A look at the highest paying dividend stocks that are going ex-div this week.
What’s In Store For Oil Now That Half of Saudi Arabia’s Production is Offline?
This week was supposed to be all about the Fed meeting. The September FOMC meeting is the first since July, and quite a bit is riding on what the Fed decides to do with interest rates. It’s one of the most critical FOMC meetings we’ve seen in years. However, the Fed’s thunder was stolen by […]
The Home Run Stocks Wall Street Doesn’t Want You To Know About
Imagine there’s a stock that’s up nearly 30-fold since 2000 and not a single Wall Street investment analyst follows it. This investment has crushed just about every hedge fund out there, yet Wall Street is entirely unaware of it. Worst of all, it’s stock in a company that’s known by many. It’s a favorite of […]
Saudi Production Cut By 50%: New Income Investments for the Coming Oil Price Spike
I wrote this article, and it was published two weeks ago. Little did I expect the attack on the Saudi oil infrastructure and the effect on oil prices. Here it is again with additional comments. For the last three months, crude oil has been stuck in a $50 to $60 per barrel trading range. The […]
Trade of the Week: Major Options Action In Financial Sector Stocks
A couple large covered call trades in Financial Sector Select SPDR ETF (XLF) imply smart money is taking a moderately bullish position on financial stocks. There is likely a cap to how high financial stocks can go due to lower interest rate expectations. However, covered calls are mostly considered bullish trades because they generally make […]
Value Investing Returns to These High-Yield Stocks
The decade long stock market bull market has been led by growth stocks. A few weeks ago, I listened to a podcast on Bloomberg with Chris Meredith, Co-CIO of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management. He noted that using the separate Russell value and growth indexes, that value had underperformed growth by 136% over the last 12 years. […]
How To Get Paid An Income By Avid Coffee Drinkers
Coffee is one of those consumable goods that you simply don’t want to mess with. The country may fall into a deep recession. The ocean may rise to levels that engulf the coastlines. A meteor at this moment may be hurtling towards Earth. And yet, it won’t stop coffee drinkers from going to buy their […]
Dear China: Thank You for Raising Our Dividend to 7%
Recently I was contemplating the spill-over effects of the continuing trade war and got to thinking about oil. I figured it was time to send a (very) informal “thank you” letter to China’s President Xi. Here’s the initial draft. Dear President Xi, I wanted to drop you a real quick line to say, “gracias, merci […]
These REITs Are Expected to Increase Dividends in October
The power of a dividend focused investment strategy is the ability to build a portfolio with an attractive current yield and have the income stream grow over time. Many dividend stocks have histories of regular dividend increases. You can put some extra pop into your brokerage account values by purchasing shares of growing dividend stocks […]
Unusual Bullish Activity On Saudi Arabia
Unusual options activity can provide an inside view of what the smart money is doing. A recent string of large bullish trades suggests the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA) may be due for a rebound by the end of October. A large trader bought several blocks of October KSA calls, which make money if […]
