If you’re looking for a steady direction in these markets, then forget it. One day the news is great. Europe inked a deal, the U.S. economy is growing and jobs are being added. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edges toward its… Read More

My Stock of the Month advisory is as simple as investing gets. It’s just one pick each month. And I never hold more than 12 stocks in my portfolio at a time. I like a manageable number of holdings that I can watch like a hawk. But… Read More

It’s no news that obesity rates have reached alarming proportions in the United States. Soon, it will also become a fast-growing concern in the rest of the world as well. Fortunately, there are companies around the world working on solutions. Those who get in early by investing in companies that… Read More

My dream investment is a high-yield stock with a fast-growing dividend. But such combinations are rare. This is because most companies that pay a fat dividend have matured out of their high-growth phase and compensate investors for slower growth by distributing more of… Read More

This select group of 21 stocks might be the holy grail of investments: each has delivered high yields AND sizeable capital gains. Conventional wisdom says you have to choose one or the other. Income investors usually think they have to forfeit higher returns in exchange for a… Read More

One mistake novice income investors make is assuming that the best dividend stocks are the ones they’re most familiar with, or the ones most talked about on CNBC or in the mainstream financial press. Sure, well-known dividend stocks such… Read More

We first brought this stock to our readers’ attention when we selected it for “The 10 Best Stocks to Hold Forever” report. A couple of months later, in September, I added 350 shares to my $100,000 “real-money” Top 10 Stocks Portfolio. The stock was Intel… Read More

It’s one of the most lucrative dividend payers on the market. Dividends per share have increased 110% in the past five years… up 50% in just the past two. #-ad_banner-#And the… Read More

As of Oct. 27, gold spot prices were hovering around $1,747 per ounce. Platinum, on the other hand, was selling for about $1,636 an ounce.   This means it takes just 0.93 ounces of gold to buy an ounce of platinum. Or,… Read More

There are several tenets to dividend-investing that income seekers should remember when stock-picking. First and foremost, does the stock in question have any red flags that could mean a dividend reduction or suspension is… Read More