%
$ILMN 6.7%
$TECK 5.6%
$TMO 4.0%
$CME 3.0%
$R 8.6%
$UPS 5.0%
$VZ 4.1%
$GM 5.9%
$MCD 2.6%
$GE 4.6%
$SPOT 9.3%
$PEP 2.2%
$MMM 4.5%
$RTX 3.0%
$JBLU 8.0%
$DHR 4.2%
$BIIB 4.3%
$UBS 8.1%
$GLW 5.1%
$FISV 4.2%
$PII 8.2%
$SHW 7.1%
$TRU 8.6%
$HUBB 6.6%
$NVS 4.2%
$CLF 7.3%
$FRC 27.7%
$WHR 4.8%
$BRO 5.4%
$CDNS 6.5%
$KO 2.1%

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Some implied moves for earnings next week - 1651 companies reporting:

$MSFT 4.1%
$GOOGL 5.4%
$META 9.1%
$AMZN 7.1%
$SNAP 15.8%
$PINS 10.0%
$INTC 6.9%
$ATVI 7.6%
$NET 11.2%
$FSLR 7.6%
$AMGN 3.2%
$GILD 3.5%
$DXCM 9.7%
$SKX 9.3%
$SAM 10.7%
$AYX 13.8%
$MHK 10.3%
$FICO 8.3%
$XOM 3.0%
$CVX 2.9%
$CL 3.9%
$CHTR 6.7%
$ROKU 13.6%
$TDOC 12.2%
$NOW 6.5%
$CAT 4.7%
$ABBV 3.0%
$MA 3.3%
$LLY 4.1%
$DPZ 5.8%
$CROX 9.7%
$MRK 2.8%
$LUV 5.1%
$HON 3.3%
$BMY 2.6%
$HAS 9.0%
$HOG 8.1%
$NEM 3.9%
$ALGN 10.0%
$EBAY 5.7%
$WM 2.6%
$ORLY 5.3%
$QS 11.5%
$NVRO 15.5%
$VKTX 23.2%
$BA 4.7%
$HES 4.4%
$HUM 3.2%
$V 3.5%
$CMG 6.2%
$TXN 4.4%
$BYD 6.7%
$JNPR 5.2%
$AZZ 7.4%
$ILMN 6.7%
$TECK 5.6%
$TMO 4.0%
$CME 3.0%
$R 8.6%
$UPS 5.0%
$VZ 4.1%
$GM 5.9%
$MCD 2.6%
$GE 4.6%
$SPOT 9.3%
$PEP 2.2%
$MMM 4.5%
$RTX 3.0%
$JBLU 8.0%
$DHR 4.2%
$BIIB 4.3%
$UBS 8.1%
$GLW 5.1%
$FISV 4.2%
$PII 8.2%
$SHW 7.1%
$TRU 8.6%
$HUBB 6.6%
$NVS 4.2%
$CLF 7.3%
$FRC 27.7%
$WHR 4.8%
$BRO 5.4%
$CDNS 6.5%
$KO 2.1%

AVERAGE EARNINGS MOVE | LAST MOVE | IMPLIED MOVE FROM ATM OPTIONS PRICING

2023-04-24

$CLF | Cleveland Cliffs Inc: 11.66% | 1.43% | 7.44%

$KO | Coca Cola Company: 3.09% | 2.74% | 2.04%

2023-04-25

$GOOG | Alphabet Inc: 5.74% | 6.49% | 5.36%

$UPS | United Parcel Service: 5.08% | 5.49% | 5.03%

$V | Visa Inc: 4.27% | 4.1% | 3.42%

$TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated: 4.36% | 3.93% | 4.55%

$PEP | PepsiCo Inc: 2.23% | 2.64% | 2.21%

$NEE | NextEra Energy Inc: 3.01% | 5.46% | 5.54%

$GM | General Motors Company: 4.63% | 9.69% | 6.35%

$NVS | : 2.37% | 4.15% | 4.04%

$DHR | Danaher Corporation: 3.79% | 5.69% | 4.53%

$MCD | McDonalds Corp: 3.0% | 1.5% | 2.65%

$MSFT | Microsoft Corporation: 4.69% | 1.93% | 4.24%

$RTX | Raytheon Technologies Corporation: 3.16% | 3.79% | 3.0%

$GE | General Electric Company: 5.25% | 1.04% | 4.72%

$VZ | Verizon Communications Inc: 3.15% | 3.32% | 4.16%

2023-04-26

$NOW | ServiceNow Inc: 8.27% | 1.03% | 6.41%

$META | : 8.12% | 28.38% | 9.27%

$BA | Boeing Co: 4.86% | 3.52% | 4.81%

$AMT | American Tower Corporation: 3.26% | 4.84% | 6.4%

$ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc: 3.98% | 6.08% | 3.92%

$TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc: 3.65% | 4.72% | 4.22%

2023-04-27

$MA | MasterCard Incorporated: 4.35% | 2.5% | 3.43%

$LLY | Eli Lilly and Co: 3.81% | 7.99% | 3.37%

$AMZN | Amazon com: 7.14% | 7.3% | 7.36%

$ABBV | AbbVie Inc: 5.43% | 6.39% | 3.04%

$MO | Altria Group Inc: 3.3% | 5.86% | 2.29%

$BMY | Bristol Myers Squibb Co: 3.38% | 1.77% | 2.63%

$INTC | Intel Corporation: 6.45% | 3.72% | 6.89%

$CAT | Caterpillar Inc: 4.68% | 5.7% | 4.66%

$MRK | Merck and Co Inc: 3.44% | 4.08% | 2.91%

$CMCSA | Comcast Corporation: 3.92% | 2.98% | 4.41%

$AMGN | Amgen Inc: 4.21% | 2.18% | 3.39%

2023-04-28

$CHTR | Charter Communications Inc New: 5.81% | 4.54% | 8.89%

$CVX | Chevron Corporation: 4.04% | 5.27% | 3.66%

AVERAGE EARNINGS MOVE | LAST MOVE | IMPLIED MOVE FROM ATM OPTIONS PRICING

2023-04-24

$CLF | Cleveland Cliffs Inc: 11.66% | 1.43% | 7.44%

$KO | Coca Cola Company: 3.09% | 2.74% | 2.04%

2023-04-25

$GOOG | Alphabet Inc: 5.74% | 6.49% | 5.36%

$UPS | United Parcel Service: 5.08% | 5.49% | 5.03%

$V | Visa Inc: 4.27% | 4.1% | 3.42%

$TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated: 4.36% | 3.93% | 4.55%

$PEP | PepsiCo Inc: 2.23% | 2.64% | 2.21%

$NEE | NextEra Energy Inc: 3.01% | 5.46% | 5.54%

$GM | General Motors Company: 4.63% | 9.69% | 6.35%

$NVS | : 2.37% | 4.15% | 4.04%

$DHR | Danaher Corporation: 3.79% | 5.69% | 4.53%

$MCD | McDonalds Corp: 3.0% | 1.5% | 2.65%

$MSFT | Microsoft Corporation: 4.69% | 1.93% | 4.24%

$RTX | Raytheon Technologies Corporation: 3.16% | 3.79% | 3.0%

$GE | General Electric Company: 5.25% | 1.04% | 4.72%

$VZ | Verizon Communications Inc: 3.15% | 3.32% | 4.16%

2023-04-26

$NOW | ServiceNow Inc: 8.27% | 1.03% | 6.41%

$META | : 8.12% | 28.38% | 9.27%

$BA | Boeing Co: 4.86% | 3.52% | 4.81%

$AMT | American Tower Corporation: 3.26% | 4.84% | 6.4%

$ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc: 3.98% | 6.08% | 3.92%

$TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc: 3.65% | 4.72% | 4.22%

2023-04-27

$MA | MasterCard Incorporated: 4.35% | 2.5% | 3.43%

$LLY | Eli Lilly and Co: 3.81% | 7.99% | 3.37%

$AMZN | Amazon com: 7.14% | 7.3% | 7.36%

$ABBV | AbbVie Inc: 5.43% | 6.39% | 3.04%

$MO | Altria Group Inc: 3.3% | 5.86% | 2.29%

$BMY | Bristol Myers Squibb Co: 3.38% | 1.77% | 2.63%

$INTC | Intel Corporation: 6.45% | 3.72% | 6.89%

$CAT | Caterpillar Inc: 4.68% | 5.7% | 4.66%

$MRK | Merck and Co Inc: 3.44% | 4.08% | 2.91%

$CMCSA | Comcast Corporation: 3.92% | 2.98% | 4.41%

$AMGN | Amgen Inc: 4.21% | 2.18% | 3.39%

2023-04-28

$CHTR | Charter Communications Inc New: 5.81% | 4.54% | 8.89%

$CVX | Chevron Corporation: 4.04% | 5.27% | 3.66%

>I agree that OPKO's short float is definitely worth considering for a long-term play. I also like MRK as a potential squeeze candidate.

ADM and MRK.

Global food supply and massive strong pharma!

If you’re not already as tan as Panamanian on this MRK skin cancer vaccine news, you’re not black

PLBY, MRK, WMG

Sex, drugs and rock and roll

I’ve been holding MRK since 2016. Wish I bought more 🥲

MRK must think so.....

Some of my best performing individual holdings are MRK, KO, AAPL, V, MCD, and some diversified ETFs as well.

1. ADM
2. MRK
3. AVGO

All are roughly the same size in my portfolio.

MRK, for cancer, LLY, for obesity.

And if you like animal testing models science, check out Charles River Labs CRL.

Good luck.

Preaching my book here but:

Pfizer is on 13x forward earnings, 7x historical (they've written off the idea of continued high vaccine sales). No net debt.

Look up analyst forecasts.

what else.... telecoms? vz/t?

a couple of other pharma (bmy, mrk, jnj, amgn)

It looks like the positively is also around the drug manufactures as well JNJ, PFE, LLY, and MRK are up as well to name a couple from sector.

>Q: Which publicly traded, cash positive, companies have recently posted annual profits on their 10k?

I just asked Bard your question and the answer was this:

Here are some publicly traded, cash positive, companies that have recently posted annual profits on their 10k:

Apple (AAPL)

Amazon (AMZN)

Alphabet (GOOGL)

Microsoft (MSFT)

Tesla (TSLA)

Meta Platforms (META)

Nvidia (NVDA)

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)

JPMorgan Chase (JPM)

Bank of America (BAC)

Citigroup (C)

Goldman Sachs (GS)

Morgan Stanley (MS)

UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Pfizer (PFE)

Merck & Co. (MRK)

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)

AbbVie (ABBV)

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)

Amgen (AMGN)

Moderna (MRNA)

Novavax (NVAX)

BioNTech (BNTX)

Gilead Sciences (GILD)

Roche Holding (RHHBY)

Sanofi (SNY)

AstraZeneca (AZN)

Novartis (NVS)

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Pfizer (PFE)

Merck & Co. (MRK)

Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)

AbbVie (ABBV)

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)

Amgen (AMGN)

Moderna (MRNA)

Novavax (NVAX)

BioNTech (BNTX)

Gilead Sciences (GILD)

Roche Holding (RHHBY)

Sanofi (SNY)

AstraZeneca (AZN)

Novartis (NVS)

Please note that this is not a comprehensive list, and there may be other companies that meet the criteria.

Let’s hope so! I can 25% more SCHD QQQ MRK CVX and JEPI

I hold LLY. A lot of Pharma stocks are very volatile. Not so MRK, LLY, NVS

If you are interested in health sector stocks, look for health tech too (my favorites: SYK and ISRG). For me there is much, much more potential than in pharma.

Pharma is very dependent on government decisions and health insurance organizations. And drugs are relatively easy to copy.

what are your large pharma favorites? I feel like MRK and AZN but open for anything

In 2009, Pfizer was fined 2.3 billion for illegally promoting four drugs including Bextra. At the time the market cap was around 120B. And GlaxoSmithKline was around 110B when fined $3B in 2012. US biotech candidates over 120B in market cap are JNJ, LLY, ABBV, MRK, PFE, TMO, BMY and AMGN.

Rate my portfolio, 27 years old

SPY - 21.6% QQQ - 17.9% IBM - 7.9% EFG - 6.2% AAPL - 5.7% AB - 5.1% MSFT - 4.4% AMC - 4.4% SCHD - 3.6% BSM - 3.3% ACN - 3.1% JNJ - 2.4% JEPI - 1.9% VTI - 1.9% CRWD - 1.8% RBLX - 1.7% MRK - 1.6% AMZN - 1.6% PUBM - 1.5% APE - 1.4% O - .8%

What does everyone think, I know it’s a little all over the place. Looking for some help on how to improve my portfolio thank!

Pfizer looks like a good play coming off a near 52 week low. Not sure why it's so low right now. It and MRK used to track pretty closely, kind of oscillate up and down but MRK went on a run and Pfizer went down.

Same brokerage, new account. They were gifted by my grandmother before she passed away. I remember the cost basis for two of the positions, but not all.

Brk.b was $2041 before the 50:1 split SPY was $141 SGP has gone through multiple acquisitions and is now held as MRK MCD ???

I've been moving more into healthcare and staples - safer places for a potential economic meltdown and otherwise good long-term investments. MRK; AMGN; CVS; ACI; ADM...

MRK is immune to the fed!

Lol, I know it’s not. I just found it funny that it was the only green in my portfolio today.

MRK

Buy MRK

I bring it up because it's pretty significantly underperforming peers, agreed stuff like UNH and MRK are also down but not like 20% in a couple weeks.

I like a bit of a mixture.. SCHD can spin off a bit more income if you would like passive income. JEPI is a pure income play, VSTAX, VTI would be more principal growth than income..

I had a few goals when I started on my journey 4 years ago... Get out of being a landlord (successfully completed jan 2020) , and replace that income stream with something that is less hassle. My best year owning the homes was around 100K net, last year we did 76K with dividends. I hold JEPI (less than 3%) of my holdings beyond that I mostly hold individual shares in companies that pay between 2.5-4% and raise dividends at least on average 6% a year. I keep a few hundred K in SCHD as sort of an augmented savings account.

Since most of mine is taxable i try to hold companies that pay qualified dividends.

If i was going to set someone up for a fully hands off portfolio i'd probably do something along the lines of

30% VSTAX

20% SCHD

10% VYM

10% QQQ

5% JEPI

15% quality growing businesses with low debt and big moats. My largest holdings are order largest to smallest :

AVGO, HD, JPM, BX, TXN, SBUX, BLK, ABBV, UPS, MRK, LOW, AMGN, APD, LMT, MSFT, ITW, TD, ORI, PLD, PEP, CMI, CB, AMAT, TXRH, CME, COST, UNP, MCHP, WM, LIN

Pfizer? (PFE)

TA = sitting at 20 on RSI, so far below 200 day moving average that it bounced hard almost every time in 30 years

Value = PER =7.5x, fwd PER =10x, yield =4%, no net debt.

Business moat: monopolies on 2 of the top 3 covid products that make you not die, competition falling off (evusheld/regeneron no longer authorised, MRK big questions over molnupavir, non-MRNA vaccines not going anywhere now).

Round number magic: 40.00 has been the ultimate boss support line for 18 months.

Rare to see quality, value and TA all line up like this.

Pfizer? (PFE)

TA = sitting at 20 on RSI, so far below 200 day moving average that it bounced hard almost every time in 30 years

Value = PER =7.5x, fwd PER =10x, yield =4%, no net debt.

Business moat: monopolies on 2 of the top 3 covid products that make you not die, competition falling off (evusheld/regeneron no longer authorised, MRK big questions over molnupavir, non-MRNA vaccines not going anywhere now).

Round number magic: 40.00 has been the ultimate boss support line for 18 months.

Rare to see quality, value and TA all line up like this.

I bought calls at 40.20 earlier hoping for a big old rally today.

Pfizer?

TA = sitting at 20 on RSI, sitting well below 200 day moving average

Value = PER =7.5x, fwd PER =10x, yield =4%, no net debt.

Business moat: monopolies on two of the top 3 covid products that make you not die, competition falling off (evusheld/regeneron no longer authorised, MRK big questions over molnupavir, non-MRNA vaccines not going anywhere now).

Round number magic: 40.00 has been the ultimate boss support line for 18 months.

Rare to see quality, value and TA all line up like this. Bought at 40.20 hoping for a big old rally today.

Bought more today. It was a stagnant firm but the management now knows what they’re doing. They hit on the vaccine and the most effective antiviral for COVID. Pipeline is okay but getting better. Throw in a nice dividend yield and a worst case forward PE of ~21 in a few years, the risk profile feels right.

Disclosure: Long PFE, BMY, MRK

>SENATOR WARREN SENDS LETTER TO U.S. PATENT OFFICE DIRECTOR ASKING FOR SCRUTINY OF MERCK'S KEYTRUDA PATENT REQUESTS $MRK

^*Walter ^Bloomberg ^@DeItaone ^at ^2023-02-23 ^06:00:17 ^EST-0500

Moderna, Merck Cancer Vaccine Gets FDA Breakthrough Status $MRNA $MRK

Sampling: ABBV, MRK, KMI, O, VICI, PLD, PRU, JPM, PFG, PEP, PNC, RF, SO, DUK, AVGO, TXN, BX and 20+ more. SCHD serves as foundation.

If the stop order defaults to STD for "Standard" then your stop order may not trigger because no one else sold at your stop price at that particular time.

It's much safer to select MRK for "Mark" so that your stop will trigger based on where the mark is and not based on the last transaction.

To ensure you get filled, set a stop limit with your stop based on the mark and then set your limit slightly below that mark. Some brokers allow you to set the limit so many dollars away from the mark (i.e. +/-0.01 MRK). Since the limit will be based on the mark, you will definitely get filled that way.

Meanwhile, MRK doing well

That said, let me make some suggestions: MRK; ADM; AVGO; CVS; AMGN; PEP; KR; CAT; O; PLD; PSA; RIO; TD...

I'm 61 and retired. Living off nothing but investments as of this year. I have a portfolio of $1,877,611. That is $1.8 M. My yield in 2022/23 is $71,544. From Jan 1, 2023 until Feb 13, 2023 it was .88% (appx 8% annually). LOW for what it has been, but acceptable nowadays. I have 40% in short-term CDs (sold my loser 2022 stocks) and some MLPs, some BDCs, REITS, some ETFs like JEPI, SCHD, etc and finally some great stocks like GPC, JNJ, and MRK. This far I haven't touched my assets. I made sure I bought a new (used) pre-certified Honda just before I retired, so I have an extra 2 year warranty on top of the Honda 3 original.

My condo is paid for, as is my car. I live a semi-frugal lifestyle, but I do travel a LOT, internationally, using frequent flyer miles from credit card churning. Save on international flights by cruising off-season on repositioning cruises...3 weeks from Barcelona to Brazil, for example, stopping enroute at various ports to sightsee, all meals paid, under $1200 includes tax tip everything. Or, Seattle to Thailand, off-season. AirBnb in people's homes; I've met some great folks. My biggest expense is health insurance since I'm too young for Medicare and I'm not collecting Social Security yet.

Can it be done? Yes, I'm doing it. Are most folks as financially watchful as I am? Absolutely not.

I'd share a screenshot of my portfolio, but I can't see a way to do it here.

Also, there's a former asset manager/stockbroker/Financial Advisor, Chip Stites of The Laughing Retirement (see YouTube for his free videos) who explains how to do this, put together a portfolio where you don't have to draw down on the principal, or not much, at least. He gives a lot of help in how to DIY your own portfolio. His methods really are working for me and others who are also using his strategy (sister, BIL, and now my elderly parents). But again, you have to be motivated and incredibly self-honest about how to live within your means.

My app has a 4.5 star rating in the USA: App store screenshot Screenshot of where they featured me: Featured in “best new apps”

Thanks I guess.

If one is willing to track their stocks a little, adding high-quality stocks to an SP500 ETF can boost returns. I’m talking companies like MA, ORCL, JPM, UNH, WM, MSFT, AMD, MELI, ASML, CB, MRK, ABBV.

My banks financial advisor wanted me to put 5k into to this. My Edward Jones financial advisor spoke against. I went with MRK instead.

Imo, before you start buying in individual companies I would see if they are already in the etfs you own. It would be redundant if you owned a stock that is the largest holding in your etf. For example, I was going to buy MRK but I found that it was one of the largest holdings of SCHD so I just bought the etf.

52 yo with at least a 15 year time horizon before needing to start touching anything. Several accounts across me and my spouse, some tax advantaged, some not, some managed, some self-managed. Largely buy and hold. And hold and hold. And buy. Had a wee bit of a diversification scare in the late 90's which may have left a lasting impression.

Canadian securities:

BNS – 1.04%

BAM – 0.14%

BN – 0.41%

BNRE – 0.25%

BMO – 1.16%

CXI – 0.16%

FFH – 0.93%

IFC – 0.71%

MFC – 0.38%

ONEX – 0.27%

RY – 1.05%

TD – 1.3%

AQN – 0.19%

CNQ – 0.52%

CVE – 0.76%

ENB – 0.97%

EFX – 0.33%

GEI – 0.31%

IPCO – 0.28%

PSI – 0.21%

PPL – 0.26%

SU – 0.52%

TPZ – 0.36%

WCP – 0.52%

TRP – 0.59%

ADEN – 0.23%

CNR – 1.18%

CJT – 0.27%

EFN – 0.34%

FTT – 0.49%

MTL – 0.22%

TIH – 0.6%

WCN – 0.4%

MX – 0.17%

NKL – 0.22%

SJ – 0.67%

NTR – 0.62%

GIB.A – 0.28%

LSPD – 0.27%

NVEI – 0.07%

REAL – 0.23%

SHOP – 0.78%

AT – 0.13%

BCE – 0.46%

RCI.B – 0.35%

RAY.A – 0.31%

T – 0.7%

TRL-H – 0.06%

BIPC – 0.41%

BIP.UN – 0.41%

BEP.UN – 0.22%

BEPC – 0.06%

PIF – 0.34%

ATD – 1.14%

XTC – 0.12%

LNR – 0.23%

MTY – 0.24%

QSR – 0.14%

SRU.UN – 0.25%

KSI – 0.27%

More Canadian stuff:

HCAL – 0.43%

VCN – 3.45%

Other – 0.72%

Canadian denominated ETF’s, mostly non-Canadian holdings:

VGRO – 1.65%

XAW – 1.55%

MESH – 0.45%

MTAV – 0.5%

VIDY – 2.09%

VIU – 3.16%

ZEM – 0.9%

ZCH – 0.39%

Other – 1.74%

US securities:

APPL – 3.95%

APPF – 0.18%

ASML – 0.79%

ADSK – 0.14%

AVGO – 0.47%

CDNS – 0.23%

CIEN – 0.4%

CSCO – 0.3%

CRWD – 0.52%

HUBS – 0.22%

MFST – 0.86%

MU – 0.44%

MNDY – 0.36%

NVDA – 0.73%

NOW – 0.18%

SNOW – 0.2%

STEM – 0.23%

TWLO – 0.09%

GILD – 0.63%

ABCL – 0.33%

ABBV – 0.22%

CNC – 0.56%

DOCS – 0.22%

MRK – 0.51%

MCK – 1.04%

MEDP – 0.17%

TEVA – 0.26%

VRTX – 0.46%

BAC – 0.17%

BRK.B – 1.41%

JPM – 0.94%

PYPL – 0.26%

AMZN – 1.26%

BWA – 0.42%

FTCH – 0.11%

MCD – 0.61%

MELI – 0.45%

SBUX – 0.51%

TSLA – 0.29%

ABB – 0.31%

ACLLY – 0.01%

UNP – 0.19%

GOOGL – 0.51%

BOC – 0.3%

LYV – 0.19%

PINS – 0.23%

RBLX – 0.18%

DIS – 0.61%

KO – 0.7%

CVS – 0.34%

K – 0.58%

FIZZ – 0.22%

PG – 0.17%

XOM – 0.54%

SLB – 1.03%

HAL – 0.58%

IP – 0.13%

US denominated ETF’s:

VTI – 1.26%

VXUS 11.49%

ARKQ – 0.16%

BOTZ – 0.17%

IRBO – 0.18%

ROBO – 0.18%

ROBT – 0.18%

Other - Cash and fixed:

Cash – 11.56%

Other Bond Funds/ETF’s – 3.52%

I got JEPI,SCHD , QYLD but MRK is my single biggest holding. Makes up a 3rd of my DIVIDEND Stocks

O WPC

Union Pacific

MRK, Abbott (not huge dividends but some)

HDV, DIVO, SCHD, JEPI

Sold my QYLD

You get dividends from VOO and stuff too

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-01/merck-s-mrk-covid-drug-linked-to-viable-spreading-mutants-study-says?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS#xj4y7vzkg

PFE moon

Saw this a few days back and it seems to be getting more coverage.

Good news for Pfizer, bad news for humanity.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-01/merck-s-mrk-covid-drug-linked-to-viable-spreading-mutants-study-says?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS#xj4y7vzkg

So basically Merck has a drug (Molnupiravir) that competes with Pfizer's paxlovid as a tool to fight covid infections. However, the drug works by messing up viral replication in a way that causes errors. Often those errors mean you get non-viable virus particles.

But errors are what drives virus evolution to go faster, too. That's what they are seeing. Increased rate of viable mutant strains when you treat with this medicine. You can imagine what can happen if you use it long term in someone with a weak immune system to keep them alive.

My current holdings (purchased Nov 2022-early Jan 2023) Good mix of growth, value and defensive with nice dividend income. Portfolio is up YTD. Input is always appreciated, but I believe this is a strong blend of companies and funds for the duration of 2023 and into early 2024.

STOCKS

AAPL, AMAT, AES, ASML, AXP, BKR, CPNG, CVX, HAL, INTC, KO, MRK, NIO, NTDOY, PARA, PCRFY, PM, QCOM, SQM, TSM, VZ

ETFs

DIA, HDV, KIE, NOBL, QQQ SCHD, SPY, TLH, TLT, VB, VTV, XLE, XLF, XLH

Fixed Income and Money Market

One year CD ladder @ 4.7%

SWWXX (AMT tax free money market)

SWYXX (Tax free NY municipal money market)

Durable companies like PG, WM, MRK, LLY, WBA, MDT, MSFT, ASML, AVGO, ULTA, UNP, MA, V, ORCL, CSCO, HD, MELI, NOW, INTU, and a healthy dose of SPY and VIG.

If I were starting and wanted to be semi-conservative (but don't too conservative since I'm nowhere near retirement), I would start with SPY, a little QQQ, and some, to quote Buffett, "durable" companies with a good chance of beating the market like V, MA, CB, JPM, BAC, PG, WM, MSFT, CSCO, ASML, AMD, ADBE, MRK, NOW, and ABBV.

I was largely right. I love it when that happents!

You've only one growth stock limited (FSR) and one I know nothing about (OTC) but otherwise are more value-oriented. You should be beating the market when the market is falling or when we're in a bear market; you should start falling a bit behind when the S&P takes off with the bulls.

It's a more conservative, less risky strategy. You should always be experiencing growth, just not as fast. It's similar to my own approach - and one I think will win the day over the course of this decade (as opposed to growth stocks that won the last).

I'd recommend adding at least one pharma company (MRK is my personal recommendation, but there are plenty of good ones) to your top 10. Healthcare will likely be the best or among the best sectors this decade from the extraordinary secular tailwinds behind it.

Some Implied Moves for Earnings Next Week (Jan. 30th - Feb. 3rd) - 477 Companies Reporting

$AAPL 4.7%

$AMZN 8.4%

$GOOGL 5.8%

$F 6.7%

$QCOM 6.4%

$SBUX 5.4%

$GILD 4.7%

$X 7.5%

$DECK 9.2%

$BILL 18.3%

$TEAM 15.3%

$HUBG 8.0%

$CBOE 3.4%

$REGN 3.8%

$META 9.9%

$ALGN 11.6%

$SNAP 20.0%

$EA 5.3%

$WDC 8.5%

$AMGN 3.9%

$EW 6.4%

$PTON 18.7%

$HUM 7.7%

$WM 2.9%

$EAT 11.3%

$SMG 13.3%

$MCK 4.1%

$MET 3.2%

$ELF 11.0%

$ALL 5.0%

$DXC 10.7%

$EL 7.0%

$LLY 3.8%

$MRK 3.0%

$COP 4.5%

$PENN 6.7%

$RACE 4.4%

$SWK 8.6%

$NXPI 5.8%

$WHR 5.6%

$UPS 6.5%

$GM 7.0%

$AMD 8.3%

$XOM 3.8%

$PFE 4.4%

$MCD 3.3%

$SPOT 11.4%

$GLW 5.1%

$PII 8.6%

$SOFI 14.8%

Some Implied Moves for Earnings Next Week (Jan. 30th - Feb. 3rd) - 477 Companies Reporting:

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$AAPL 4.7%
$AMZN 8.4%
$GOOGL 5.8%
$F 6.7%
$QCOM 6.4%
$SBUX 5.4%
$GILD 4.7%
$X 7.5%
$DECK 9.2%
$BILL 18.3%
$TEAM 15.3%
$HUBG 8.0%
$CBOE 3.4%
$REGN 3.8%
$META 9.9%
$ALGN 11.6%
$SNAP 20.0%
$EA 5.3%
$WDC 8.5%
$AMGN 3.9%
$EW 6.4%
$PTON 18.7%
$HUM 7.7%
$WM 2.9%
$EAT 11.3%
$SMG 13.3%
$MCK 4.1%
$MET 3.2%
$ELF 11.0%
$ALL 5.0%
$DXC 10.7%
$EL 7.0%
$LLY 3.8%
$MRK 3.0%
$COP 4.5%
$PENN 6.7%
$RACE 4.4%
$SWK 8.6%
$NXPI 5.8%
$WHR 5.6%
$UPS 6.5%
$GM 7.0%
$AMD 8.3%
$XOM 3.8%
$PFE 4.4%
$MCD 3.3%
$SPOT 11.4%
$GLW 5.1%
$PII 8.6%
$SOFI 14.8%

AVERAGE EARNINGS MOVE | LAST MOVE | IMPLIED MOVE FROM ATM OPTIONS PRICING

2023-01-30

$NXPI | NXP Semiconductors NV: 5.53% | 5.71% | 4.34%

2023-01-31

$AMD | Advanced Micro Devices Inc: 10.97% | 1.45% | 8.18%

$AMGN | Amgen Inc: 4.27% | 3.59% | 3.41%

$CAT | Caterpillar Inc: 4.65% | 11.59% | 4.54%

$MCD | McDonalds Corp: 3.46% | 2.93% | 3.26%

$MCO | Moodys Corp: 5.01% | 7.74% | 5.83%

$XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp: 3.12% | 1.53% | 3.75%

$GM | General Motors Company: 4.5% | 4.46% | 6.96%

$SYK | Stryker Corp: 3.42% | 3.47% | 5.9%

$PFE | Pfizer Inc: 3.59% | 1.85% | 4.36%

$SNAP | Snap Inc: 22.84% | 35.48% | 20.07%

$MDLZ | Mondelez International Inc: 3.53% | 0.47% | 3.24%

$UPS | United Parcel Service: 6.05% | 2.4% | 6.34%

2023-02-01

$GSK | : 2.63% | 0.75% | 4.05%

$TMUS | T Mobile US Inc: 5.16% | 6.34% | 5.02%

$META | : 7.61% | 24.38% | 9.9%

$TMO | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc: 3.62% | 1.97% | 4.58%

$MO | Altria Group Inc: 3.23% | 0.43% | 2.79%

$WM | Waste Management: 3.51% | 3.35% | 2.92%

$NVS | : 2.32% | 1.23% | 3.58%

2023-02-02

$AMZN | Amazon com: 7.32% | 8.03% | 8.41% $AAPL | Apple Inc: 4.69% | 9.28% | 4.69%

$BMY | Bristol Myers Squibb Co: 3.41% | 2.73% | 3.04%

$COP | ConocoPhillips: 4.28% | 4.87% | 4.25%

$F | Ford Motor Company: 5.67% | 5.59% | 6.63%

$LLY | Eli Lilly and Co: 4.13% | 2.43% | 4.21%

$EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc: 5.73% | 5.87% | 7.16%

$MRK | Merck and Co Inc: 3.63% | 2.91% | 3.17%

$GILD | Gilead Sciences Inc: 4.86% | 13.5% | 4.65%

$HON | Honeywell International Inc: 3.01% | 5.17% | 3.56%

$QCOM | QUALCOMM Inc: 6.32% | 9.19% | 6.33%

$GOOGL | Alphabet Inc: 5.11% | 6.21% | 5.85%

$SBUX | Starbucks Corporation: 4.78% | 9.51% | 5.45%

2023-02-03

$CI | Cigna Corporation: 5.02% | 3.17% | 5.0%

$SNY | : 2.54% | 4.04% | 5.09%

MRK - Merck is a pharmaceutical behemoth that has roots going back to 1668

MRK and AVGO

Pfe has been ass blasting me the whole way down. It used to move pretty close with mrk but I stopped paying attention a while back.

Maybe the down spiral is slowing?

Here's the logic. Everything is dropping 50-70% with rates rising. The only question is when. ENPH was a penny stock 3 years ago and i even now trading at over 100PE.

The bear marke is coming for everyone not 50-70% off its highs

MRK/CAT I'm looking at you.

Today's watchlist (Green):

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• CNR - Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.
• ASC - Ardmore Shipping Corporation
• ALLO - Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.
• CPRX - Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• ASML - ASML Holding N.V.
• RES - RPC, Inc.
• MRK - Merck & Co., Inc.
• AUPH - Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Any stonks to bet against that haven't fallen much yet?

My low IQ idea that has been working so far is that everything is dunking at least 70-80% from ATH before we're done with this tightening cycle, but some started their descent earlier than others.

Positions: ENPH (former penny stonk before the everything bubble) and MRK puts June.

Any others?

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Hey /u/Badboyardie, positions or ban. Reply to this with a screenshot of your entry/exit. >TL;DR: Looking for tickers that are trading at least 2 million in volume a day, with a market-cap of no less than 500 million. Uptrending Tickers: EQT 2/3/23 36C .45, PANW 1/27/23 146C 1.33, ROKU 2/3/23 53C 1.76, EDU 1/27/23 41C 1.39, NVDA 1/27/23 185C 1.40, XOM 1/27/23 112C 1.12, MRK 1/27//23 109C 1.27, PFE 1//27//23 45C .63 Downtrending Ticker: SOXL

Currently I have it set up to take a certain amount out each month to invest. Right now it's:

VOO-12%

GOOGL-3%

HD-3%

Ai-3%

MRK-1.625%

ZTS-1.625%

O-3%

COPX-1.625%

MCHP-1.625%

SPYD-11%

BLV-6%

IWF-6%

NETL-6%

SCHD-19.5%

VT-6%

QQQ-5%

DGRO-5%

Cash-5%

​

I was thinking of consolidating things into a more manageable portfolio:

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SCHD-30%

DGRO-20%

VOO-20%

VT-10%

SCHY-10%

QQQ-5%

5% left for misc. stocks for long-term trading.

​

I'm 33 years old and the plan is to take 20% of what I earn to invest without touching it.

​

Unless I see the stock/fund is up more than 8%, then the plan is to sell it.

​

What are your thoughts on a decent portfolio to invest in each month and should I just let it all ride or is the 8% thing a decent idea?

Buy $MSFT

Sell short $MRK

http://rogostocks.blogspot.com/2017/07/rogo-stocks.html

Long list but these are my current holdings that have evolved with my portfolio (500k+): AAPL MSFT CSCO TXN QCOM SHW AOS ECL ADM GOLD AFL CME C MCD NKE MRK PG IBM TGT GIS CGM

All of the above stocks pay a decent dividend (CMG doesn’t pay a dividend) with a long history of success and strong balance sheets. Of the above companies only MSFT, TXN, CSCO, C, GOLD currently hold more cash than debt on their balance sheets. I’d say I’m very bullish on these, as well as MCD.

Feedback and thoughts appreciated. I know adding a leader in energy will happen at some point, but will wait for a pullback.

Very simple. Less risk taking by 21%.

What is important it lost just 1 yr by only -3.5% vs -18.3%. Better dividend pay out: 3.14% vs 1.47%

What can be wrong if it loads up with PFE (Covid), MRK, AMG, PEP, LM (weapon), IBM, and CSCO stocks? CD pays 3-4% it pays almost as much.

Too much money in the system is primarily sitting at companies with excess cash reserves and the upper middle class (and above), as low and middle class are running up credit cards like crazy just to buy food, which will cause defaults at big credit card issuers like Capital One and Discover. Been short both stocks.

Agree that companies like ABNB are getting squeezed due to lack of “excess capital” in low and medium income households, which are the folks generally using that service the most. I suspected this slowing was occurring at ABNBs because my wife stayed with some friends in Key West for 4 days a few months ago and the owner had a huge list of things they needed to do prior to leaving (strip beds, sweep and mop floors, clean out fridge, etc), which is excessive when they were already paying a mandatory $300 cleaning fee for a 4 night stay.

Same here at the malls, but not at Costco, which on Thursday (after the close) reported a 7.3% increase in sales over Dec 2021 and the stock jumped over 7% ($32) on Friday. So the upper middle class is doing fine, and so are people like me who dumped stocks (ex energy and commodities) during the 2021 fake Santa rally and stayed net short all of 2022.

Note that a bull market is already starting, but tech is not leading it so people aren’t noticing that there are now far fewer new 52 week lows in markets. New 52 week highs this week include CAG, CAT, DOX, PDD, MRK, DKS, CMC, URI, HWM, ROST, TJX, WWE, YUMC, and many others, with very few tech names. Lots of insurers and re-insurers.

MRK was apart of MK Ultra 🤯

Same with MRK

MRK is unstoppable.

Short MRK and help bring down SPY

ULTA/CAT/MRK

Good for you, and i do believe health care including UNH JNJ MRK LLY will perform even stronger in 2023, but in a blow off top pattern. Every sector will have its run because institution money circulates in a quadrant

Also worth of note everyone has different timeframe and risk tolerance. Some people want 22% a day with some bitcoin miners, 22% a year is terrible to them

> "In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run it is a weighing machine". -Ben Graham

Ignore the noise, just keep accumulating value.

I could give you my opinions on where that lies (mentioning one of them - which I just bought another 250 shares of @ 118 per - often earns downvotes)...

But if I want to keep it simple just buy SCHD all day. Its big holdings - PEP, MRK, LMT, etc - are rock solid and oftentimes recession proof (my RTX has saved my 2022 portfolio of individual stocks).

Ignore the short-term noise. Once upon a time "Grexit" was a huge emergency for investors.

Oil Stocks earned of decade and at some point they need to drop as they can't make well in recession

$DJI is only 10% away from ATH while $Vix visiting the bottom, not seeing any CEO or insiders buying from 100 large caps stocks or they knows their conditions for next year.

Need to watch few stocks $ABBV, $MRK, $XOM etc For some these are strong stocks but their charts might be telling different story

>MRK did so effing well for me last year, I’m thinking about doubling down this year.

lol OK

chart>max> then look at Oct 2001 to July 2005. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MRK

If net after bills, taxes and retirement is $6200, it sounds like you have the money to do it. What i struggle with is the cost of the car. $50k right now is still an inflated cost for the car. We’re getting back to MSRP values but not quite there. Cars are also depreciating assets. Meaning you’re losing on average 15% in car value YOY until the 5 year mark. So you need to use that in your equation (which basically means that 3% HYSA is irrelevant).

I’m a car guy myself. Love my Mrk6 GTI but this is an expensive time to buy a car. If you buy it, I would personally do cash just to have the ability to sell it to retain value. But if this isn’t a need, I would recommend watching the price of cars over the next 6+ months to see if the prices continue to go down.

Sanofi (SNY), but I don't own any. I'm already overweight with MRK and JNJ.

Goal: slow growth. Trying to save some of my savings from inflation.

Stocks I own and wondering if I should buy more of:

APPL GOOG ASML MRK NVO PXD V

Stock I own bit probably won’t increase my position any time soon:

UBER SOFI NVDA RBLX

Found Santa. He’s having a three way with MRK n LLY

biggest loss ytd tsla -58%

win- mrk 30%

Because, she came out of obscurity, and went on a tremendous tear...

I remember 2020 and 2021 being told "you don't understand growth, these companies have limitless potential"

My boring ass was buying Abbv, MRK, LMT, NOC and honestly they didn't do much in 2021. but over half my portfolio has positions up 30-40% this year while others see 60-70% of theirs wiped.... Eat my ass, speculators!

My two largest sectors are pharma and defense.

LMT NOC MRK LLY all up about 40% combine with Peo

Grabbed some great deals on semi and industrials in Sept

Had some losers but the winners helped keep the portfolio green.

Hopefully my mrk call will print

My largest holdings are still deep deep green. Love old people stocks.

Pep AMGN Mrk Abbv ITW Apd Txrh Chubb Adp

Marcus Aurelius Zookerberge IV

Mark Zuckerberg

Marz Kuckerberg

Garf Fuckernerd

Mrk Fuk

>Merck Begins $36/Share Tender Offer for Imago BioSciences $MRK $IMGO twitter.com/DeItaone/statu…

^*Walter ^Bloomberg ^@DeItaone ^at ^2022-12-12 ^06:45:58 ^EST-0500

>Merck Begins Tender Offer To Acquire Imago BioSciences, Inc. $MRK $IMGO

^*Walter ^Bloomberg ^@DeItaone ^at ^2022-12-12 ^06:45:24 ^EST-0500

Or invest in something worthwhile now and get gains now, instead of pining over sunk costs.

I've had boring old DOW member Merck (MRK) gain 20% in a couple months. Those are gains now, from a tried and true company. I can take those and get more gains, like I did with 30% growth in GILD over the past several months.

Bags are money. Money can be put to use now to make money now instead of actively wishing you hadn't lost so much.

Looking at my MRK shares, one of my few holdings that’s up a decent amount. Wondering if I should sell- if not now then when?

I put $5k in one company to make money. If I want to buy a bunch of little, tiny positions in a bunch companies, I will buy a mutual fund as I advised OP to do.

Started off on the right path, thank you, Oh Wise One. I do have over $1m in stocks and I worked shit jobs most of my life. The $5k I put into MRK is now worth $18k+. The $5000 I put into META when its IPO crashed and burned is now worth almost $30k and that is half what it was a year ago.

If you want diversification, as I said, buy a mutual fund. I'm not striving for diversification, I'm striving for profits. You do you, I've been at this for 45 years and am doing just fine, thank you very much.

Now that you've straightened me out, oh wise one, why don't you go explain diversification to Warren Buffet. I hear he needs your help.

Shoutout to the totally smart and probably attractive person who bought my avatar for $400:

https://imgur.com/a/RGg0MRk

It will go to a good cause (local hooker).

YES, You nailed it as all industries are very good here and in the best shape ever.

OPIL company mismanagement has been the norm forever not building refineries and TRUMP telling people we are oil independent. ---- OIL---In August 2022 United States' Crude Petroleum exports accounted up to $10.4B and imports accounted up to $18.7B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $8.25B. Between August 2021 and August 2022 the exports of United States Crude Petroleum have increased by $4.1B (64.8%) from $6.32B to $10.4B, while imports increased by $5.97B (47.1%) from $12.7B to $18.7B.
WHY not include Banks? POP, HOme, Depo, Pharma. Has Jamie from JPM ever had 30% margins and operating profits before? Best ever rev and net income from corporations- GREATEST ECONOMY EVER for corporation revenues and NET Profits and most margins. CORPORATE balance sheets are the best ever as they report in 2022. America's industries look great- and very strong- PG- Procter, JNJ-Johnston, HD-Home Depo, CL-Colgate. KMB-Kimberly, MRK -Merk, BMY-Bristol, PEP & KO -pop industry, DG-Dollar General. COST Costco, ABBV-Pharma, SU, SHEL, BP, XOM -oil Industry JPM and the gouging 30% margins and greatest returns /margins ever- WFC and Citi are doing very well also, And YES, Many OIL companies have doubled rev and net.

If you sell the A stock of a given company and buy the B shares, that's substantially identical. If you sell PFE and buy MRK, or sell GM and buy F, that's not.

When in doubt, buy something else.

AAPL and AMD are your only holdings that are solidly profitable; the rest are speculative, and that's not a good place to be when the market is as uncertain as it is now.

I would say go sector by sector and pick out profitable stocks with good long term prospects. For example:

Industrial: PH, LECO, RTX

Financial: C, JPM, GPN

Consumer staples: CAG, KHC

Consumer discretionary - WHR, NWL, KTB, HBI

Real estate - AVB, ESS, EQR, PHM, LEN.B

Medical - PFE, MRK, MDT

Yeah, I've been riding RLX for a while now. It's definitely undervalued compared to MRK, but it still has a lot of upside potential. I'm glad you're getting some good gains on it!

Anyone else been riding RLX I hadn't mentioned it because I thought this whole time it was under mrk cap but this shit keeps going grabbed like 10 3c on this thing in mid Nov

I own 60 stocks, when the market makes new lows, i'll typically buy equal amounts of each (like a did a few months ago)

add 2K per holding indiscriminate of if its low or high.

Sample of holdings would be abbv, mrk, lmt, low, hd, amgn, jpm, td, pg, msft, aapl, nee, txrh, NXPI, TXN, AMAT, DE, CAT, PEP etc...

Probably why my returns look like this...

https://imgur.com/a/S1vvsqF

Buy and hold strategy of quality companies has served me well for a long time, I no longer chase the bottom.