Thursday, April 3, 2025
The pandemic-triggered shutdown of a large portion of the global economy forced many companies to cut dividend payments, or at least stop growing their dividend rates, for most of the last year and a half. Although we now seem to be in a reopening phase, I sense a reluctance from Boards of Directors to bring […]
The Biden administration recently indicated they want 50% of all vehicle sales by 2030 to be zero-emission—i.e., electric cars. While I am skeptical that Americans will be willing to buy that many electric vehicles, my thoughts today concern what companies will profit from the electrification of the U.S. vehicle fleet. And it’s worth noting that […]
Wouldn’t it be nice to collect dividends every single day? That’s exactly what some traders aim to do. Unlike regular dividend investing, which is focused on long-term stocks, some traders try to profit from holding stocks for short periods, just enough to pocket the dividend. This is known as the dividend capture strategy. In this […]
If you’re looking for stocks that pay an attractive dividend rate, join the club. Investors want investments that don’t just appreciate in value but also generate regular income. Stocks that pay a competitive and sustainable dividend rate can be the ideal solution. In this guide to dividends, we’ll quickly review how dividends work, what you […]
The 2020 economic shutdown produced wildly different results for businesses, depending on their positions in the economy. Some sectors, such as technology, sailed through the shutdown without a scratch. Other economic sectors, such as travel and tourism, took a tremendous hit. Is now the time to shift from the 2020 winners into stocks that most […]
The opportunity for a higher return is why investors trade options on Robinhood. For example, if you were offered the choice between a 2% gain from a stock and a 71% gain from an option, which would you choose? Let me ask that another way: If you had an opportunity to make $20 on every […]
We’ll explain why income-producing assets can be beneficial for all investors and where to look for these income-generating investments.
When investors hear the term “meme stock,” the first thing to come to mind is typically something like AMC, GME, or the Robinhood investing app. Meme stocks are the ones that get popular on Reddit forums like Wall Street Bets. They can have huge daily swings and are often traded on Robinhood. But with all […]
I often refer to covered calls as the third leg of a balanced, income-focused investment approach. (Three legs because it takes at least that many to make any chair or table stable and functional—the others are cash flow with high-yield stocks like in the Dividend Hunter and stocks consistently growing dividends like those in my […]
This year, I developed a great interest in funds, usually ETFs, that use covered call strategies to boost the dividend income paid to investors. I currently include three of this type of funds on my Dividend Hunter recommendations list. Beyond these, I have put together a list of more than 20 covered call ETFs, and […]
