- Artist: Vicky Leandros( Βίκυ Λέανδρος)
- Also performed by: Sylvie Vartan, Andy Williams
- Translations: French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian
Love is Blue
1. | Après toi |
2. | Ich bin wie ich bin |
3. | Ich liebe das Leben |
Peter Lynch rose to fame managing one of Fidelity's largest mutual funds. However, one of the biggest things he's done for investors isn't putting up great performance numbers as a mutual fund manager -- it's writing about the core beliefs that drive his investments. And one of the keys is buying what you know. On that score, internet giant Alphabet(NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), low-price retailer Dollar General(NYSE:DG), and food behemoth General Mills(NYSE:GIS) all look like stocks that Peter Lynch followers would love today. Here's why.
You'll know if this giant starts faltering
Brian Stoffel (Alphabet): One of Lynch's most famous dictums was to 'buy what you know.' Given that you're an internet user reading this piece, the probability is exceedingly high that you're already familiar with Alphabet, the company formerly known as Google.
Already, Google has eight different products with over 1 billion users: Search, Maps, Gmail, Google Play Store, Google Drive, Chrome, Android, and YouTube. While most of these services are offered for free, you're giving something critical away in the process of using them: your data. Alphabet can turn around and use that data to offer up some of the best advertising placement in the world. During the first nine months of the year, this advertising business accounted for 87% of the company's $78 billion in revenue.
For a novice investor -- which is who Lynch targeted with his famous books -- it's not important to understand every single machination of this advertising machine. Monitoring your own internet-using habits can tell you a lot. Do you still search with Google? Do you often visit YouTube? Are such visits increasing or decreasing in frequency? Without these visits, Google doesn't get its data. Without the data, its advertising revenue will likely drop.
That's important information. Freenas full install xzavier. And with Alphabet -- and other tech giants -- having fallen so much in the past month or so, now's as good a time as any to add shares to your portfolio.
Check out the latest Alphabet earnings call transcript.
A rapidly growing retailer
Keith Speights (Dollar General): I'll jump in with another great example of Lynch's 'buy what you know' strategy. Discount retailer Dollar General operates more than 15,000 stores in 44 states. If you live in a small to midsize community, there's a good chance that a Dollar General store is nearby.
While Amazon's growth hurts some retailers, Dollar General continues to prosper. A major reason for this is the company's focus on inexpensive products that people tend to want quickly. Dollar General's convenient locations -- with some stores only a few miles apart -- also has helped the company survive and thrive in a retail market that has increasingly shifted to online purchases.
Lynch is also famous for his idea of buying growth at a reasonable price. Dollar General checks off that box, too. Its shares currently trade at around 15 times earnings. Wall Street analysts project that the company will increase earnings by roughly 14% annually over the next five years.
Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos stated in September that his company plans to generate growth in several ways. The most obvious of these is to open more stores, with 975 new stores planned for 2019. But Dollar General intends to boost sales in existing stores by installing more cooler doors and revamping its checkout lines. Vasos said that 'these types of projects drive high returns by encouraging our customers to make more trips and increase their basket sizes.'
Spurring growth in a relatively inexpensive way? Lynch would probably smile.
Check out the latest Dollar General earnings call transcript.
More than just cereal
Reuben Gregg Brewer (General Mills): You eat food and will keep doing so until you are on the wrong side of the grass. Walk into any grocery store and you'll see food giant General Mills' products on prominent display. You probably have some of its iconic brands in your kitchen right now. The list includes Cheerios, Yoplait, Haagen Dazs, and many, many more. General Mills easily fits Lynch's 'buy what you know' mentality. Microsoft visio 2010 portable free download.
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But it's not a growth company. It's a century-plus-old giant that's temporarily out of step with customers. It has been here before and is making the changes needed to adjust, including buying brands that offer trendy products (like natural brands Annies and Blue Buffalo pet food) and introducing updated versions of its core products (such as Yoplait's new high-end Oui). It's making progress, going from share gains in just two of its nine core categories in fiscal 2017 to six of nine in the first half of fiscal 2019. It's also enacted a major turnaround in its yogurt business. Clearly, General Mills is doing something right.
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The problem right now is leverage. The recent Blue Buffalo acquisition increased debt by 48% year over year in the second quarter. That's a big uptick, leaving long-term debt at roughly two-thirds of the capital structure. However, the company covered interest expense in the quarter by more than four times, so it appears capable of handling the extra interest costs. And while it is currently focused on integrating Blue Buffalo, the next step is likely to be debt reduction via the sale of non-core assets or underperforming brands (long-term debt fell by roughly $450 million through the fiscal first half, by the way). You'll need to keep an eye on General Mills' balance sheet, but the hefty 5%-plus yield is probably worth the effort.
Check out the latest General Mills earnings call transcript.
After a less than encouraging stint on the Mercury label in the mid-'60s, traditional pop (i.e. easy listening) vocalist Johnny Mathis had returned to his former home, Columbia Records. Once back, they gave him the JonMat Records vanity imprint for his output. Love Is Blue (1968) is a typical Mathis long-player for the time, as the singer doles out readings of then-concurrent popular chart hits, with a few classics mixed in. Adding immeasurably to the project's overall sound are arrangements by Robert Mersey -- who had also contributed to the artist's previous long-playing collection, Up, Up and Away (1967). Enthusiasts of Mathis are treated to his singular vocal styling applied to a host of familiar material -- most of which doesn't stray too far from the originals or hit versions. While certainly not depicted or portrayed as a 'concept' or tribute album, nearly half of the platter contains songs penned by the formidable team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. These include the opener 'I Say a Little Prayer' -- with a slight lyrical alteration from '..put on my makeup..' to '..get shaved and set up..' -- as well as 'The Look of Love,' 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart,' and 'Walk on By.' Jimmy Webb -- who was supplying chart-toppers to the likes of the Fifth Dimension and Glen Campbell -- is the source for 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix.' When compared to Campbell, Mathis imbues the material with a more understated and subtle empathy. Perhaps the entry that is most dissimilar to its origins is the update of the Beatles -- or more accurately Paul McCartney's -- 'Here, There and Everywhere.' The slowed tempo and copious orchestration turn the melody into an epic torch song, as opposed to the less heavy-handed treatment heard on the Beatles' Revolver (1966). On the other hand, 'Never My Love' -- a sizable side for the Association in the early fall of 1967 -- retains a similarly light and otherwise unaffected overhaul. Several of the disc's highlights are left until the end with 'Moon River' arguably besting Andy Williams' on sheer emotive tone. Another definite upgrade is 'Venus' -- the ballad that Frankie Avalon sent to the top of the Pop Singles survey in 1959. Here it is served with decidedly more soul than saccharine. Perhaps wanting to save one the of the best inclusions for the conclusion, the title track, 'Love Is Blue,' is tagged on at the very end. Paul Mauriat's upbeat Baroque flavor is all but forgotten as Mathis chooses passion over strictly pop in his excellent delivery. As is the case with much of his output of the era, exactly which the listener prefers is more a matter of personal taste than the effectiveness of the interpretation. In 2009, Collectors' Choice Music paired Love Is Blue with another late-'60s Mathis LP Up, Up and Away (1967) -- both made available for the first time in several decades.
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Tracklist
Youtube Vicky Leandros Love Is Blue
Track number | Play | Loved | Track name | Buy | Options | Duration | Listeners |
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1 | Love Is Blue - Instrumental | 2:40 | 3,120 listeners | ||||
2 | Somethin' Stupid | 2:38 | 2,237 listeners | ||||
3 | La Chanson De Lara - Lara's Theme / Du Film 'Le Docteur Jivago' | 2:52 | 151 listeners | ||||
4 | Un Homme Et Une Femme | 2:23 | 4,987 listeners | ||||
5 | San Francisco | 3:10 | 1,598 listeners | ||||
6 | This Is My Song - Instrumental | 2:58 | 107 listeners | ||||
7 | The Summer Knows | 2:28 | 1,527 listeners | ||||
8 | Mamy Blue - Instrumental | 2:50 | 243 listeners | ||||
9 | Feel Like Makin' Love | 3:14 | 355 listeners | ||||
10 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | 3:05 | 2,725 listeners | ||||
11 | Don't Cry For Me Argentina | 3:29 | 6,953 listeners | ||||
12 | Love Story | 3:03 | 7,906 listeners | ||||
13 | The Way We Were | 2:27 | 1,545 listeners | ||||
14 | Ebony And Ivory - Instrumental | 3:20 | 88 listeners |
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