Monday, January 20, 2025
There has been a series of flawed assumptions followed by lousy planning from the governments of the world as they have continued their push to reduce carbon emissions by replacing current energy sources with renewables, primarily wind and solar. This discussion will not take the path you may be imagining. The enormous and wrong assumption […]
Popular chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) saw its share price drop nearly 8% in a day last week. News came out that the company wouldn’t be able to export some chips to China. A trader used the opportunity to buy over $4 million worth of April 2023 puts. Although this was a very large put purchase, it’s […]
Snap (SNAP) is a popular social media company that has struggled in recent months. The company recently announced it would be cutting 20% of its workforce, which sent the share price up about 9% at the time. A strategist used the opportunity to place what looks like a long-term covered call. It was a 5,000-lot […]
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlights the significant number of companies that suspended common stock dividends in the early days of the pandemic and have not yet restarted payouts to shareholders. A company’s dividend strategy tells you a lot about how they think about us, the little guy investors. So let’s take a look […]
On August 24, we had confirmation of what I’ve been saying for a while now: energy is the place to invest if you’re looking for dividends, specifically oil dividends. As Reuters reports: “Energy companies reaping record profits from soaring oil and gas prices have helped global dividend payments to shareholders soar above pre-pandemic levels and […]
The Euro-to-Dollar just hit a 20-year low the last few weeks. The Dollar (DXY) has broken out of a 7-year consolidation period and moving higher. And, as this happens, things will start breaking. We’re already seeing the cracks in Europe with their economy tanking fast. In my free video this week (I do this every […]
For the dividend-focused investor, nothing is better than one of your stocks announcing a dividend increase. So you can be assured that this Seeking Alpha headline caught my eye: 100 REIT Dividend Hikes Investing for dividend growth is a sure-fire way to build your wealth over the long term. The article explained that 100 real […]
The DCP Midstream (DCP) buyout offer earlier this month marked another master limited partnership (MLP) coming off the board. Over the last eight years, the number of publicly traded midstream MLPs declined by 74%. Here’s what that means for investors, especially those who like the tax-advantaged, high-yield income from MLPs… On August 18, Phillips 66 […]
BHP Group (BHP) is returning a record amount of cash to investors as surging coal prices helped the world’s biggest miner deliver a 26% increase in annual profits. The company and its shareholders are grateful it hung on to some of its coal assets. That kept BHP’s cash profit climbing in the 2022 financial year, […]
There’s a major divergence happening in the market. In the past month, we’ve seen tech rally… But we’ve also seen the utilities sector continue to push higher. That hardly ever happens as these sectors usually move against each other. Utilities are seen as more ‘safe’ investments is why. I’m not saying go long utilities or […]
