Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
New highs are good. Nine portfolio positions are at or near the 52-week high. Let’s be happy.
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How to Write Covered Call Options
Writing covered call options is a great way to boost your yield on stocks you already own, and involves a lot less risk than most investors think.
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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 Weekly Update
Forget the virus. Forget about the Fed tightening. It’s all about earnings now.
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Cabot Dividend Investor 1021
As financial markets have grown in sophistication, private equity investing is no longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
So far, October has been volatile. There have been strong rallies that quickly become undone in the following days. The market is still even for the month, but it looks very unsteady.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
The market had its worse day since March yesterday. The worry de jour was the debt limit. I believe the issue will be resolved long before a default occurs one way or another.
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Why Business Development Company Investing Makes Sense
Investing in a business development company is a high-risk, high-reward proposition for income investors. But there are ways to mitigate the risks.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
Today, markets are rallying as much as they fell on Monday ahead of the Fed meeting this afternoon.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
So far, the post-Labor Day market has been just a little bit crummy. Stocks have drifted slightly lower over the past week. While that’s nothing alarming, it is a reversal of the summer market where stocks were drifting slightly higher. It could be the...
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Retirement Savings Calculator: Pros and Cons
A retirement savings calculator isn't an exact projection, but it can be a good starting point when planning for retirement.
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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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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
Although it went by way too fast, it’s been a glorious summer in the market. The S&P 500 is up 8% since Memorial Day. And the index is now up over 20% so far in 2021.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
The summer malaise is in full swing. The market is doing pretty much exactly what it was doing when investors went on vacation and stopped paying attention.
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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 Weekly Update
The earnings extravaganza is in full swing. It’s the peak of the season that marks the peak earnings growth of this extraordinary recovery. And the market is sort of yawning it off. Part of the issue is summer malaise. People just tend to more...
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
A crazy earnings season meets a sideways market. Investors have been looking for a narrative that gains traction. Maybe earnings will provide it.
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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
The bears sure enjoyed a rare day in the sun on Monday. The Dow had its worst day of the year, down more than 3%. Pessimists haven’t loved life like that since March of 2020.
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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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Cabot Dividend Investor Weekly Update
There is a Fed meeting today. The ultimate oracle of wisdom will bestow their current thinking upon anxious traders.
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