> What is a good investment right now? Maybe Coca-Cola?

What is a good investment right now? Maybe Coca-Cola?

Posted at: 2014-12-05 
You keep asking this same question. No one is going to validate your belief in Coke because it is wrong. The US soft drink market (Coke's strong point) is in decline, especially Diet Coke. In addition, I just read an article today that Monster (for whom Coke is the primary distribution provider) is on the selling block, and if anyone other than Coke buys it (and I didn't see any indication they were even interested) then Monster will take the distribution rights elsewhere.

Just because something is a well known brand doesn't make the stock a good investment. Just ask investors who had GM in 2008 or Kodak in 1998.

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Absolutely not!

The consumption of carbonated soda is declining in the USA - a trend that has been in effect for several years. As reported in March - Beverage Digest..

Reuters) - The decline in U.S. sales of carbonated soft drinks accelerated in 2013, according to a leading beverage industry newsletter.

Total sales volume fell 3 percent in 2013 to 8.9 billion cases, the ninth straight year of decline, according to Beverage Digest. That compares with declines of 1.2 percent in 2012 and 1 percent in 2011.

Now Coca Cola has picked up market share from Pepsi but the market is shrinking.

Coca Cola is the world leader in beverages and have over 500 brands but I would worry that a trend against its best-selling product at home is a bad sign for future growth.

At seventeen times this year's earning forecasts, (forward P/E) I'd say it was fully valued. What sustains the stock price is the dividend yield of 2.9%. In the current market with low interest rates, this prevents the stock from declining but I don't see how much higher it can go.

To be honest, I would look into Nano Technology. It's the thing of the future, and stock is LOW right now!

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