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Pipeline Business Oligarchy Benefits Income-Oriented Investors
Finding businesses that are the front-runners in industries with very high barriers to entry gets my investment juices up. For those types of businesses where right-of-way permits are a major obstacle, it makes perfect sense to embrace an investment theme where the biggest players only get bigger because of embedded distribution systems that allow the […]
Wreckage in Retail Sector Raises Yellow Flag for Fed
In just the past week, the bond futures market was pricing in a 70% chance of a Fed rate hike at the upcoming December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. That was before the bottom fell out again in the oil sector, China PMI came in down for the 44th straight month and the retail […]
Selling Risk Back to the Market
Income investors always are on the prowl for new ways to enhance their stream of investment income. It is one thing to have a meaningful portion of one’s income portfolio invested in traditional income asset classes where yields are 1.0-3.0%. That doesn’t even cover the rate of inflation and the tax man when these two […]
Modest GDP Growth Results in Modest Market Gains
Although the October rally has recaptured the hearts and minds of the bullish camp, the major averages as a whole are barely positive for the year heading into the final 60 days. Investors have been through the Fed wringer all year and teased about a rate hike despite the dependent data clearly pointing to a […]
Central Bank Stimulus a Green Light for Yield Investors
What a dramatic change of events for the equity markets and investor sentiment in the past week. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi talked up the expectation that further fiscal stimulus measures are warranted, given the snail’s pace of the region’s economic recovery. Japanese equities spiked higher after trade data fell well short of forecasts, […]
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Looking for Yield that Big Money Wants to Own
A lot goes into individual stock selection when hunting for attractive yields. We want to make sure that any yield north of 5% is not being manufactured from smoke and mirrors, but rather stems from earned income from the underlying business that supports that particular payout. Today, with T-bills yielding zero percent, the 10-year Treasury […]
Fed’s Message on Rates: Lower for Longer
Call it a green light, an all-clear sign or just a rainbow at the end of a storm, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes released Oct. 8 put to rest the debate about what the Fed’s position is on the prospect of rising interest rates. The Fed officials are worried about inflation running below […]
Seeing Ballast Income in the Midst of Market Storms
When market volatility rules the investing landscape for weeks at a time, taking the time to screen for companies that are impervious to the triple-digit swings and the downward bias is an enormously useful exercise. While the Dow has retreated by 13%, the S&P by 12% and the Nasdaq by 18%, with numerous subsectors of […]
Fed Provides a Fresh Appetite for Yield
At the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Fed announced that it would keep its target band for the Fed funds rate at 0.00-0.25%. In its policy statement, the Committee said that “recent global economic and financial developments may restrain economic activity somewhat and are likely to put further downward pressure on […]
A No Vote by the Fed is a Thumbs Up for High Yield
All the buildup. All the angst. Fed Chair Janet Yellen not talking publicly for the past 65 days. All the speculation. All the over-hyped rhetoric about how the financial world would stop spinning on its axis if a minuscule move of a quarter-point of one percent were to occur. And now that the curtain has […]
