Saturday, March 23, 2019
For me, the holy grail of income investing are those stocks that pay a decent current yield and have put programs in place to grow the dividend rate by a meaningful amount every year. And by growth I want 8% to 10% per year or higher. In the current market, the primary sector to find […]
Recently the market price of crude oil has jumped significantly, offering the potential for crude oil producers (exploration and production or E&P in energy sector jargon) to rack up some extra profits. Investors have several avenues to pursue stock market profits resulting from higher oil prices. Corporate E&P companies typically plow profits back into drilling […]
My stock market research and recommendations focus on the area of dividend paying stocks, looking for those stock market investments that can provide attractive and steady yields during this extended period when fixed income investments like CDs and government bonds are paying very tiny yields. However, there may be times or you have set aside […]
The universe of real estate investment trusts (REIT) currently consists of about 200 companies. Ten percent of that total falls into the subsector of agency mortgage REITs, which are little more than leveraged bets that interest rates will not rise. I continue to review and analyze companies from the remaining majority of property owning or […]
Income focused investors start feeling uncomfortable with a stream of new record highs every week for the major indexes as it makes it hard for them to put money to work with the purchase of new stock shares. My email box fills up every day with notices that dividend stocks on my watch list have […]
As part of my investment research, I check out, review and track new companies coming into the income stock universe via initial public offering (IPO). Energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) are a hot sector for income investors, and IPOs of these types of companies provide unique and repeatable opportunities for some extra profits. An IPO […]
Over the last several weeks, my interactions with income-focused investors have revealed a tremendous interest in alternative – not common stock shares – higher yield investment types. The alphabet soup of investment types includes closed-end funds (CEFs), where I like to dig for high-yield opportunities. CEFs are a target-rich environment for yield, with over 300 […]
Last week I gave several presentations on income stock investing at the Money Show in Las Vegas. During the Q&A after my talks, plus at some others I attended, it was obvious that rising interest rates and the effect of higher rates on dividend stocks is a major concern among income seeking investors. With fixed […]
Last week I gave a couple of presentations to income focused investors at the Las Vegas Money Show. When answering questions and talking with investors, our team receives a lot of feedback concerning topics of high interest for dividend income focused investing. Business Development Companies (BDCs) were a topic that generated significant interest. Getting so […]
For investors looking to generate the highest potential dividend yield from a stock portfolio, it’s not difficult to find stock market investments with yields greater than 10%. However, a well-known market adage is that the higher the yield, the higher the risk. The worst possible outcome for an income stock investor is a dividend cut […]
