Friday, April 26, 2024
Snap (SNAP) is a popular social media company that has struggled in recent months. The company recently announced it would be cutting 20% of its workforce, which sent the share price up about 9% at the time. A strategist used the opportunity to place what looks like a long-term covered call. It was a 5,000-lot […]
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 […]
On August 24, we had confirmation of what I’ve been saying for a while now: energy is the place to invest if you’re looking for dividends, specifically oil dividends. As Reuters reports: “Energy companies reaping record profits from soaring oil and gas prices have helped global dividend payments to shareholders soar above pre-pandemic levels and […]
The Euro-to-Dollar just hit a 20-year low the last few weeks. The Dollar (DXY) has broken out of a 7-year consolidation period and moving higher. And, as this happens, things will start breaking. We’re already seeing the cracks in Europe with their economy tanking fast. In my free video this week (I do this every […]
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 […]
BHP Group (BHP) is returning a record amount of cash to investors as surging coal prices helped the world’s biggest miner deliver a 26% increase in annual profits. The company and its shareholders are grateful it hung on to some of its coal assets. That kept BHP’s cash profit climbing in the 2022 financial year, […]
There’s a major divergence happening in the market. In the past month, we’ve seen tech rally… But we’ve also seen the utilities sector continue to push higher. That hardly ever happens as these sectors usually move against each other. Utilities are seen as more ‘safe’ investments is why. I’m not saying go long utilities or […]
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 […]
For this week’s intriguing options block trade, we’re looking at a massive trade put on in Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD). The trader or fund manager appears to have sold a huge call position that is potentially being used to finance (part of) an even bigger put position. This type of strategy is called a collar, […]
