I like the health care sector. A lot. There is always a need for quality medicine and medical care, no matter how the economy is doing. And they hold defensive… Read More

Making money in the stock market isn’t hard — there are hundreds of successful investing strategies out there. But ask any investor how… Read More

The global trade rebound has been in full force during the past 12 months, after suffering a huge crash from the Great Recession of 2008. Today, shipping lines are on a mend, shipping everything from food and construction products to machinery and chemicals. Read More

If you follow the insights of uber investor Warren Buffett or you’re a reader of High-Yield Investing, then you already know that real estate is one of the hottest… Read More

What if I offered you a gift that would pay you $1,500 a year for the rest of your life? Would you accept my gift? Of course you would. Yet many investors miss out on “gifts” from the… Read More

Every four years, the world stops to watch the winter and summer Olympic Games, as individuals and teams compete to take home the gold medal for their respective countries. Though the goal is to bring home the gold, silver and bronze medals, the simple chance to participate in the games… Read More

When looking for solid dividend-paying stocks, it makes perfect sense to seek out yields that exceed the historical 3% rate of inflation. Although it’s extremely important to own a high-yielding stock… Read More

You know interest rates are low when your most conservative customers are looking to move out of the safety that certificate of deposits (CDs) provide and into dividend-paying stocks, which provide… Read More

You know interest rates are low when your most conservative customers are looking to move out of the safety that certificate of deposits (CDs) provide and into dividend-paying stocks, which provide higher yields, but may not be completely risk-free. The past few years there has been a “buzz” surrounding dividend-paying stocks, and rightly so. Consider the average retiree who needs more income, for example. It’s possible to choose the negligible 1-2% yields Treasury bonds… Read More

You know interest rates are low when your most conservative customers are looking to move out of the safety that certificate of deposits (CDs) provide and into dividend-paying stocks, which provide higher yields, but may not be completely risk-free. The past few years there has been a “buzz” surrounding dividend-paying stocks, and rightly so. Consider the average retiree who needs more income, for example. It’s possible to choose the negligible 1-2% yields Treasury bonds or CDs are offering, but there’s a lot more assets that offer higher yields right now. In fact, StreetAuthority Co-Founder Paul Tracy has already gone on record saying that we’re headed for a “Dividend Decade” — a period where ALL of the market‘s returns in the next decade will come from dividends. He’s convinced that shares of companies that are… Read More

I once had a huge research report due for clients and the deadline was quickly approaching. My computer had just frozen and I thought the best thing to do at that point was to reboot. But my computer wouldn’t start up. That was my only computer and the document, which… Read More