Monday, April 21, 2025
A good hunting ground for double-digit yields is the world of closed end funds (CEFs), as my colleague Tim Melvin often points out. For those of you who are unfamiliar, CEFs are a type of fund that issues a fixed number of shares through a single initial public offering (IPO) to raise capital for its […]
The world is changing rapidly. Some of it will be for the better. Some of it, not so much. All the changes will prevent the opportunity for massive profits. The trick is to pay the right price for your ticket to ride the changing trends. The trick is not to buy in during Euphoria. Buying […]
The calamity in small caps continues to unfold. But before I do a deep dive into this in relative terms, there’s something extremely important to be aware of: the absolute charts of the Russell 3000. Looking at the chart, I find that things are making a lot of sense right now. The economy is not […]
Diamonds are a $1.2 trillion natural resource, more than silver and platinum combined. As a durable hard-asset, diamonds are just like precious metals and a reliable store of wealth. In the first part of our “Why Diamonds?” series, we shared insights on diamonds as an important feature for portfolio diversification as an uncorrelated asset. In this installment, […]
The answer to the question “what is America’s top-selling beer?” may surprise some. But it shouldn’t… it’s the Mexican beer, Modelo Especial, which is owned by the same company that owns Corona, Pacifico, and other Mexican beers. Modelo Especial’s U.S. success is the culmination of the decades-long rise of the beer industry in Mexico, which […]
The Fed’s aggressive interest rate increases have been good for business development companies (BDCs). I have been recommending select BDC stocks all year and want to make clear that the investment potential remains very attractive. Let me show you why – and give you one of my favorite BDCs… Congress passed the BDC rules to […]
Every week, I check to see what corporate investors are doing with the shares of the companies they own. I do not get too excited over small-to-mid-size insider sales. Crowing over a single insider sale is something so-called analysts and experts do far too often. But there are hundreds of reasons a corporate officer or […]
In my 48 Hour Income service, the trade we considered, but ultimately did not place, was in Vinfast (VFS) 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. VFS is an EV company out of Vietnam and the stock […]
While the price of crude oil gets the attention, you may be surprised how much natural gas has gained over the last six months. With the winter heating season approaching, the setup for natural gas and gas producers is very bullish… Natural gas was a hot topic in 2022. The shutoff of Russian gas to […]
Diamonds are a $1.2 trillion natural resource, uncorrelated to stocks and negatively correlated to gold and silver with significantly less volatility than these asset classes. Diversification is essential for asset preservation, risk management, and consistent returns. Investors seek to combine uncorrelated assets, and for this reason, diamonds are an extremely attractive asset. They often produce […]
