The Cure for a Directionless Market

The Cure for a Directionless Market

High current yields and growing dividends are the cure for the directionless market. And if we are in for a “lost decade” from the stock market, yield plus growing dividends is one strategy that will still produce positive total returns. The strategy works in any market—bull, bear, or stagnant. Let me show you. Over the […]

Trade of the Week: Metals & Mining

Trade of the Week: Metals & Mining

ETFs can often make for effective covered call trades because the price tends to be more stable than single stocks. In the case of SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME), the stock has been range bound for much of the last six months. From a block trade we saw last week, a trader is […]

Step One to Building Wealth the Right Way

Step One to Building Wealth the Right Way

This week in Hidden Profits Report, I’m introducing a new feature. This is a topic I will revisit from time to time when I see the type of extraordinary opportunities I am going to talk about today. This part of Hidden Profits is for investors who want to get rich. I don’t mean “hitting the […]

How This Financial Crisis Creates Opportunity

How This Financial Crisis Creates Opportunity

With the fall of Silicon Valley Bank, the financial news media has remained focused on finding the next “crisis” of the day. The so-called banking crisis petered out after a couple of weeks, but that didn’t stop the pundits from using it to proclaim that commercial property values and commercial mortgages would be the next […]

The Rush for Copper Is On

The Rush for Copper Is On

The global transition away from fossil fuels in favor of low carbon energy sources is accelerating. In 2022, a little more than $1 trillion was invested in new technologies such as renewable energy, energy storage, carbon capture and storage, electric vehicles, and more. Not only is this a new annual record amount, but—for the first […]

Are Natural Gas Prices Set To Rebound? 

Are Natural Gas Prices Set To Rebound? 

Natural gas prices have been in a significant down trend since the middle of last year. A popular method of trading natural gas, the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) has gone from a high of over $30 to 52-week lows of around $6.50. However, a large options spread could suggest gas prices are set […]

The Truth About Real Estate Investments

The Truth About Real Estate Investments

As the commercial real estate doom and gloom continue to circle around us, I had a chance to talk with Jay Hatfield of InfraCap Funds last week.  Jay is one of the best preferred stock and income investing ETF managers, and he delivers solid returns for income investors in all the funds he manages. We […]

Alibaba’s Bold New Survival Strategy

Alibaba’s Bold New Survival Strategy

Major changes are underway at Alibaba (BABA), China’s best known e-commerce company, which was founded 24 years ago by Jack Ma. And this time, Ma is hoping for better results. The last time Alibaba made a big move to reorganize its business, the company set in motion a chain of events that led to a […]