Dividend Investing Weekly Newsletters
Fedspeak in Focus as Yellen Lays out Future Rate Hikes
Fed Chair Janet Yellen gave a closely watched speech to the Executives Club of Chicago last Friday, which she used as a platform to lay out her economic outlook prior to the central bank’s March 14-15 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Yellen stated, “We currently judge that it will be appropriate to gradually increase […]
Generating Rising Income from the Global ‘Reflation’ Trade
This year, the stock market is off to a red-hot start and investor expectations are rising on the hopes of several major themes taking hold that will positively impact asset valuations. Factors favoring market gains include improving economic growth and potential reductions in tax rates for corporations and individuals. President Trump is targeting tax rate […]
Riding the Bull Market with Bull-Call Spreads
When it comes to maximizing total return from the market-leading stocks, a well-oiled bull-call-spread option program is one of the very few strategies that can drum up heady short-term returns. The cornerstone of a high-quality bull-call-spread trade is to use Long Term Equity Anticipation Securities (LEAPS) call options to control the most expensive big-name stocks […]
Cashing In on Bull-Call Spreads Month After Month
When you’ve been in the financial services industry for as long as I have as a 33-year veteran, you’ve seen the variety of ways and methods by which strategists bring new money-making models to the investing universe and how very few live up to their billing. This view especially holds true in the trading of […]
Printing Money at Private Equity Firms
***Publisher’s note: A number of Dividend Investing Weekly subscribers did not receive last week’s e-letter due to a technical problem. This error has been fixed and will not affect your ability to receive Dividend Investing Weekly going forward. To view last week’s e-letter, please click here. *** Coming into the New Year, I highlighted private equity firms […]
Global Factory Uptick Benefits Leading Economies
When discussing the global economy, one of the many data points that gets eyebrow-raising notice from economists and investors alike is a country’s factory output. Whether it be a developed or emerging economy, this is a key indicator of core growth. When the biggest economies in the world are all experiencing a similar uptick in their […]
Sounds of the Inflation Trade in the Distance
I’m in my third week of addressing what I see as the green shoots of inflationary pressures that are ever present in our daily lives and now have shown up in a sequential pattern as the Fed and other bureaus report such facts. The most recent Beige Book reading had the Fed stating “price pressures […]
New Year Lands New Faces at the Fed
Not only will the New Year bring a new president and new administration, it will also usher in a new Congress and Federal Reserve with some fresh faces. The next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting will take place Jan. 31 – Feb. 1, which is shortly after the inauguration. That meeting will mark a […]
Concerns about Bond Yields Warrant Investor Attention
Of the many news feeds and funnels of research that I pan through every day, once in a while an article or note will send off a warning flare that gets my attention. Late last week, FINSUM (Financial News Summarized) reported that Larry Summers, of Harvard University, had been warning lately about market dangers. However, […]
Fearlessly Forecasting a Formidable 2017
There are no doubt endless resolutions, predictions and forecasts galore as the New Year approaches, and I have one of my own. With the seismic shift in power at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, investors have wasted no time placing their bets on the front-running investment themes. Broad deregulation, lower corporate and personal income taxes, immigration reform, […]
