For income investors, one of the first criteria considered when making an investment decision, especially if you’re a dividend investor, is a stock’s dividend yield. And why not? After all, if the whole point is to generate income,… Read More

In this low interest rate environment, investors have turned to high-yielding blue-chips as a source of retirement income. This five-part series will outline what I believe to be the top five dividend aristocrat stocks, most suitable for a retiree’s portfolio. My first three articles in our five-part series on… Read More

Many investors make buy or sell decisions based on analyst recommendations about stocks, but this isn’t always a smart strategy. While it’s true analysts spend more time than the rest of us studying company data, at the end of the day, it still comes down to individual opinions, and it’s… Read More

Gone are the days when traditional board games and puzzles satisfied every child’s idea of a good time. Today, the realm of toys has fully evolved into the tech world, and instead of their living room floor, most people prefer to play games on computers, smartphones or TV sets.  … Read More

I bought my first stock in the summer of 1979…  I had just finished my bachelor’s degree. That investment turned out to be a great investment. I was able to make the down payment on my first home, mostly with the profits from that single stock.  Since then, I’ve managed… Read More

A funny thing happened on the way to disaster… nothing. In fact, nothing has happened on the way to disaster twice now — once in the middle of 2011, and then again in early 2012.  The so-called disaster I’m talking about was the demise of the transportation industry. When things… Read More

Right now, you can buy one of my favorite royalty trusts at an incredible price. In fact, I think the opportunity is so good, I’ve decided to include this security as one of my Top 10 Stocks for July 2012. If you’re unfamiliar with royalty trusts, then you can read… Read More

Within Top 10 Stocks, I like to keep tabs on where the richest people in the world are putting their money. After all, billionaires like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are some of the smartest investors on the planet. And they have advantages the rest of us don’t: entire staffs… Read More

Last year, I sent a report to readers of my Top 10 Stocks advisory covering my “10 Best Stocks to Hold Forever.” It’s quickly becoming one of the most popular pieces of research in StreetAuthority’s history. Simply put, these are the 10 stocks that… Read More

I know it’s tempting… But sometimes, as an income investor, when you see a stock yielding 10%, 11% or even more — it pays to hold off on pulling the trigger with that buy order. The good news is that sometimes all it takes is a little homework, including an… Read More