Beer May Treat Diabetes and Provide Weight Loss: Time to Pour a Little Beer on Your Portfolio

In a recent article in ScienceDaily, it described how moderate beer consumption could have beneficial effects on diabetes, some forms of cancer, and may provide weight loss. The humulone molecules produced from hops in the brewing process are what provide the health benefits. Several pharmaceutical companies are researching was to convert these humulones to drugs to treat various illnesses.

Based on the free recently updated list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over dozen publicly traded breweries and beer retailers. Plus, half a dozen of the beer stocks pay dividends, ranging from 1% to 2.8%.

One example is Heineken NV (HEINY), which trades at 11 times earnings and yields 1.5%. Management of Heineken must have a sense of humor since the company's previous stock ticker symbol used to be HINKY, and now it is HEINY.

Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), has the famous stock symbol representing its popular Budweiser brand. It also sells Stella Artois, Beck's, Leffe, Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Quilmes, Michelob, and many other brands. The stock has a current price to earnings ratio of 21, and stock sports a yield of 1.4%.

Another dividend paying brewery is Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP), a Canadian based company that markets the Coors Light, Molson, Carling, Pilsner, Keystone Light, and Granville Island brands. The stock trades at 19 times current earnings and yields 2.8%.

Compania Cerveceras Unidas S.A. (CCU), based in Santiago, Chile, makes and markets beer, wine, and other beverages throughout the countries of Chile and Argentina. Its brands includes Royal Guard; Royal Light; Heineken; Budweiser; and Paulaner. It trades at 21 times current earnings, 14.1 times future earnings, and pays a dividend yield of 1.0%.

If you are looking for more beer stocks , check out the free list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, which can be updated, sorted, and downloaded.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Curved Beer Glasses Cause Faster Drinking

According to research at the University of Bristol, the speed of drinking beer can be affected by what the beer glass looks like. Researchers discovered that if the glass is curved, beer drinkers take about seven minutes to finish their beers, but in a straight glass, it takes on average approximately eleven minutes. Sounds like the glassware at bars may be changing soon. Surprisingly, the same test was done with soft drinks but there was no change in the speed of beverage consumption.

According to a free recently updated list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over dozen publicly traded breweries and beer retailers. In addition, more than half a dozen of the beer stocks pay dividends, ranging up to almost 3%.

One example is Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), which has the memorable stock symbol representing its popular Budweiser brand. It also sells Stella Artois, Beck's, Leffe, Bud Light, Skol, Brahma, Quilmes, Michelob, and many other brands. The stock has a current price to earnings ratio of 20, a forward PE of 14, and a 1.44 PEG. The stock sports a yield of 1.6%.

Another dividend paying brewery is Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP), a Canadian based company that markets the Coors Light, Molson, Carling, Pilsner, Keystone Light, and Granville Island brands. The stock trades at 14 times current earnings and 12 times forward earnings, with a reasonable price to earnings growth ratio of 2.29. In addition, the company pays a decent CD beating yield of 2.9%.

Compania Cerveceras Unidas S.A. (CCU), based in Santiago, Chile, makes and markets beer, wine, and other beverages throughout the countries of Chile and Argentina. Its brands includes Royal Guard; Royal Light; Heineken; Budweiser; and Paulaner. It trades at 16.8 times current earnings, 14.1 times future earnings, and pays a dividend yield of 1.1%.

If you are looking for more beer stock ideas, check out the free list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, which can be updated, sorted, and downloaded.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Two Thirds of People Drink Booze to Relax

According to surveys done by ICM Research, approximately two-thirds of people drink alcoholic beverages during the evening in order to relax. The primary reasons given were work problems and stress. The company also found that one-third of workers have a drink or two before they go home. The organization Drinkaware has pointed out the risks of over-drinking, and may even lead to more stress down the road.

In terms of alcohol purchases, it turns out that 71% of grocery purchasers include alcoholic beverages on their grocery lists. Investors are taking a look at liquor companies as a semi-recession proof business. According to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over a dozen wine and liquor stocks, and additional dozen beer stocks. Eight of these stocks pay dividends.

Brown-Forman Corporation (BF-A) (BF-B) is one of the major marketers of whiskey, tequilas, liqueur, and wine. You are probably familiar with some of the major brands of the company, including Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, Finlandia Vodka, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Canadian Mist, Early Times, and Korbel champagne.The stck trades at 26 times earnings and pays a yield of 1.6%. Unfortunately, earnings for the latest quarter were down about 37%, on relatively flat earnings.

Diageo (DEO) is a much larger company in the liquor business, with a market capitalization of almost $65 billion. The company's brands include the world leaders in their category, such as José Cuervo, the world's best-selling tequila, Smirnoff, the top selling vodka, and Johnnie Walker, the most popular Scotch whiskey. The stock has a forward price to earnings of 16 and a yield of 2.0%. Earnings for the quarter ending December 31 were down 20%.

The world's largest wine company is Constellation Brands (STZ). Brands include Robert Mondavi, Hardys, Clos du Bois, Franciscan Estates, Ravenswood, and Blackstone in the wine category. Beer brands include Corona, Modelo Especial and Negra Modelo, Pacífico, St. Pauli Girl and Tsingtao, along with Svedka Vodka and Black Velvet Canadian Whisky. The stock trades at ten times earnings, and does not pay a dividend.

For a free list of wine and liquor stocks, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

What Country is the World's Marijuana and Beer Capital?

Can you guess what country has the highest consumption per capita of cannabis and beer? I'll give you a hint; it's not the United States. It is actually the island country of Palau, located in the Micronesia area of the South Pacific. The country has a grand total of only about 21,000 people, but the percentage of marijuana and beer users is huge, according to The United Nations' 2012 World Drugs Report and the World Health Organization's Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health.

According to the WHO report, 24.2% of the population use cannabis, far above the amount for the second highest countries, Italy and New Zealand, at 14.6%. In regards to beer, Palau has the highest consumption of beer based on liters consumed annually per capita for ages 15 and older. Beer also appears to be the alcoholic beverage of choice for Palauans.
So can beer consumption in Palau help beer companies? It is doubtful that it can increase the bottom line by much, but it shouldn't hurt. In regards to the type of beer, Palau actually has its own brewery, Red Rooster. But its a private company.

However, if you look at the menus of restaurants and bars in Palau, you can see the other beers that are distributed throughout the country. Miller Light is sold there. It is marketed by MillerCoors, a a joint venture between SABMiller (SBMRF) and Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP). Molson Coors pays a decent yield of 3.1% and trades at 11 times forward earnings. The company reports earnings on August 7.

Kirin is another beer that is distributed in Palau. The Kirin Holdings Company, Limited (KNBWY) which trades to a limited degree in the United States on the over-the-counter market. The stock has a price to earnings ratio of 148.

Budweiser and Bud Light, produced by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), are also found in this island country. The stock has a 1.7% yield and trades at 15 times forward earnings.

Heineken (HINKY) is also popular. The stock has a forward P/E ratio of 9.
For a free list of all the beer stocks, which can be downloaded, sorted , and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.
By Stockerblog.com

How to Get Free Beer from your iPad

This video shows you how you can get free beer from you Apple (AAPL) iPad. I think I need to go out and buy an iPad, then I need to buy this spigot from Germany.

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