After studying political science and history at the University of Pittsburgh, Jim Nelson went to Baltimore, Maryland in 2007 to write for Agora Financial. While there, he discovered how income investing could build wealth more consistently and with far greater ease than through high-growth and speculative means. While at Agora Financial, as well as Insiders Strategy Group and Bonner & Partners, Jim headed several dividend and fixed-income services such as Lifetime Income Report and Bonner & Partners Platinum. Today, he writes for a number of publishers about wide range of subjects -- from income and taxes to commodities and macroeconomics. He specializes in blue chip, dividend-focused, high-yield stocks; fixed-income investments such as preferred stocks and bonds and option income strategies.

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The Safest Stock To Own In Any Market

Jim Nelson
September 16, 2015

Investors are worried… rightfully so. The Federal Reserve meets this week to decide whether or not they should raise interest rates. No matter who you talk to, everyone has a guess as to what they will decide. But how that decision will actually affect stocks is less clear. Personally, I don’t believe any decision will send the U.S. markets into another 2008-2009 scenario. However, as the saying goes: “Plan for the worst. Hope for the best.” #-ad_banner-#By studying which companies fared the best during the Great Recession, we can get an idea of which ones are best equipped to carry… Read More

Investors are worried… rightfully so. The Federal Reserve meets this week to decide whether or not they should raise interest rates. No matter who you talk to, everyone has a guess as to what they will decide. But how that decision will actually affect stocks is less clear. Personally, I don’t believe any decision will send the U.S. markets into another 2008-2009 scenario. However, as the saying goes: “Plan for the worst. Hope for the best.” #-ad_banner-#By studying which companies fared the best during the Great Recession, we can get an idea of which ones are best equipped to carry us through any future turmoil. Specifically, I’m looking for the companies that maintained or even grew their dividends through the 2008 and 2009 downturn — one of the greatest indicators of a company’s fiscal health and management confidence. How To Avoid The Mt. Everest Of Dividend Cuts Companies rely on their shareholders for a number of reasons. But the most important reason why a company needs investors to own and hold its stock is so that it can go to the equity market (issue new shares) when it needs to raise capital. And the quickest way for a company… Read More