Thursday, November 28, 2024
I enjoy reading and listening to the advice and opinions presented in financial news outlets. The discussions mainly focus on hot stocks for short-term gains. The ideas are interesting but rarely apply to investors who want to build long-term wealth. Last week, however, a Wall Street Journal article acknowledged the power of investing for dividends. […]
What is a Self-directed IRA? A self-directed IRA is a type of individual retirement account designed to allow investors to diversify their retirement nest egg beyond traditional investments like stocks, bonds, ETFs and other high-risk alternatives. This individual retirement account is legally structured to work just like a Roth IRA and so, a self-directed IRA […]
Like everybody else, I love dividends. Always have and always will. I am also a big fan of stock buybacks. I get a kick out of the endless debate about stock buybacks. They are neither good nor bad in and of themselves. Stock buybacks are fantastic at low valuations with funds generated by the business. […]
Coming off the strong market rally starting in June through early August… Many ‘traders’ hoped this was the end of the bear market. After all, many stocks like Nvidia, are down 55% YTD. “Isn’t that enough red for a bear market?”, they’d ask. Well, I’m going to unpack my thoughts on where the S&P 500 […]
Companies in the defense industry have been in the spotlight since the start of the war in Ukraine. The conflict highlighted the fact that many nations (especially in Europe) look under-prepared militarily for their new geopolitical reality. That is translating to a sector that seems to be embarking on a long winning streak, with expectations […]
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 […]
