Gisele Bündchen Stock Index Still Beats the S&P 500

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by Fred Fuld III

Some of you may know Gisele Bundchen as the famous Brazilian supermodel. Some of you may know Gisele as the wife of American football player Tom Brady. Some of you may know her as both.

Unfortunately, the recent news about her relates to marital issues with Brady.

However, What Gisele should be known for is her intelligence, her beauty, and her business acumen. As a matter of fact, back in 2007 when the U.S. dollar was weak, she refused US dollars for some of her contracts and requested Euros instead.

She was the world’s richest supermodel as early as 2007, and has held that title until 2015, according to Forbes.

Back in 2007, I created the Gisele Bündchen Stock Index, which tracked the stocks that Gisele was connected to, primarily as a spokesperson or actress. The article can still be found in our Stockerblog predecessor website.

I tracked her stock index against the Dow Jones Industrial Average since then, and over the years, the Gisele stock index has continued to outperform, which you can see in the chart below. Her index even held up better than the Dow during the 2008 stock market crash.

Data Source: Yahoo! Finance: Historical Prices

Most stock market investors and stock traders today prefer to look at the S&P 500 as opposed to the Dow, as it more reflects the stock market as a whole.

So here is the Gisele index versus the S&P 500.

Data Source: Yahoo! Finance: Historical Prices

The following companies were included in the current index with information regarding Gisele’s connection. Over the years, a couple stocks were dropped due to lack of trading data for non-US companies, and added due to additional celeb endorsements.

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. (LVMUY) owns several companies that Gisele was the spokesperson for, including Louis Vuitton (a luxury French fashion company), Givenchy ( French retailer of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics), Guerlain (the oldest perfume house in the world), and Céline (a French ready-to-wear and leather luxury goods brand). Since 2007, the stock has increased by 733%.

She was also the advertising campaign face for Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL). That stock has gone up 27% since 2007.

Gisele was the celebrity endorser for Vivo Participacoes S.A. (VIV), the largest mobile phone service provider in Brazil and in South America. The stock has actually dropped 9% since 2007.

She starred in the comedy, Taxi, in her movie debut, and The Devil Wears Prada , both produced by 20th Century Fox, formerly a division of News Corp. (NWS) at the time the Gisele Index was created. The stock, which was actually involved in a spinoff and skews the return, is down 31% since that time.

For Disney (DIS) she was a celebrity endorser and appeared in the ‘Year of a Million Dreams’ celebration photoshoot. Disney has moved up 241% since 2007.

Gisele was a spokesperson for Procter & Gamble (PG), increased Pantene’s sales in Brazil by 40% during her celebrity endorsement. The stock has had a solid return of 230%.

Finally, she was the spokesperson for the Volkswagon (VLKAY) TV commercials. The stock has had a superior return of 748% since 2007.

Based on the above stocks in the portfolio, the Gisele Index has increased by 215.89%, versus 134.44% for the Dow and 156.79% for the S&P 500.

There is one other stock that Gisele was involved with. She appeared on the Apple (AAPL) ‘Get a Mac’ advertisements to promote the new line of Macintosh’s.

Over the years, I have left Apple out of the index because the return on it was so gargantuan, I thought it would really skew the returns and the charts.

Do you know how much Apple has increased since 2007? The stock has gone up by 5,663%!!!

Here are the charts for the Gisele Index which INCLUDES Apple.

Data Source: Yahoo! Finance: Historical Prices

Data Source: Yahoo! Finance: Historical Prices

By including Apple in the index, the return is boosted to 284%, compared to the 216% without it.

Maybe some of these stocks might look attractive to you at the right price. At some point they should become fashionable, and may continue to outperform.

Prices are beginning of year first trading day close, adjusted for splits, dividends, and capital gains distributions. The Gisele Index is a price-weighted index, similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Disclosure: Author owns AAPL and DIS.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend in June 2019

by Fred Fuld III

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and many with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount, and annual yield.

Cedar Fair, L.P. (FUN) 6/3/2019 0.925 7.16%
Schlumberger N.V. (SLB) 6/4/2019 0.50 5.48%
QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) 6/5/2019 0.62 3.79%
Abercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF) 6/6/2019 0.20 3.20%
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) 6/6/2019 1.03 3.20%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) 6/11/2019 0.112 3.18%
HP Inc. (HPQ) 6/11/2019 0.16 3.26%
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY) 6/13/2019 0.17 5.04%
Coca-Cola Company (The) (KO) 6/13/2019 0.40 3.26%
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) 6/18/2019 0.77 5.42%
Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY) 6/27/2019 0.005 1.09%
Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) 6/27/2019 0.688 2.55%
Xerox Corporation (XRX) 6/27/2019 0.25 3.11%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists HERE . Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

Corporate Stock Earnings Reports for Week 2 of November

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings this week.

If earnings exceed analysts’ expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don’t move the way you would have expected.

Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.

Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:

Monday

  • ALGN
  • ARNA
  • CZR
  • HTZ
  • IFF
  • MAR
  • NWS
  • PCLN
 
Tuesday
 
  • CNK
  • CVS
  • DHI
  • JCI
  • VRX
  • TRIP
Wednesday
  • MT
  • CROX
  • COTY
  • M
  • VIAB
  • WEN
  • TCS
  • MYL
  • SHAK
  • SLW
  • SUN
  • VVUS
Thursday
 
  • AZN
  • KSS
  • PRTY
  • PRGO
  • RL
  • SODA
  • KORS
  • JWN
  • NVD
  • DIS
 
Friday
 
  • JCP

If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists here at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.


How to Invest in the Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro had its opening ceremony yesterday, August 5, 2016, and will run until August 21. There will be over 207 nations participating with more than 10,000 athletes. The United States has already received its first gold medal for the women’s 10-meter air rifle event.

In 2008, the Summer Olympics had the largest global viewership, and the highest peak viewer share in the world of any television broadcast. With that track record, if 2016 comes even close to that, it will been a boon to the companies connected with the Olympics.

Investors that are looking for a way to play the Olympics have several companies that they can choose from.

First, you have the airlines. United (UAL) is the official airline of the Olympics. LATAM Airlines (LFL ) serves the South American market and will be bringing a large number of passengers to Rio.

In terms of clothing and apparel, there is Ralph Lauren (RL) which made the Olympic outfits. Nike (NKE) is a proud sponsor, and we will be seeing many Nike shoes in several events. Under Armour (UA) is not an official sponsor but has made the uniforms for the US gymnastics teams, and should benefit from the publicity. Finally, there is Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), which markets various types of athletic apparel and exercise equipment. It is an official sponsor.

Next there is the media. The Olympics are being broadcast on the NBC television network, which is owned by Comcast (CMCSA). Media General (MEG) will have the Olympics aired on 13 of its NBC affiliates.

Last but not least is Visa (V), an official sponsor, which is handling the Olympic payment system.

Hopefully, some of these stocks can provide a gold medal for your portfolio.

You can see an investment motif of Olympics Stocks at motifinvesting.com. If you like interesting stock lists like this, you should check out many of the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.

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