Identifying the best IRA investments is less a matter of asset performance and more a matter of asset type and tax considerations. It's important to not only hold the best-performing investments but to hold them in the right places too.
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This bank is a bet on the turnaround of the Puerto Rican economy. The shares have a current dividend yield of 2.42%, paid quarterly.
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This municipal bond fund has a current dividend yield of 2.80%, paid monthly.
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt (VWITX)
From Capitalist Times
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt (VWITX) has a long history of stable annual returns, including during recessions, market crashes and periods of rising interest rates.
The fund sold off the...
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This diversified muni bond fund has a high yield of 4.24%, paid monthly.
Market Vectors High Yield Municipal Index (HYD)
From The No-Load Fund Investor
Up 7.4% year-to-date through September, Market Vectors High Yield Municipal Index (HYD) has produced an annualized total return of 6.7% over past...
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Wall Street Best Editor’s comments: I’ve known Marilyn Cohen for more than 15 years through my work with the Money Show. We’ve sat on several fixed income panels together, I’ve interviewed her many times, and she is my ‘go-to’ person when I have question...
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Netflix 5.375% bonds due February 1st, 2021; CUSIP 64110LAE6 From Envision Capital Management
Who doesn’t know Netflix? Investors may have missed its meteoric stock rise in 2015 but for those with a more conservative bent should look at their bonds.
Granted, most bond gurus have junk...
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Recent sales by an insider have created a discounted buying opportunity in this bond insurer.
MBIA Inc. (MBI)
from The Buyback Letter
MBIA Inc. (MBI), headquartered in Purchase, N.Y, is a bond insurer which insures municipal debt, providing credit protection and markets access. Municipal Bond Insurance (MBIA)...
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Yield isn’t the only factor when choosing a municipal bond, as contributor Marilyn Cohen warns.
Westfield Indiana Multi-School Building Corp. 4% Due July 15, 2024 (CUSIP: 96023PJN6), Chemeketa Oregon Community College District (CUSIP: 163597HY6), and North Little Rock Arkansas School District #1 (CUSIP: 660631VE9)
from Capital...
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Becoming an active investor will help you enjoy the market when it gets moving again.
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Tax-free bond funds yield peanuts these days, so if you’re trying to actually grow your money, there’s only one sensible course.
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I shouted at the top of my lungs that the rating agencies are all derelict in their duties of honest and forthright analyses related to Puerto Rico, Chicago and Illinois. Well, nothing has changed for the better. Indeed, the news from...
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Sometime in the near-ish future, the Fed is going to raise interest rates for the first time in over five years. When they do, the companies and governments that have been issuing bonds at rock-bottom rates for years will have to start offering favorable...
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Bargains can be found in high-quality companies paying dividends yielding more than high-quality bonds.
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One month ago, unable to pay its debts with an ever-dwindling supply of cash flow, the city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy, becoming the largest American city ever to do so. The filing left holders of $369 million in G.O. (general obligation) bonds by...
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Today's Daily Alert introduces a new covered call recommendation from Systems & Forecasts. As we've discussed here before, covered calls are actually a very safe way to use options to boost your income from stocks. You can read more about the covered call here...
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CEFs, also called closed-end investment management companies, are different from mutual funds and ETFs because they issue a limited number of shares. That actually makes them more similar to ordinary publicly-listed companies than funds: when a new investor buys into a CEF, they to...
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Fund investing has come a long way. Buying mutual funds for the security and convenience of having your money invested by a fund manager is still a popular investment practice--in large part thanks to inertia--but it's no longer the only fund game in funds,...
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Many income investors like municipal bonds for their tax advantages and yield. But the two experts below have some warnings about the sector. “I am frequently asked about municipal bonds and why I have not recommended them in this newsletter. The short answer I..
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“As has become abundantly clear this summer, the federal government has a debt crisis. In the past 10 years, U.S. Treasury obligations have risen from less than $6 trillion to more than $15 trillion. Normally, a borrower loading up on debt in this becomes...
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There are investment options for tax-advantaged yields despite coming changes in dividend tax laws.
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