Dividend Investing Weekly Newsletters
More Summer Sizzle from the Semiconductor Sector
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
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
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. […]
Selling Covered Calls on Sizzling Software Earnings
When earnings season comes into full bloom, it gets investors’ juices up as they wait and watch with bated breath for which companies are going to outperform analyst forecasts to propel their stocks higher. Earnings season typically kicks off the second week of January, April, July and October, with a few early bird reports from […]
Mid-Year Market Gut Check
There is a rising tide of sentiment that the fixed-income, commodity and equity markets are at a major inflection point. Investors are caught up in a whirlwind of cross-currents in the market. It pits political good versus evil, right versus wrong and fear versus confidence and complacency. As Edward Luce of the Financial Times (Wall […]
Shopping for a Retail Diamond in the Rough
The news surrounding the retail property sector has been nothing short of dismal. The sector has been smothered in hopelessness for those who operate businesses at America’s shopping malls. The 800-pound gorilla is Amazon.com, which has led a transformational shift in retail buying to the internet that is inflicting a crushing blow to major brick […]
Global Markets Moving Higher on Upbeat Macro Data
The global equity markets saw an uptick in trading activity in the past week. A fair amount of economic data was released across the world, which provided some movement in the major equity indexes. With that said, the S&P 500 traded to a new all-time high and hasn’t looked back. As the data below show, […]
Retail Sector Gets Down to a Six Pack
At some point, disruptive technology enters every industry that reshapes how business is done on a long-term basis. Such a transformation is taking place within the retail industry, with the shift to online shopping taking hold of consumer buying patterns on a rapidly growing basis. Going to the mall is becoming more of an experiential […]
Will Washington’s Elite Shoot the Messenger?
While there is much ado about the why and how, President Trump’s agenda will be the goose that lays the golden economic egg. At the end of it all, the bullish case for stocks looks to be standing just fine, based on the assumption that the economy will hit its stride regardless of who is […]
Catching the Panda Express from China’s Internet Economy
As the warmth of the spring air takes hold across America, so too are investors warming up to the notion of the stock market building on its post-election gains. There is even a rising measure of expectation that stock market gains could accelerate as the year progresses, now that earnings for many sectors tied to […]
