Chloe Lutts Jensen is the chief analyst of Cabot Dividend Investor, and the third generation of the Lutts family to join the family business. She developed Cabot Dividend Investor to deliver both high income and peace of mind to investors thinking about retirement. Prior to joining Cabot, Chloe worked as a financial reporter covering fixed income markets at Debtwire, a division of the Financial Times, and at Institutional Investor. At Cabot, she was editor of Investment Digest and Dividend Digest, and worked on Cabot Top Ten Trader and Cabot Small-Cap Confidential.
It’s been a constructive week for the market, and for our portfolio. After bouncing off its 200-day moving average two weeks ago, the S&P 500 turned positive for the year yesterday, its first return to the black in four weeks.
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In an increasingly volatile marketplace, safety has become a must for any portfolio. These three safe investments are your best bets right now.
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More than 80% of the S&P pays a dividend these days. Here are the 11 highest paying dividend stocks in the index, plus 23 more quality high yielders.
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Even with increased tariff talk and even rockier trading, the markets rebounded strongly Monday. The volatility has increased anxiety, but the consistent bounces are a good sign. In other news, oil prices are bouncing back, interest rates remain subdued, and earnings season begins week...
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Given the shakiness of the broad market, we want to be reducing our exposure to weak stocks today. As noted in yesterday’s update, we’re going to reduce risk today by taking partial profits in one of our positions.
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Markets pulled it together last week, with oversold financial and consumer stocks finding support and delivering gains for the holiday-shortened week. However, the market started this week with another sharp pullback Monday, bringing the Dow and S&P 500 back to their February lows. markets...
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Any income investor should know how to reinvest dividends. Whether you should depends on what you're looking for as an income investor.
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Markets ended last week on a sour note as the U.S. and China imposed tit-for-tat tariffs and Facebook continued to drag tech stocks lower. The major indexes all declined more than 5% for the week, their worst weekly performance in over two years. moving...
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Term preferred stocks and baby bonds offer some of the best fixed-rate bonds to buy on today's market. And right now, three of them stand out.
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I noted last week that the outperformance in growth stocks was contributing to some underperformance in our portfolio. That situation has now been flipped on its head. Growth stocks started lagging in the middle of last week, and for the week, the S&P lost...
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Tech stocks are leading the stock market lower. If you are looking for some resilient stocks, consider adding one of these six lower-risk, dividend-paying stocks to your portfolio.
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Good news. The U.S. economy is delivering Goldilocks-like growth—strong but not too strong—and the stock market is back in a good mood. Inflation rose 0.2% in February, meeting expectations but down a notch from last month’s 0.5% rate. And Friday’s jobs report showed job...
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This asset manager beat earnings estimates by $0.19 last quarter and five analysts have recently raised their forecasts for the company. The shares have a current dividend yield of 7.45%, paid quarterly.
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Volatility continues on Wall Street. Every time stocks seem to be building sustainable momentum, they run into a brick wall. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), a.k.a. the investor “fear gauge,” remains well above its 52-week average, showing that there are still some concerned out...
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The new tax cut for corporate America caused some big surprises in fourth-quarter earnings. Here are some other potential impacts on investors.
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Anytime we do a bit of spring cleaning in the portfolio—like the round prompted by February’s correction—I like to review our rules for selling.
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The market is certainly healthier, but it probably won’t go straight up from here. In fact, it’s more likely that sellers will see this bounce as an opportunity, and we’ll get another, probably smaller, leg down before the market starts a sustainable new uptrend.
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The 10-year yield has been quiet ahead of the announcement, trading sideways since Monday morning. That’s given utilities a bit of a reprieve, at least in the short term.
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The investing climate has suddenly turned scary, but that doesn't mean there aren't good stocks to buy. Here are the five best stocks to invest in now.
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As the stock market correction drags into its third week, some analysts are looking to an unlikely ally to step in and put a stop to it: the Fed.
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