Dividend Investing Weekly Newsletters
Market Looking Past Tariff Tussle
U.S. stocks got off to a positive start Friday amid signs that President Trump may ease back on plans for tariffs on European cars. It’s possible the United States could abandon its threatened tariffs altogether in exchange for certain concessions. In the meantime, this latest tactical move by Washington is giving investors hope that some […]
Looming Trade War Poses Real Challenges if Tariffs Kick In
Markets continue to hunker down amid little news of any breakthrough in the tit-for-tat tariff battle that threatens to become an all-out trade war amid President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on up to $450 billion in Chinese imports. China’s highly publicized “Made in China 2025” outlines a state-backed industrial policy targeting 10 sectors in […]
Tougher Summer Trading Landscape Sets in
The Dow may be in the red so far in 2018 and the S&P 500 may be ahead only 3% year to date, but there is a sizzling summer rally taking place among big-cap technology and small-cap stocks. Most so-called FAANG stocks –Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and […]
Looking for Bargains in Bullish Sectors
It has been an impressive week for the Nasdaq as the technology-weighted index soared to a new all-time high last Thursday to touch 7,768 before pulling back slightly in Friday’s tariff-related sell-off. In all actuality though, most tech stocks are behaving very well when it would seem only natural that traders would be inclined to […]
Generating Rising Income in a Rising-Rate Market
I get emails from many subscribers about how best to generate a reliable income stream that accomplishes the goals of beating the rate of inflation, isn’t at risk of price erosion because of rising interest rates and sports a yield that greatly exceeds that of the dividend aristocrat stocks and investment-grade bonds, CDs, Treasuries and […]
Strong Jobs and Earnings Trump Tariffs and Geopolitics
The market landscape of the past couple weeks has been fraught with headline risk that has resulted in several big moves in many asset classes and key stocks that tend to dominate investor sentiment. I think the most notable event has been the sudden decline in the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury moving from […]
Summertime Seasonality about to Kick in
The week leading up to the extended Memorial Day holiday weekend is typically an upbeat one for stocks. More confusion about the deal or no-deal situation with China and the possible delay of the North Korean summit affected stocks last Wednesday, but buyers stepped in on the sharply lower opening to support the market. This […]
Stocks Putting up Good Fight against Stiff Headwinds
While stocks have made a nice comeback from a crucial technical test of the 200-day moving average, there are some clouds forming on the horizon that I see as potential obstacles to clear for the market to rally above the prior highs. A lot of attention is being given to the U.S.-China trade talks, the […]
Bullish Week for Stocks Faces Unresolved Market Risks
It has been a good week for stocks and an even better week for investors to harvest profits following a six-day rally that saw the market hold a key technical level, invite fresh buying and spark the shorts to cover. All in all, the bullish camp is doing its level best to win back the […]
Buying Portfolio Insurance before the Storms Come
There is no shortage of hand-wringing in the current market landscape, especially with the S&P 500 retesting its closely followed 200-day moving average after breaking through it for a short while last week. Volatility is running high right now and its effect is showing in the market. Despite the most robust earnings season since 2008, […]
