Dividend Investing Weekly Newsletters
Learn Lessons from Baron Rothschild about Oil Stocks
The price of crude oil this past week traded to new lows based on growing concern about global growth prospects, coupled with new supply from Iran. The bluest of blue-chip energy stocks buckled under the selling pressure to where the situation is rapidly taking on the look and feel of a sector under total capitulation. […]
Rising Income from the Next Energy Wave
One of the most significant stories for the stock market in 2015 has been the wholesale collapse of oil prices and the energy sector. First, it was the highly leveraged junior exploration and development producers that felt the brunt of selling pressure. Then the mid-stream master limited partnerships (MLPs) took on new downside pressure followed […]
Bond Yields Going Nowhere except Maybe Lower
The first major chink in the dollar’s armor was felt by Wall Street recently when a key employment data point effectively sent the Fed off the playing field and right to the showers. The dollar has been under heavy pressure following the July 31 release of low data regarding the U.S. Employment Cost Index (ECI). The […]
Higher Dollar Making for Stiff Resistance
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High-Yield Income from the High-Tech Sector
For what lies ahead in the second half of the year, there is a lot of buzz surrounding the high-tech and biotech sectors. Last week, shares of Google (GOOGL) soared to a new 52-week high on stellar earnings, while shares of Amazon.com (AMZN) and Facebook (FB) vaulted to new all-time highs. Despite the negative headlines […]
There’s Always a Bull Market for Income Investors Somewhere
We’re into the seventh year of zero percent interest rates, and income investors are wondering out loud when that string will be broken by the Fed looking to hike the Fed Funds Rate as early as September. If they do decide to raise rates, it will be by a quarter point, or 25 basis points. […]
Camped-out Stable Dividend Stocks within Volatile Markets
It doesn’t take much to rattle the nerves of the most strident investors when what are seemingly unthinkable scenarios unfold within days of each other; the resultant effect can be a huge spike in market volatility that sends investors running for Mount Cash. As of last Friday, the global markets went into the weekend in […]
Looking Past Greece to America’s Heartland
The bell is about to toll regarding the future direction of Greece’s role in the euro zone, be it a compliant role of fiscal responsibility or a radical role that will lead to an exit as a member with draconian capital controls being imputed upon it by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central […]
Few Surprises from the Fed
The much-anticipated June meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) came and went with few if any surprises. The U.S. markets applauded accordingly by charging back up to the high end of the range, with the Nasdaq posting a new all-time high in the process. The text of the Fed statement was virtually unchanged […]
An Economically Sensitive Stock Shortlist for When the Fed Raises Interest Rates
Yields on Treasury notes and bonds of all maturities have been ticking higher in the past week, as evidence of improving economic growth has investors reducing bond exposure in longer-dated fixed-income securities. Last week’s employment report was the best of the year, while this week’s JOLT report that tracks job openings was very positive for […]
