Thursday, February 6, 2025
Investors tend to take one particular U.K.-based electric utility for granted. Its history of predictable and defensive returns has long made it a no-brainer for income investors. Its dividend, which grows in line with inflation, has not been cut since 1996. Let’s take a look to see if it’s worth your time… The company I’m […]
Hey folks, I wanted to take a second to remind everyone of the reward-to-risk we see in the equity market. Looking at a basic chart of the S&P 500, you’ll quickly notice that it hasn’t done anything in two years. And it’s remained flat since February of this year. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised […]
Most investors make the mistake of trying to buy the bottom. Wall Street even has a catchy saying to describe this kind of investing, “trying to catch a falling knife”. The preferred strategy used by most professionals is to find a stock moving higher, buy it, and well it even higher. When you think about it, this […]
In my 48 Hour Income service, a trade we considered, but ultimately did not place, was in Replimune (REPL) options. For 48-Hour Income, the goal of the service is to generate 1% to 3% returns per week by selling 2-day puts in certain stocks. REPL is a biotech company working on cancer treatment. Although put […]
In late September/early October, the NextEra Energy Partners (NEP) share price crashed after the company revised its dividend growth forecast. Last week, the company its reported third-quarter earnings, giving a better picture of its financial health. And far from being a disaster, what I’m seeing is a huge buying opportunity. Let me show you why… […]
With positive noise around a possible resolution of the automobile workers (UAW) strike, it isn’t a bad time to start looking at auto related names. I’m not as excited about the automakers themselves, as they are going to have higher costs related to labor moving forward. But, auto suppliers who were beaten down both in […]
It is well-known that investing into fixed income instruments has been a losers’ game ever since the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates. 2022 was the worst-ever year on record for U.S. bond investors, according to an analysis by Edward McQuarrie, a professor emeritus at Santa Clara University who studies historical investment returns. And the […]
In today’s Hidden Profits Report, I take a quick hulk at where the markets are trading and current valuations. In spite of the recent period of volatility, large-cap stocks are clearly overvalued. Small-cap stocks are trading at discounted valuations with an average PE ratio of just 8. Small-cap deep-value stocks are trading at ridiculously low […]
I wanted to take a moment to clear up confusion and clarify some things about the yield curve, and what it means at this juncture for the stock market and other risk assets. When looking at the yield differential between the longer-term yields (10-year Treasury note) and the 2-year yield, you’ll see an inversion of […]
In the current climate where geopolitics, interest rate fears, and a general sense of unease continue to roil markets, it often pays to diversify not only across industries, but geographically as well. Sasol (SSL – Get Rating) is a South African based chemicals and energy company that trades as an ADR (American Depository Receipt) on the NYSE, and is […]
