Why You Should Buy Gold Stocks as Interest Rates Rise
They haven't gotten going just yet, but in the intermediate term gold stocks almost always benefit from rising interest rates, history shows.
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2 Low-Risk, High-Yield Stocks that are Still Undervalued
Certain dividend-paying pockets of the market have yet to recover from March 2020. And that makes these two high-yield stocks appealing.
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3 Inflation Hedging ETFs
With inflation beginning to rear its ugly head, investors should focus on hedging their investments. Here are three inflation hedging ETFs.
For decades, inflation was the bogeyman that was always believed to be just around the corner ... yet never quite revealed its face. after...
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Wall Street’s Best Dividend Stocks Daily Alert
The majority of this fund’s holdings (68.33%) are AAA-rated and above. The fund has a current dividend yield of 2.99%, paid monthly.
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Wall Street’s Best Dividend Stocks Daily Alert: Buy (PRFRX) and (FFRHX)
These bond funds are both comprised of floating rate bonds and have current yields of 4.08% and 4.07%, respectively, paid monthly.
T. Rowe Price Floating Rate (PRFRX) and Fidelity Floating Rate High Income (FFRHX)
From The No-Load Fund Investor
It’s important to remember that bonds of maturities...
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DANGER: Six Investments You Might Not Know Are at Risk Because of Interest Rate Increases
Rising interest rates mean danger for more than just bonds. Do you own any of the six asset classes below that are in the line of fire from rising rates?
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“Tapering” Wallops Income Investments
Last month was a lousy month for most yield-focused investments, including both fixed-income securities like bonds and high-yield instruments like MLPs and REITs. The ostensible reason was the Fed’s suggestion that it might start “tapering” off its asset purchases and allow interest rates rise...
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How much do you need to retire?
"How much do you need to retire? (Or, if you are already retired, how much can you safely spend?) These are the most important financial questions that our clients face. Although each family's situation may call for a different answer, there are some that...
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An Interview with Bob Brinker
Today, I'm pleased to bring you another installment in the Dick Davis Digest's Contributor Interview Series. Last week, I got to talk to Bob Brinker, editor of The Brinker Fixed Income Advisor. Read our conversation below for his advice on investing in low-interest environment,...
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Dividend Edition: Advantages of Dividend-Paying Stocks
In today’s Dividend Edition, I’d like to share a recent article from Richard J. Moroney’s Dow Theory Forecasts. In it, Moroney explains why dividend-paying stocks are now probably a better investment, even for conservative investors, than bond funds. “For many investors, holding bonds sense...
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How to Make Money in Any Market
In Canadian newsletter The MoneyLetter, Keith Richards, a portfolio manager at ValueTrend Wealth Management, makes the argument that the market will trend sideways for...
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Why Invest in Dividend-Paying Stocks Now?
Today’s income-oriented investor has an unprecedented variety of income- paying investments to choose from: there are bonds and bond-based funds, of course, but there are also MLPs, BDCs, preferred stocks, REITs, income trusts and more. But while the yields on these instruments can quite...
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