Dividend Yield
5 High-Yielding S&P Stocks: Is It The Right Time To Buy?
Key Points About three-fourths of the S&P 500 pay a dividend. According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, dividends have contributed approximately 32% of total S&P return since 1926. The current yield of the S&P is 1.55%. That’s below the 10-year Treasury yield, but that’s an average. Remember: High yields don’t come without risk. It’s not unusual […]
A Preferred Stock ETF With A Secret Strategy
Most of the time, preferred stock shares are pretty boring. However, the rapid increase in interest rates has turned a subset of the preferred universe into potentially outstanding investment opportunities. You could dig out the right preferred stocks yourself or invest in an ETF that does precisely that. Let me show you how to do […]
Buy This, Not That: 3 Preferred Funds Yielding 7%-9%
Is there still a chance to buy the bank dip? You bet—with nifty yields up to 9.4%! We’re going to avoid the regional lenders, which pains me to say because I love banking with the small guys. But I’m not looking to own them as the economy slows down. No, nothing personal, but I’ll take […]
Get A 6% Yield In A Red-Hot Market
Japan has been mired in an economic slump for decades. Despite keeping its benchmark interest rate below 1% since 1995—and at or below 0% or below for more than a decade—GDP growth rates have struggled to consistently stay in positive territory. That’s why investing in Japanese stocks has been mostly an exercise in futility for […]
This AI-Powered Dividend Yields 10% (And Pays Monthly)
Few folks know it, but there’s a way to tap the surging AI trend for a growing 10% dividend. Better still, this monster “AI-powered payout” comes our way monthly. That’s a far sight better than what most folks are doing these days: focusing on a handful of dividend paying blue chip tech stocks like Microsoft (MSFT). There’s […]
5 Cheap Dividend Stocks Yielding Up To 10.3%
The best thing about a multi-year bear market? The bargains. Today we’ll talk dividend deals. Big payers. Stocks yielding up to 10.3% and trading for as little as three-times free cash flow (FCF). That’s right—3X FCF! Profits are Fake, Cash Flow is Real Wall Street accountants can “adjust” just about every number in a 10-Q. “Adjusted earnings.” “Adjusted […]
A “Private Equity” Mini-Portfolio That Yields 10%-Plus
Private equity (PE) is a rich guy and gal favorite. PE firms find deals and deliver outsized dividends. They don’t like dealing with common folk. So, PE shops typically set a minimum of a few hundred thousand dollars or so to invest. But we contrarians have a better way! By tapping BDCs—or business development companies—we […]
3 Dividends (Up To 14.6%) Paid Out Each And Every Month
It doesn’t get any better than monthly dividends. Getting paid every 30 days aligns nicely with our monthly bill schedule. Today we’ll discuss three monthly dividend stocks yielding 5.4% to 14.6% per year. Yes, that’s right, 14.6% per year! Worth it? We’ll discuss that shortly. First, an ode to the monthly payment. Below I’d like […]
How To Make Money During Stock Market Crises
With the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the hit to financial sector stocks has been brutal. As a reference, the iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT) dropped by more than 30% in a few days. During a follow-up webinar with my newsletter subscribers, I discussed how steep market corrections have been showing up more often… And how […]
Our Second Chance To Buy The “Bond Bounce” (For 10% Dividends) Is Here
Right now we’ve got a terrific setup happening in Treasuries—and we’re going to use it to “flip” the near-4% yield the 10-year pays into a gaudy 7.9%+, paid monthly, to boot. And there’s more: we’re going to give ourselves a rare “double discount” on our bond buys. We’ll do it by taking already-discounted bonds (thanks to Jay […]
