Monday, December 23, 2024
High current yields and growing dividends are the cure for the directionless market. And if we are in for a “lost decade” from the stock market, yield plus growing dividends is one strategy that will still produce positive total returns. The strategy works in any market—bull, bear, or stagnant. Let me show you. Over the […]
With the fall of Silicon Valley Bank, the financial news media has remained focused on finding the next “crisis” of the day. The so-called banking crisis petered out after a couple of weeks, but that didn’t stop the pundits from using it to proclaim that commercial property values and commercial mortgages would be the next […]
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) fully participated in the 2022 bear market. Unlike the tech sector’s apparent recovery during the first quarter of 2023, REIT share prices have not shown signs of life. Broadly speaking, REITs are down about 30% from the late 2021 highs. That means now is a good time to make some […]
Decades ago (in the 1990s), I learned that traditional bond funds—whether ETFs, index funds, or mutual funds—would destroy investor holding values in a rising rate environment. Forty years of declining rates hid this fact from the investing public. 2022 exposed the dangers of traditional bond products. Fortunately, there is a better way to invest in […]
The recent banking “crisis” pulled down share prices of many income stocks, not just banks. Broad-based stock selloffs provide excellent opportunities for investors who understand the difference between quality stocks available “on sale” and the companies that are actually at risk. When the share price drops, there is one stock of which I will always […]
Since the pandemic became an official crisis in early 2020, investors have had to deal with crisis after crisis. There does not seem to be a path toward the next bull market for stocks. I assume we will have another bull market at some point, but the current crisis-to-crisis investment environment makes strategies that rely […]
The slow, then sudden, collapse of Credit Suisse (CS) put a lot of large asset management company money at risk. But as an individual investor, you may think you’re not affected by the failure of a Swiss bank now being acquired by another Swiss bank. Unfortunately, a handful of popular investment products could go down […]
The semi-meltdown of the banking sector last week has investors, particularly income-focused ones, re-evaluating their holdings. To add stable income to your portfolio, take a look at energy infrastructure stocks. Right now you can get some of my favorites at some very attractive yields. Here they are… The wipeout of Silicon Valley Bank spread contagion […]
With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the hit to financial sector stocks has been brutal. As a reference, the iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT) dropped by more than 30% in a few days. During a follow-up webinar with my newsletter subscribers, I discussed how steep market corrections have been showing up more often… […]
Recently, I dug into recent financial results of several downstream crude oil refiners. I am a fan of the energy subsector, but I was surprised at how well these companies can and will perform in the current energy price environment. So surprised that I was happy to add a new refiner stock to my dividend […]
