TR News and Press, Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. From 05/26/20

Everybody knows Tootsie Roll ( TR ); founded back in 1896, the company  has grown over the years, expanding its lineup of products to include Charms Blow Pops, Andes Mints, DOTS, Junior Mints, Charleston Chew and Dubble Bubble, notes Tony Sagami , editor of Weiss Ultimate ...

I'm an index fund investor. I passively hold a reasonably static portfolio that's diversified across companies, industries and asset categories. It happens to be I who created the particular index that I invest in (which doesn't make it any less of a passive index fund than some of its better-...

The reality of the situation is that the global economy (and probably the stock market) are likely to be in for a very long slog. Not weeks or months. I'm worried about YEARS. As I think ahead about how to navigate my way through the approaching desert, my plan is to focus on five key investme...

Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. ( TR ) is quite unique in that its share price is actually up this year, higher by about 10% since January 1st. This has me intrigued, as I want to understand the characteristics of a stock that can rise in the face of a global pandemic. After looking at the compan...

An investment thesis in Tootsie Roll Industries ( TR ) could be based on the resilience of its stock price through the market turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, chocolate is considered an indulgence, but an accessible one. According to The Hershey Company ( HSY ), chocolate is...

About the Dividend Champions List The Dividend Champions list is a monthly publication tracking companies with a history of consistently increasing their dividends. Wider in scope than the well-known S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats and Nasdaq Dividend Achievers , the Dividend Champions c...

Introduction And Thesis I last wrote about Tootsie Roll Industries ( TR ) over one year ago. I was very bearish at the time due to the overvaluation and declining top line. The stock price has barely budged since then and the stock is still overvalued but top line growth is now positive....

The S&P 500 ( SPY ) produced its worst quarterly return since the Financial Crisis, shedding over 19%. Bigger was still better through. The S&P MidCap 400 Index ( MDY ) produced a -29.7% total return in the first quarter. This was 4% worse than the -25.6% quarterly return during the fo...

This article ranks the 30 Dividend Kings by quality score. Dividend Kings are companies that have increased their dividend payouts for at least 50 consecutive years. This is a remarkable achievement, as these companies have maintained regular dividend increases even in periods of economic re...

Introduction I published my first article for the new year on the Dividend Kings in January 2020 with an article entitled “ Dividend Kings Analysis: Most Are Overvalued .” I skipped February’s article on the Dividend Kings and instead wrote about the Dividend Cham...