Monday, November 25, 2024
Last week I spent a few days on the road with my travel trailer. On those long driving days, I like to listen to CNBC on Sirius XM. That service is the greatest thing ever for road trips, and listening is especially fun when the market is having a big down day. You would think […]
As we tally up our investment results for the first quarter of 2022, this headline from Bloomberg sums up what happened to many investors: This doesn’t have to be true for you as an individual investor, but first, let’s see how the major market averages did for the quarter. Dow Jones: -4.5% Nasdaq: -9.08% Russell […]
Last week, the Biden Administration announced a massive, long-term (up to six months) plan to release a million barrels of crude oil per day out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. On that news, the WTI oil price “tumbled” from $108 to $104 per barrel While I don’t think the move will bring energy prices back […]
Last week, the financial news media went crazy when the Treasury yield curve inverted. If you listened to the news, you likely thought that the economy was sitting on the verge of a recession. But let’s talk about what the current yield curve really has to tell us. The Treasury yield curve plots current Treasury […]
I don’t know if I am amused or appalled by how much a gambling mentality has taken over much of our lives. For example, I recently noticed that NFL football analysts spent as much time on the betting spread as they spent discussing teams’ potential to win or lose. You see and hear gambling terms […]
You may think I am crazy to be excited about this stock market. Major market indexes are down for the year, many former high-flying stocks have crashed, and the market volatility is tremendous. From the financial news, it appears that investors are very nervous about the value of their stock portfolios. And yet, I don’t […]
Dear Investor, Recent global events have made it clear that the world’s economies are a long way off from producing the necessary energy from entirely renewable sources. European countries were too quick to shut down coal and nuclear power plants to focus on wind and solar renewable energy sources. The transition was not close to […]
Dear Investor, There is no better feeling than when a stock with a large and stable dividend goes “on sale.” The knowledge that a dividend will continue to be paid makes it easy to buy shares when the investing public is selling. You’re getting that same future dividend stream for a lower price And that’s […]
Dear Investor, High inflation has become a driving force in our lives. It’s challenging to invest for income and keep up with inflation, especially outside of commodity-focused investments. It takes an extra step to ferret out investments that will perform well while inflation stays high. We need higher interest rates. But one category of income […]
Dear Investor, The last six-to-eight months have seen a handful of new, income-focused ETFs hit the market. I think these funds give investors attractive and conservative investment options. Their dividend yields are in the 6%–7% range, with lots of potential for dividend growth. One interesting aspect of these new funds is that each uses a […]
