Dividend Investing Weekly Newsletters

Bullish Takeaway from Jackson Hole Meeting

August 28, 2017

In light of the dramatic events in Washington, D.C., that now include a threat to shut down the government if a border wall isn’t funded, the stock market managed to stay focused on the economy and the bullish catalysts for stocks to close higher on the week. Low inflation, a lower dollar, lower energy prices […]

Gain Pension Plan Income from Robust Pentagon Spending

August 21, 2017

When seeking out the most pristine of all stock market sectors to invest in, I would argue that the aerospace defense sector takes center stage. There are some coveted attributes to describe just how prized this sector is and why having a strong portfolio weighting to the sector is about as good as it gets […]

Safe-Haven Investing is Back in Fashion

August 14, 2017

The winds of change affect investors at various times of the year and late summer historically is one of those times. Not only is the August-September time frame a period of reduced volume trading that coincides with the end of the second-quarter reporting season, it also tends to be more volatile if negative news crosses […]

Low Inflation Fuels High Returns

August 7, 2017

The latter weeks of summer are historically a choppy time for stock market performance, so it should be no surprise after a strong showing for stocks during June and July that some volatility would enter the market landscape during the month of August. Buffering some of that volatility was Fed Chair Janet Yellen when she […]

Corporate America Flexes Its Superhero Earnings Muscles

July 31, 2017

At the mid-point of second-quarter earnings season, America’s iconic blue-chip companies are tearing off the tank tops and putting their full top- and bottom-line performances on display for all the investing world to gawk at. One institutional darling after another is reporting the kind of numbers that stoke the animal spirits like no other catalyst can. […]

Trading the Bulls, Bears and Greyhounds

July 24, 2017

Earnings season separates the wheat from the chaff, the men from the boys and the athletes from the posers. It is what I deem the “no excuses” phase of stock selectivity, for it is when every company becomes transparent for all to examine. If the numbers don’t live up to a company’s mid-quarter optimism, its […]

Finding the Sweet Spots in the REIT Sector

July 17, 2017

Market commentators tend to talk in broad terms when describing the up-and-down performances of certain sectors. For some sectors, there is a fairly close correlation of stocks that fall into the categories of utilities, telecoms, big pharma, banks, industrials, materials and aerospace defense issues. Other sectors like technology trade more in alignment with the sub-sectors […]

More Summer Sizzle from the Semiconductor Sector

July 10, 2017

Following a well-deserved pullback for the tech-rich Nasdaq, it was reported this past week by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) that the month of May had the strongest monthly computer chip report in seven years. Other positive industry commentary gave a boost to technology stocks on Wednesday. Global sales of semiconductors rose 22.6% to $31.9 […]

Stock Market Scores A+ On First Half of 2017 Report Card

July 3, 2017

The S&P 500 closed out the second quarter of 2017 on a mixed note, with some fierce sector rotation bringing about volatility that rattled investor’s nerves. As of June 30, the S&P 500 is up 8.34% year to date. Growth stocks were swept up in last week’s correction in technology stocks. Interestingly, of the high-profile […]

Selling Covered Calls: A Lower-Risk, Income-Generating Options Strategy

June 27, 2017

It’s one of the best ways of building wealth I know of… without taking on big risks. It’s safe, conservative, and can reliably earn you extra income every single month. […]

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