Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Preferred stock shares feature a mix of common stock and debt security traits. In other words, they’re the best of the stock and bond worlds, and offer excellent, secure yields… if you understand how they work. So today, let’s dig into that – and see the two best preferred stocks to buy today… Preferred stocks […]
From the 1980s until crude oil crashed in 2015, the master limited partnership (MLP) structure dominated energy midstream—your gathering, pipeline, processing, and storage companies. Midstream revenues come from committed fee structures and are very predictable and MLPs pay tax-advantaged distributions, so the structure can be very profitable for the sponsor/general partner/owner. But many investors don’t […]
After the inflation numbers came out last Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures dropped by 700 points in minutes—from above 200 points to the positive to more than 500 points down. The inflation rate of 8.3% was higher than the expected 8.1%. As one TV expert noted: “The future is messy.” Truer words […]
A few weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell threw the stock markets under the bus with his comments about making stopping inflation the Fed’s top priority. If the central bank follows through, the result will have interest rates moving higher and staying higher for longer than stock market investors were expecting. That sent stocks […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
For the dividend-focused investor, nothing is better than one of your stocks announcing a dividend increase. So you can be assured that this Seeking Alpha headline caught my eye: 100 REIT Dividend Hikes Investing for dividend growth is a sure-fire way to build your wealth over the long term. The article explained that 100 real […]
The DCP Midstream (DCP) buyout offer earlier this month marked another master limited partnership (MLP) coming off the board. Over the last eight years, the number of publicly traded midstream MLPs declined by 74%. Here’s what that means for investors, especially those who like the tax-advantaged, high-yield income from MLPs… On August 18, Phillips 66 […]
There is a pending retirement crisis for U.S. workers, and the only solution is to take your future into your own hands. So today, let’s talk about a strategy to ensure your retirement years will be as you hope and dream. I receive a daily email from a business and tech news service called The […]
