Quintessential Quality
While there are examples of high-quality companies across the market, few sectors are so densely populated with quality as the Consumer Staples sector.
How's My Portfolio Doing?
At Crawford Investment Counsel, we seek to produce attractive results with low risk.
Crawford Dividend Yield Strategy: A 10-Year Retrospective
As we recognize the 10th anniversary of our Dividend Yield strategy becoming a formal investment portfolio at CIC, we want to take a look back and a look ahead.
Inflation Update: Keep an Eye on Velocity
The inflation debate is front and center right now in the financial markets.
The Business of Selling to Businesses
The Industrials sector, also known as Capital Goods, represents one of the broadest economic sectors.
Rx for the Long Run
The stock market is a complex system. Millions of different individuals with different points of view come together to set pricing on publicly traded businesses.
Income and Capital Preservation: An Investor Case Study
Since 2014, the Crawford Managed Income Strategy has offered its investors protection against both principal erosion and permanent loss of capital.
Dividend Growth: The Silent Factor in Investing
We often refer to dividend increases as “the silent factor.” Why? Because dividend growth as it is occurring garners small attention among most investors.
Example of Investment Thesis: AstraZeneca
In the first installment of the Company Fundamental Investment Series, Senior Research Analyst and Director of Core Equity Strategy, Frank Pinkerton, walks us through an investments thesis.
Small Cap Research Process
(CIC) Small Cap strategy aims to deliver attractive investment returns over the long run while reducing the volatility..
Green and Growing Income
The consistency found within utilities is a function of the fact that it is a regulated industry that enjoys fairly constant and growing demand.
Monetary and Fiscal Policy: A Big Shift
The overall direction of the domestic economy is determined by many factors, not the least of which are monetary and fiscal policy.
