From Cabot Growth Investor
Following last Wednesday’s massive 800-point Dow decline, the market has shaped up decently, with most major indexes rallying a bit more than halfway up their month-to-date range. That said, when looking at the overall picture, the market is still doing chopping...
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The Dog Days of Summer
We are in the dog days of summer, the hottest, most sultry days of the year. The expression “dog days” is an old one. In fact, it’s really old. The Romans used it.
It’s one of those expressions that everyone but...
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A Cautious View at the Midpoint of the Year
We’ve reached the midpoint of 2019, which means it’s a good time to take some stock of where we are and where we might be headed for the rest of the year.
In several ways, things pretty...
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The Incredible Opportunity of 5G
Technology seems to provide us with new English words all the time. Nobody ever heard the terms “tweet” or “selfie” or “photobomb” just a few years ago. So many new terms are thrown around that it’s tempting to ignore of...
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Exploit the Accelerating Technological Revolution
We have a tendency to focus on our everyday lives without truly appreciating how the world is changing around us. But understanding the tectonic shifts outside of our near-term consciousness is crucial to successful investing.
I realized the other day I’ve...
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More than 80% of the S&P pays a dividend these days. Here are the 10 highest-paying dividend stocks in the index, plus several more quality high yielders.
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Things look bleak on Wall Street right now. But the market will eventually rebound. When it does, these 12 popular large-cap stocks will lead the charge.
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The 10 highest paying dividend stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial all yield more than 3%. But which of them would I buy today?
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The highest paying dividend stocks in the S&P 500 share certain commonalities. Here's a closer look at the 10 highest yielders.
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Coca-Cola stock has been dragging of late. But there's a lot to like about this dividend stalwart, with plenty of opportunity for future growth.
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The stock market’s pullback resumed yesterday, but this still looks like a normal retreat following a breakneck four-month rally. One warning light is decreasing breadth, which suggests that when the rally gets going again, it could be driven by a smaller group of stocks.
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The highest paying dividend stocks are the best place to find regular income and lead a relatively secure life. Fortunately, we know where to find them.
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High-yielding dividend stocks have been some of the best performing stocks on the market this year, leading to some out-of-whack valuations. Is a bubble forming, or is this the new normal for the top dividend payers?
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As Close to Free Money as You Can Find
Using Buy-Writes to Generate Income
Double the Yield on Dividend Stocks!
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"Nothing in life is free!" Many of us learned that expression at an early age, and I strongly agree with it. If anyone promises me free I..
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If you had invested exclusively in the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) last year, you would have finished the year down 0.81%. But if you had applied the very basic options strategy called a Buy-Write, you would have easily beaten those results.
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Would you lend a friend $100 if he promised to pay you back $99 within a year?
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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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“It seems inevitable that taxes on qualified stock dividends will increase in 2013. The only question is by how much. In the absence of new legislation to the contrary, the top federal rate on qualified dividends will jump from 15% currently to 43.4% income...
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Over the past year, I’ve had many great conversations with our Dick Davis Digest contributors, as part of our Contributor Interview Series for Investment of the Week. In today’s Dividend Edition, I thought I’d collect some of the best income investing advice these shared...
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Dividend-paying stocks have been growing in popularity for years now, as legions of retirees are forced to look beyond low-yielding government bonds to maintain their income. So in this latest installment in our Dick Davis Digest contributor interview series, I talked to Dividend Editor...
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