Rocky’s Weekly Stock Picks

Did you hear? Just the other day, Rob Smith had ceviche; at the cabana, after tennis, with his friend.

What does this mean for our investing strategy? It means five YOLOs with absolutely no research involved!

Nah, we’re not that cool. We’ll do like, one solid YOLO and then play it by ear. We’re really just a lot more focused on words. Because words are just words until action actually starts, but actions speak louder than words, but at the same time words speak louder than actions because sometimes it’s the right thing to do.

1. SWBI - $13.14/share. Smith & Wesson. That’s all we need to know. Also, quarterly dividends. 3.59% annualized.
   
   

2. TPX - $50.29/share, quarterly dividends, 0.87% annualized. If Tempur Sealy International sounds familiar, it should. Tempurpedic, Sealy mattresses….yeah, this them. Mattresses.
   
   I mean, personally, I’d rather have an Aireloom Nightstars 5000. ACTUALLY, the 7000. It has a layer of horse hair.
   
   

3. FDRR - $44.49/share, 2.93% annualized, distributed quarterly. This is a Fidelity ETF, and is pegged to the Fidelity Index for Rising Rates. Look, all we know, is that Fidelity ETFs are no-brainer easy wins. Just for fun, here’s an actual description (the second part). 0.15% expense ratio.
   
   The Fidelity Dividend Index for Rising Rates is designed to reflect the performance of stocks of large and mid-capitalization dividend-paying companies that are expected to continue to pay and grow their dividends and have a positive correlation of returns to increasing 10-year U.S. Treasury yields.
   
   We like Treasury securities. Every part of this sounds good.
   
   

4. PM - $92.99/share, 5.57% annualized, paid quarterly. Philip Morris isn’t just a massive tobacco giant; it’s also the largest distributor of smoking cessation products in the world. They literally cannot lose!
   
   Here’s an excerpt from the actual company profile.
   
   The company's product portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products, including heat-not-burn, vapor, and oral nicotine products primarily under the IQOS and ZYN brands; and consumer accessories, such as lighters and matches. It also offers wellness and healthcare products
   
   

5. SWK - $90.63/share, quarterly dividends, annualized at 3.53%. This symbol represents Stanley Black & Decker. Do we really need to explain that tools are a thing everyone benefits from? Hand tools, power tools, pneumatic tools, wanna-be power tools with batteries that can kill you….
   
   Tools. They help you do stuff.