The venerable TV investigative journalism program 60 Minutes recently blew the lid off a story we’ve been tracking for months. And you absolutely won’t believe it when you hear about it. Congress can trade on insider information — and it’s 100% legal. Here’s… Read More

For many investors, 2011 should be remembered as the year of the dividend.  Weary of market volatility, investors are flocking to dividend stocks to lock in yields often twice the meager 2% return… Read More

What a year! If nothing major happens in the next week or so, it looks like the S&P 500  will finish the year down by about 3.6%. Try to be careful as you jump for joy. It’s hard to argue against the fact that there’s a sideways… Read More

Here at StreetAuthority, we like to keep tabs on where the richest people in the world are putting their money. After all, billionaires such as Warren Buffett are some of the smartest investors on the planet (Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-B) 20% average annual gain in… Read More

Investors who need a reminder of why dividends are desirable should be getting it in spades this year, thanks to extreme market volatility. The price of the S&P 500 Index is barely at breakeven year-to-date, while… Read More

Like many investors, you may favor stocks that pay a healthy dividend but can also shoot up nicely in value. In terms of performance over the long haul, these growth and income stocks are often comparable to (and sometimes even better than) the… Read More

I counted twice, just to be sure… $41,513.18. That’s the amount in “daily paychecks” — more commonly known as dividends — I’ve received from my investment portfolio in 2011. This total comes to $124.29 for each day of the year. Cash.  … Read More

As an investor, I get unsolicited “get-rich-quick” investment advertisements. Lately, I’ve been swamped with them, which makes me worry. The economy is still struggling to find solid ground. The holidays are coming. And these two facts alone make investors more… Read More

Looking at the current state of the economy, it looks like we’re heading into another year of very low interest rates and insultingly low yields for most bonds and certificates of deposit (… Read More

In a recent article, I touched on several of the opportunities available to income investors in the energy industry. It just takes knowing where to look.  You see, we recently discovered that more than half of the 21 best income stocks of the past decade come from the energy sector. Read More