“I am so happy with the recommendation of GSL-PB from the October 2016 issue. Can you recommend some others with similar characteristics?” — Guido S. This email arrived last week. And the timing was fortuitous, since I already had my eye on other opportunities within the shipping sector. GSL-PB is a preferred stock issued by Global Ship Lease (NYSE: GSL), which owns a fleet of 18 mid-sized containerships. These vessels are leased to established shipping lines under fixed charter contracts. The fleet currently has a perfect utilization rate of 100%. And just to give you an idea of what these… Read More

“I am so happy with the recommendation of GSL-PB from the October 2016 issue. Can you recommend some others with similar characteristics?” — Guido S. This email arrived last week. And the timing was fortuitous, since I already had my eye on other opportunities within the shipping sector. GSL-PB is a preferred stock issued by Global Ship Lease (NYSE: GSL), which owns a fleet of 18 mid-sized containerships. These vessels are leased to established shipping lines under fixed charter contracts. The fleet currently has a perfect utilization rate of 100%. And just to give you an idea of what these vessels earn at sea, the flagship CMA-CGM Thalassa (a 1,137-foot leviathan equipped to carry more than 11,000 20-foot containers) was booked at a rate of $47,200 per day, while operating costs (mostly crew wages) total just $6,500 per vessel per day. In September 2016, I was able to scoop up GSL-PB at an attractive price nearly 25% below face value, a discount that has since narrowed to just 3% thanks to improving fundamentals in the mid-size containership industry. The supply/demand balance for shipping along many trade routes has tightened, driving rates upward. —Recommended Link— This Will… Read More

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As I’ve said before, it’s best to approach ultra-high yields above 10% with a healthy amount of skepticism. More often than not, the lofty rate stems from a plunging share price, not from a rising distribution. And stocks seldom get cut in half without a reason — particularly when the major averages are setting new highs almost daily.  I found 170 candidates in this month’s screen offering rich payouts of 10% to 15%. Frankly, most of these obscure businesses aren’t worth your time or money. Many are irreparably damaged and in terminal decline. But if you dig through enough rubble,… Read More

As I’ve said before, it’s best to approach ultra-high yields above 10% with a healthy amount of skepticism. More often than not, the lofty rate stems from a plunging share price, not from a rising distribution. And stocks seldom get cut in half without a reason — particularly when the major averages are setting new highs almost daily.  I found 170 candidates in this month’s screen offering rich payouts of 10% to 15%. Frankly, most of these obscure businesses aren’t worth your time or money. Many are irreparably damaged and in terminal decline. But if you dig through enough rubble, you sometimes get rewarded with a diamond in the rough. —Sponsored Link— Your Financial Planner Will NEVER Tell You This Income Trick… But those that know stand to make as much as $1,400 per week. That’s why nearly 65,000 Americans use this every day. But still, MILLIONS more could do this, yet don’t take advantage of it… DO NOT miss out on this opportunity… Click here for the full details. Occasionally, I run across solid businesses facing threats that are real, but over-exaggerated and surmountable. They might have temporarily drifted off… Read More

Well, that didn’t take long.  With the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at 24,719 on the last trading day of 2017, it seemed likely that 2018 would see the venerable market average pierce through 25,000 for the first time. Sure enough, it took only a few days to reach that milestone.  —Sponsored Link— Top 3 California Pot Stocks To Watch For The Biggest Gains On January 1, California completely legalized cannabis for medical and recreational use — promising to spark a $20.2 BILLION industry in the Golden State alone. By getting in on the ground… Read More

Well, that didn’t take long.  With the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at 24,719 on the last trading day of 2017, it seemed likely that 2018 would see the venerable market average pierce through 25,000 for the first time. Sure enough, it took only a few days to reach that milestone.  —Sponsored Link— Top 3 California Pot Stocks To Watch For The Biggest Gains On January 1, California completely legalized cannabis for medical and recreational use — promising to spark a $20.2 BILLION industry in the Golden State alone. By getting in on the ground floor of this exceptional opportunity, you could have the chance to pocket life-changing windfalls thanks to this historic event. And one pot stock expert has his sights set on three stocks he expects to skyrocket following this crucial announcement. Get the details here. After cruising past five 1,000-point marks last year, we’ve already crossed through another in just the first week of 2018. Any bets on whether the Dow breaks the 30,000 level by the end of the year? A repeat of last year’s 25% return would be more than enough to push it over the… Read More

Companies hate to cut dividends. Knowing the backlash they’ll get from stockholders, many executives and board members consider it a desperate act of last resort. They will halt non-discretionary expenditures, reduce payroll and overhead, and even take on debt in order to maintain distributions.  And that’s exactly why dividend hikes send such a strong bullish signal. A company wouldn’t bump quarterly payouts to $0.60 per share from $0.50 unless it were fairly certain that incoming cash flows would be more than sufficient to cover the higher dividend, with room to spare. The last thing they want is to raise it… Read More

Companies hate to cut dividends. Knowing the backlash they’ll get from stockholders, many executives and board members consider it a desperate act of last resort. They will halt non-discretionary expenditures, reduce payroll and overhead, and even take on debt in order to maintain distributions.  And that’s exactly why dividend hikes send such a strong bullish signal. A company wouldn’t bump quarterly payouts to $0.60 per share from $0.50 unless it were fairly certain that incoming cash flows would be more than sufficient to cover the higher dividend, with room to spare. The last thing they want is to raise it today only to lower back down tomorrow. A dividend hike is a clear vote of confidence for future success.  —Sponsored Link— He Taught 3rd Graders How To Invest In 3 Easy Steps While financial “experts” use industry jargon to confuse you, one former chemical engineer set out to do something radically different. Using three easy steps, he successfully boiled investing down to a language and a system that even a 3rd-grader can understand. So if an elementary student can learn to use his strategy effectively, imagine the incredible power it could have in your hands…… Read More

Investors love dividends (you wouldn’t be reading this otherwise). And we’re naturally drawn to high yields. So anytime a stock’s payout climbs two to three times above the market average, you can bet it will get a hard look.  If the business is on solid financial ground, then it won’t take long for income hunters like us (as well as larger institutional investors) to pile in, driving the shares up and the yield back down.  —Sponsored Link— The Shockingly Easy Way To Play The Bitcoin Boom Blockchain technology, bitcoin, ethereum; they’re all in the news… Read More

Investors love dividends (you wouldn’t be reading this otherwise). And we’re naturally drawn to high yields. So anytime a stock’s payout climbs two to three times above the market average, you can bet it will get a hard look.  If the business is on solid financial ground, then it won’t take long for income hunters like us (as well as larger institutional investors) to pile in, driving the shares up and the yield back down.  —Sponsored Link— The Shockingly Easy Way To Play The Bitcoin Boom Blockchain technology, bitcoin, ethereum; they’re all in the news right now and prices continue to climb. Millionaires have been made overnight and there’s still time to get in. “Crypto Fever” is upon us and now it’s time to take full advantage. But what is the best and easiest way to capitalize on this craze? Read this special report. If that doesn’t happen, there might be a good reason — just like a house that sits for sale on the market for months and months with barely a nibble. If there’s a yield that high can’t attract buying interest, then Wall Street is sending a message… Read More

I drove past my neighborhood Blockbuster store a few days ago. At least, that’s what it used to be back when people still rented movies from brick-and-mortar retailers rather than stream them digitally. Now, the building is home to a fitness gym.  It’s hard to believe that in 2004 the company had a worldwide chain of 9,000 retail outlets that generated $5 billion in revenue. Just six years later, it was in bankruptcy court. —Sponsored Link— IRA/401(k) ALERT: Secret IRS Loophole Will Save Your Life Every day the US creeps further into debt, and it’s… Read More

I drove past my neighborhood Blockbuster store a few days ago. At least, that’s what it used to be back when people still rented movies from brick-and-mortar retailers rather than stream them digitally. Now, the building is home to a fitness gym.  It’s hard to believe that in 2004 the company had a worldwide chain of 9,000 retail outlets that generated $5 billion in revenue. Just six years later, it was in bankruptcy court. —Sponsored Link— IRA/401(k) ALERT: Secret IRS Loophole Will Save Your Life Every day the US creeps further into debt, and it’s taking your IRA/401(k) along with it. At the time of this writing the national debt was $20,202,583,433,912. Yes, you read that right.$20 trillion. There is a simple and legal IRS loophole that can protect your IRA/401(k) without spending a penny. All you have to do is request this FREE GUIDE that explains how this IRS Loophole works. Of course, Blockbuster is by no means the only businesses that has fallen victim to disruptive new technologies and changing consumer behaviors. It’s happening around us all the time.  I could spend days citing examples of products and… Read More

Over the past month, I’ve been trying out a new feature in my premium newsletter, High-Yield Investing. While past issues have introduced income stocks that simply beat the market’s average yield, or even double or triple it, this new section is different.  This is for investors looking for really high yields — those north of 10%. Sure, the quality of these names may differ — and they may or may not merit inclusion into the newsletter’s portfolio. But my mission is clear: to identify as many opportunities in the high-yield market as possible. —Sponsored Link— Step… Read More

Over the past month, I’ve been trying out a new feature in my premium newsletter, High-Yield Investing. While past issues have introduced income stocks that simply beat the market’s average yield, or even double or triple it, this new section is different.  This is for investors looking for really high yields — those north of 10%. Sure, the quality of these names may differ — and they may or may not merit inclusion into the newsletter’s portfolio. But my mission is clear: to identify as many opportunities in the high-yield market as possible. —Sponsored Link— Step 1: Buy These 5 ETFs Now… TQQQ, FAS, UPRO, plus two additional ETFs revealed in this FREE REPORT. Step 2: Follow the simple strategy inside this free trading guide and Step 3: Collect as much as $16,978.31 in a week. Full list of ETFs and strategy that has generated over $9.9 Million in cash payouts steadily now for 10 years. Revealed here… In the first two editions of my double-digit-yielder stock screen (you can see them here and here), I ran a simple search and then evaluated price performance to weed out the duds. We… Read More

Last month, I told you about a new feature I recently introduced to my premium newsletter, High-Yield Investing. To put it simply, the goal of the newsletter is simple. It’s right there in the name. But since every investor’s situation is different, everyone has a different opinion of what exactly a “high” yielder is — especially in today’s low-yield market.  —Sponsored Link— Why Do The Banking Elites Want To Keep Gold Suppressed? Find out why a renegade investor, who has made his readers multiple three-digit returns in the last few months, says the banking elite… Read More

Last month, I told you about a new feature I recently introduced to my premium newsletter, High-Yield Investing. To put it simply, the goal of the newsletter is simple. It’s right there in the name. But since every investor’s situation is different, everyone has a different opinion of what exactly a “high” yielder is — especially in today’s low-yield market.  —Sponsored Link— Why Do The Banking Elites Want To Keep Gold Suppressed? Find out why a renegade investor, who has made his readers multiple three-digit returns in the last few months, says the banking elite is opening up the most exciting opportunity for you to get really rich in the next 24 months. With his strategies, you could easily and quickly leverage the upcoming bull market in gold and profit $3-$4 for every $1 move in gold. Click here to get all of the details. But there can be no equivocation about the regular screen we introduced to show the 10%-plus yielders out there. Sure, the quality of these names may differ — and they may or may not merit inclusion into the newsletter’s portfolio. But my mission is clear: to… Read More

Is America over-malled?  That question has been posed by more than one financial pundit recently. And judging by a slew of headlines, the answer appears to have already been settled.  —Sponsored Link— Small Group Uncovers Millionaire’s Simple Stock-Picking Strategy With no Wall Street experience, a chemical engineer at DuPont accidentally uncovered a powerful pattern that often appears just before a stock’s share price doubles, triples, or even quadruples — seemingly out of nowhere. But not long ago, this unassuming engineer began sharing his discovery with a handful of “beta testers” to confirm his theory. This… Read More

Is America over-malled?  That question has been posed by more than one financial pundit recently. And judging by a slew of headlines, the answer appears to have already been settled.  —Sponsored Link— Small Group Uncovers Millionaire’s Simple Stock-Picking Strategy With no Wall Street experience, a chemical engineer at DuPont accidentally uncovered a powerful pattern that often appears just before a stock’s share price doubles, triples, or even quadruples — seemingly out of nowhere. But not long ago, this unassuming engineer began sharing his discovery with a handful of “beta testers” to confirm his theory. This year alone, his pattern has pinpointed 31 triple-digit windfalls. And now, he’s ready to unveil it to a whole new group of investors. Full story… “Malls are Doomed” — CNN  “America’s Malls are Dying Off” — Time  “The Death of the American Mall” — The Guardian  “Shopping Malls are Going Extinct” — Business Insider  There is plenty of evidence to support that argument. With anchor tenants like Sears, Macy’s and JC Penney shuttering stores across the country, the number of malls has decreased by a third. There are only about 1,000 left, down… Read More