This week we are discussing the recent earnings announcements of Walgreens ($WBA) and Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ). We are both very excited that earnings season has really started now. 

There are many great Dividend Aristocrats and European Noble 30 members reporting earnings in the upcoming week. Actually, we declared next week 22 October as #DividendDay. 

Several great companies are reporting their earnings on that day: Unilever ($UL $UNA) Hermes International ($RMS), L’Oreal ($OR), AT&T ($T), Coca-Cola ($KO), Intel Corp. ($INTC), Kimberly-Clark ($KMB).

 Just join us Thursday 22 October at 10.30 CET or 9.30 GMT and let’s share our thoughts on those earnings reports. Send EMF or European DGI a message on Twitter or via their blogs and we’ll make sure that you’ll get included. 

News from the week: EMF shares his reflection of the recent decision from IBM ($IBM) to spin off a part of the company. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/ibm-to-split-into-two-companies-by-the-end-of-2021/ 

eDGI shares the news that Mexico put a ban on a dozen of global dairy brands. They seem to not live up to the standards that the Mexican government has described. https://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-dairy/mexico-bans-global-brands-dairy-products-for-breaching-standards-idINL1N2H50WE 

Main Topic: EMF shares his reflection on the latest earning report of Walgreens. He is pretty happy with their earnings and feels that the company held up nicely during COVID-19. He also shares his thoughts about how he sees the company transforming very rapidly in a digital enterprise 

eDGI shares his reflection about Johnson and Johnson in which he is very impressed with again a “Clock-work” quarter of earnings. He shares a bit more about the highlights of their sales and earnings which investors should be aware of. 

After the main topic we addressed several listener questions: 

Phil - Hypothetically, if the current CEO of a company stepped down, and you had the choice between the CFO or CTO to step up as next CEO - who would you choose, and why?

 Danny - Any thoughts on space stocks such as Momentus thats meant to IPO start of 2021? Dividend Newbie - How long does it normally take to do a thorough analysis of a company before you feel ready to invest? 

Dividend Wave - 1 growth stock you have on the watchlist or have bought. and why? Check out Christophers analysis here https://seifelcapital.substack.com/p/sea-limited-nyse-se-summary-research

RepStones - You buying BP at this level? Last but not least, we both shared our stock pick of the week. 

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