Monday, December 10, 2018
As editor of Growth Stock Advisor, I’m always on the lookout for disruptors… trends that will change forever the way things are done. And of course, the companies that are at the forefront of the disruption and that will benefit from it. One such disruption is occurring right now in my former field of employment […]
Last week at the San Francisco MoneyShow I did a joint, dividend stock focused presentation with Kelley Wright of Investment Quality Trends. Here is an excerpt from the MoneyShow description of the event: “Dividends and dividend growth have historically accounted for the lion’s share of stock total returns. Moreover, companies that are rapidly growing their […]
“Oh my gosh”, my wife Jo exclaimed. “He’s walking right toward us!” He smiled, extended his hand and said, “Hi, I’m Ron Paul.” I smiled, shook his hand, and introduced myself and my wife. I was the oddball when I wrote for Casey Research. I was surrounded by legendary newsletter pundits and heavy-duty researchers. I […]
Most investors (and all traders) are aware of what market volatility is. When stocks are moving all over the place, it’s pretty obvious to most anyone who follows the markets that it means volatility is high. And when nothing is going on and stocks are moving sideways, it’s easy to recognize that as a low […]
During the season, the waters in the Florida Keys are decorated with various colored buoys attached to lobster traps. The symbols are akin to branding cattle. Don’t even think about rustling lobster from someone else’s trap! You could end up in the middle of the ocean with a sinking boat full of bullet holes. Lobster […]
Following an analyst’s savage verdict of the management team with the world’s largest video-game retailer, we look at the serious challenges it faces and how you might collect a quick profit with a potential buyout on the horizon.
The Cambridge University computer crashed when famous physicist, Steven Hawking published his doctoral thesis. He says, “Each generation stands on the shoulders of those who have gone before them, just as I did as a young Ph.D. student in Cambridge, inspired by the work of Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, and Albert Einstein.” “Each generation goes […]
Under normal circumstance, iShares 20+ Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ: TLT), isn’t the sort of ETF you’d expect to highlight because of its potential to move more than expected. Long bonds, which TLT replicates, are tied to interest rates. And interest rates don’t tend to move that much over short periods of time. TLT still manages […]
With my focus on higher yield investments, I often receive questions about various closed-end funds. CEFs are actively managed investment pools with shares that trade on the stock exchanges. A lot of these funds carry very attractive yields. The danger is that this is an asset class where it is hard to separate the good […]
When it comes to income stocks, my investment strategy is aggressive. By aggressive I mean that I search out the highest yield stocks I can find where my research shows that the dividends should be secure. I understand that with this type of high-yield stock, even the best stock research won’t let me avoid the […]
