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A Secure 3-Stock Portfolio That Yields 10.5%
Business development corporations (BDCs) are a great addition to a high-yield portfolio. With yields over 8%, and sometimes even over 10%, these companies provide a strong income stream right now, and can bolster the overall yield of your portfolio. But BDCs can be dangerous. Because they are legally required to return 90% of their income […]
Home Buying: Top 4 Reasons To Get A Brand New House
The idea of buying a new home is a nice one, but most people don’t actually buy a brand new home. In fact, when you actually go buy a new property the only reason it is new is because you haven’t lived there before. What you need to consider is instead of buying someone else’s […]
10 Best Dividend Stocks To Buy Regardless Of Who Wins The Election
Joining together with four other finance and Wall Street experts at a paid conference in Las Vegas, Tim Plaehn shares the ten stocks that will perform best no matter who wins the election in November. At the Las Vegas MoneyShow, I was part of a lunch panel to discuss the topic of “The Best Stocks […]
Will The Fed Raise Rates This Summer?
What a difference a week makes. Two weeks ago the odds were heavily against the Federal Reserve raising interest rates before September. Now it seems the market consensus believes the Fed will raise rates before the end of the summer, either at its June or July meeting (there is no meeting in August). I for […]
Buy These 5 Undervalued Biotech Stocks On Sale Today
One, two, or three years out, investors will probably look back on the entry points in these five stocks and wonder why they did not allocate more funds to them. With growing earnings and revenues and M&A heating up, these five stocks are screaming buys right now. I was out at the Money Show in […]
The One Hit Wonder
How connected are you? If you take away Facebook friends and second & third degree Twitter connections, how many influential people do you know? I have met a couple of famous athletes and entertainers. I have even had meetings with mutual fund managers (the dullest people on earth). I know a few movers and shakers […]
6 Trades To Make If You Believe In Driverless Cars
If you believe in a future where everyone will be using cars that drive themselves, then make these six trades to profit handsomely when that time arrives. With two million driverless cars hitting the road by 2018, that future may be closer than you think. Imagine a new rule: Upon leaving high school, you are […]
Buy These 3 Stocks That Insiders Love
It’s this column’s second consecutive week of two minnows and a monster. Routinely, stocks that trade for under $10 and have insider buying are highlighted. But… once again, it was a struggle to find three small fish keepers. There is nuttin’ wrong with a wallhanger (taxidermed trophy fish) now and then. If not for a […]
3 Safe Dividend Stocks Paying Double-Digit Yields
If you have an income stock keeping you up at night, replace it with any of these three safe-haven stocks paying hefty double-digit yields. With plenty of free cash flow to cover their payments, these three dividends are secure and will be great bargains if there is another market selloff again this summer. There is […]
Can Japanese Stocks Rise Again?
With Japan now one of the worst performing equity markets this year, BlackRock’s Global Chief Investment Strategist Richard Turnill provides an updated outlook for stocks in the Land of the Rising Sun. This week’s chart shows how Japanese companies’ inflation expectations have been steadily declining in recent quarters, amid an appreciating yen. Bank of Japan […]
Buy These 3 Stocks That Insiders Love
When the CEO of a company purchases $6 million worth of stock in short order, investors should take notice. Buys of that magnitude from insiders do not come around often. See the three stocks that have confident insider buying you shouldn’t ignore. Normally this column focuses on stocks with insider buying that trade for less […]
