The Pros and Cons of DRIP Plans and DRIP Stocks
Dividend reinvestment is one of income investors' most powerful weapons, and DRIP plans are the best way to do it. But DRIPs do have their drawbacks.
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The Best Investments for Kids You Can Start Today
This long-term investment strategy relies heavily on dividends and is one of the best investments for kids. Here's how it works.
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Cabot Dividend Investor 921
It’s still an amazing market. The S&P is up 96% from the bear market low in March of 2020. The index is also up over 20% so far this year.
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How to Reinvest Dividends: 3 Pros, 3 Cons
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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Cabot Dividend Investor 821
It’s a confusing market. The indexes have rallied over 100% since the bottom in March of 2020. And fears abound over the new virus strain and inflation. It seems like a perfect storm for a slap in the face after Labor Day.
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Cabot Dividend Investor 721
Remember income? It used to be so easy. But good yields from traditional investments have gone the way of the eight-track tape.
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Can You Hold MLPs in Your IRA?
If you own a large dollar amount of individual MLPs, you may be best off holding them in a regular taxable brokerage account, and here's why.
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It’s hard to get away from the current headlines. It’s all about the pandemic and recovery. Lately, they’re throwing in some inflation talk to spice things up.
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Cabot Dividend Investor 521
The easy money and sky-high returns of the earlier recovery may be over. But the party for income investors is still going strong.
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This is an unusual environment to say the least. The market is looking ahead to the highest GDP growth in decades as vaccines end the lockdowns and restrictions. And forecasts continue to rise. At the same time, trillions in government stimulus will flood the...
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A Superstar in a Financial Megatrend
This is a wild market. Yesterday’s perennial losers are today’s big winners. At the same time, long dominant technology stocks are taking a beating. Cyclical or open-up stocks are on fire, and for good reason.
The U.S. economy has exceeded...
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The Market Just Keeps on Going
The bull market keeps raging. All three major indexes just made still new all-time highs. The S&P 500 is up about 20% since the end of October and 78% since the low of last March. How long can keep...
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A Goliath of the Dawning Digital Age
Are you sick of hearing about the virus and the election? I know I am. But there’s good news. As hard as it may be to believe, these current obsessions will fade away, and soon. As the from...
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Dividend Investing 101: Your Official Guide to Getting Started
Not sure where to begin with dividends? Here's your dividend investing 101 class, with everything you need to know to profit.
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Profit from the Resurgence of the Banks
The vaccine is changing everything. Stocks that had been left for dead by the market recovery are springing back to life and leading the market higher.
A coronavirus vaccine could end the pandemic and usher in a full in...
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The Promised Land Awaits
It has been an amazing week in the market. Events have transpired to leave the market approaching all-time historic highs. And it may be just the beginning.
In the past weeks and months there were two major risks holding the market the...
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Amidst the Uncertainty, Bank on the Aging Population
It’s certainly been a weird year. In fact, it’s probably the craziest year I’ve ever lived through. And it’s not over yet.
No one could have predicted a pandemic would sweep the globe and crash the economy. a..
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A High Growth/Low Volatility Stock for an Uncertain Market
Here we are. The cold Labor Day slap in the face has arrived.
For several weeks I have warned that investors could change their attitudes when the rubber hit the road after Labor Day. As people off...
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You Can Bank on an Aging Population
What a spectacular market. The pandemic and economic crash was apparently just a temporary diversion for the stock market. The indexes are right back to nosebleed territory.
The S&P 500 is now within bad breath distance of the record...
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The Pandemic Creates a High-Yielding Superstar
It’s time to look beyond the market disruptions and personal nuisances caused by this pandemic. It will go away sooner or later, and headlines will obsess with something else. But the ordeal of the lockdown and virus may to...
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