Friday, September 4, 2026
How can so many Americans feel pessimistic about the economy while the stock market continues to rise? It sounds contradictory, but it isn’t. The economy people experience and the economy reflected in stock prices are related without being interchangeable. Most of us experience economic conditions personally. We know what groceries cost, whether our paychecks stretch […]
I am becoming obsessed with a new type of ETF called autocallable funds. The first of this group launched in April 2025. Now, with recent additions, my list includes 20 autocallable strategy ETFs. While the premise of expected returns is pretty straightforward, they get there with a complicated, hard-to-understand strategy. If the funds work as […]
Bonus or special dividends paid on top of a company’s regular dividend. These are this week’s bonus dividend opportunities.
I want to lock in some profits on a small portion of the silver I hold in my OneGold.com account. When I went to place a trade, I was shocked to see how much the bid/ask spread had widened. While most of my investing focus and recommendations to subscribers cover high-yield investing, I like the […]
The 10 highest yield dividend stocks going ex-div this week. These are some of the top dividend stocks for this week.
I’m at a conference this week, and one of the presenters raised an interesting question about debt: “If you have a $1,000 balance on a store card and $10,000 on a credit card with a high interest rate, which should you pay off first?” Mathematically, paying down the high interest debt makes sense because it […]
“The Father of the 4% Rule Has New Ideas About Retirement Income,” proclaims a recent article from the Daily Upside. For those who may not be familiar, the 4% rule states that when someone retires, they can start drawing from their savings at a 4% rate, increasing the amount by inflation each year. The theory […]
Last night I dreamed about silver prices and trends. I am sure it’s a sign that I spend too much time reading, researching, and thinking about how to invest in silver and precious metals. But while it’s on my mind, I thought I would share my current thoughts about precious metals investing. As you may […]
Over the past few weeks, I’ve received questions about the volatility indicator I reference in my weekly trading services and how it was developed. The answer goes back to my research, which earned the 2015 Charles H. Dow Award. Like many investors, I was intrigued by the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, commonly known as […]
Starting in late 2025, a fear gripped investors that the loans from software companies held in private credit funds would default in large numbers. The thesis was that because of AI, companies could easily write software for their own needs, and therefore, software companies would lose a large portion of their clients and revenues. […]
