Dividend Kings are a small, cozy group of companies that have increased their dividends for 50 years or more. While some routinely grab headlines when they raise their payout, others…
In The Oxford Clubroom a few weeks ago, I was asked for my thoughts on Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), which has a huge yield for a blue chip company. I mentioned…
We have a mind-boggling number of opportunities available to us these days. This is especially true for those who live in the US. The US has a massive job market…
Early-stage companies, growth stocks, and cryptocurrencies can outperform when the markets rise, but they often fall further and faster when the market’s momentum shifts in the opposite direction. The U.S.…
Let’s talk about consumer staples dividends today. If we’re heading for a slowdown then we need to be picky about our payouts. When the economy slows, discretionary spending is often…
If you sense that growth stocks’ long-lived leadership is finally waning, you’re not imagining things. And that’s not just because investors suddenly started locking in profits on the market’s hottest…
I grew up in Detroit, Michigan. My childhood was one of abject poverty. There were many days when I literally didn’t have anything to eat. Yet, Warren Buffett is still…
NextEra Energy (NEE) has been a wealth-creating machine over the decades. The utility company has been growing at an above-average rate for years, powered by Florida’s growing economy and its…
Every cloud has a silver lining. Sometimes, they have two. That’s the case with many stocks in the current market downturn. Dividend yields are higher. Valuations are lower. And those…
Worried about the trade war and your retirement portfolio? Then I have two words for you: monthly dividends. Today we’ll fawn over four monthly payers that yield up to 17.4%…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat down with Yahoo Finance the other day to make one thing clear. He’s not worried. Not about tariffs. Or the economy. Or the stock market.…
On one front, this tariff pandemonium changes nothing for us: We still see our favorite high-yield investments—8%+ paying closed-end funds (CEFs)—as the best choice to anchor your retirement portfolio. In…