Monday, March 9, 2026
Subscribers who have been with me for a while know that I have a general negative opinion of closed-end funds (CEFs). I have heard them called the Junkyard of Wall Street. That said, I have added a few CEFs to the Dividend Hunter portfolio when I found ones with compelling potential. Currently, there are two […]
The 10 highest yield dividend stocks going ex-div this week. These are some of the top dividend stocks for this week.
Paradigms shape how we interpret markets. Traders and long-term investors operate under very different ones, and I find trading paradigms are easier for me to understand. Long-term investors believe they can identify future leaders. In the 1980s, they bet on Commodore as personal computers reshaped the world. In the 1990s, they backed Motorola. Later, many […]
Over the last few years, innovation in ETFs has been happening at a breakneck pace. When I see a new fund with a different strategy, I take a closer look and try to find a good investment use for it. Launched on February 18, 2026, the Roundhill S&P 500® Target 10 Managed Distribution ETF (TPAY) […]
The Debasement Trade discussion has become a popular topic on the financial news outlets. I thought I knew what it meant, but I wanted to dig deeper to understand better. A query using AI produced this: The debasement trade is a financial and investment strategy (or market narrative) that gained significant attention in 2025 and […]
Long before I managed trades each week, I managed uncertainty for a living. As an intelligence analyst, my job was not to predict the future. It was to make careful, structured decisions when the information in front of me was partial, unclear, and at times intentionally misleading. That difference matters. Trying to predict feels powerful […]
Many new income investors are confused about when they need to hold stocks to collect dividends. Either they end up missing the dividend because they bought too late, or on the other side, they sold too early. Ongoing dividends from any stock are not guaranteed. A company’s board of directors will review the financial results […]
After a year-long parabolic rise, silver peaked at $118 per ounce on January 28. I hope you’ve accumulated some silver exposure in the $30 to $50 range and are still nicely profitable at the current $74 per ounce. After the recent sell-off, I want to slowly increase my silver exposure until the next up-leg starts. […]
This week, I found myself thinking about how I actually discovered my edge in trading. It was not luck. It was not a hot tip. It was a process. There were three clear steps. First, I noticed something in the market that aligned with how I naturally think and trade. I was not trying to […]
The major stock market indices peaked at the end of October 2025 and have essentially moved sideways, with considerable volatility, for the last three and a half months. You can see it graphically with the charted returns of QQQ and SPY. The option strategy ETFs with QQQ or SPY as their underlying assets are outperforming […]
