I watched the Grant’s Interest Rate Observer Conference this week via webcast, and it continues to be one of my favorite events — though I’d rather be there in person. These are some of my notes about the presentations I found most interesting… no “quick take” here, sorry, these are mostly notes and my responses. […]
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The last teaser pitch I looked at from Brett Owens turned out to be very fortuitously timed — he was teasing several health care REITs as his way to “benefit from the biggest demographic shift in US history” back in early February, and that turned out to be just a few days before the sector […]
Bryan Perry is pitching his Cash Machine newsletter, which has been recommending high-yield investments for many years, by using the tempting prospect of monthly dividends. If you haven’t caught the “monthly” bug, these are stocks (or funds) that simply pay their dividend twelve times a year instead of the traditional four. Some income-hungry investors really […]
December is the time of year when most people (including me) think about selling, not buying. For those with taxable accounts, this is the opportunity to cut your tax bill a little bit by turning those paper losses into actual cash losses by selling stocks that have gone down. But that also creates some opportunity. […]
“Started in 1873 to provide monthly income to widows and orphans in Scotland… “‘Title VI’ Funds Are Now the Preferred Investment Secret of the Super-Rich! …. “There’s a type of fund — a fund that most Americans know very little about — that’s responsible for protecting and growing the wealth of the world’s greatest investors. […]
I think the folks at Agora Financial staged a bit of an upgrade for their Lifetime Income Report last year when they brought on Neil George to manage it — not that he’s infallible, of course, or that the prior editor Jim Nelson was terrible (I don’t know his record) but George has been a […]
“And collect up to $3,000 a month in TAX FREE income starting as early as Feb. 13, 2008.” That’s how a recent email teaser ad from Stansberry and Associates for Steve Sjuggerud’s True Wealth newsletter opens — and this kind of investment is always very appealing for folks when stocks are in crisis mode, as […]
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Haven’t looked at any of them recently. With closed-end funds I’d always look at expense ratio, leverage and discoun...
re: stop losses/buy limits. Like most of the rest of you, I have my own personal investment philosophy on stop losses ...
That's an insane amount of diversification that's probably giving a false sense of security -- almost all bond investmen...
I haven't looked into that particular ad yet, but we'll throw it on the pile. Closed-end funds can be fairly appealing ...
Brett really provides background on his picks. The most recent issues have compiled and ranked the best places to put ...
I have used VV for several years to identify potential opportunities for our retirement money. We are concentrated in C...
$CRBP While I am not passing judgement on Corbus insiders multiple small purchases, I would like to bring up an analo...
These have to be something like Closed-end funds. The ingredients of management, leverage, representation of stocks and ...
I've covered his picks a few times this year, the most recent was a look at ...
For folks who don't know this one, DNP is a levered closed-end fund that's mostly invested in utilities -- it trades at ...
Reply 11. 12 | | What do these icons mean? laketangler says: May 28, 2016 at 2:16 pm ...
Wow, this guy is sure in the hard asset camp big-time. He seems to have dividend income so that's a great approach. Llot...
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A viewpoint from a 71 yr. old retiree. My current portfolio is 28% cash, 8% physical precious metals, 9% precious metal...
Hi Travis, thank you for your comments on closed-end funds. I have invested in PCI, PDI,PHK and PTY. The net combined...
I don't know much about this specific closed-end fund, but there are probably 30-40 closed-end funds that are fairly sim...
I was looking at MAB, that's where those numbers came from. There are several others, including MMV, MHE, NMT -- all ha...
I just got "a fifth dividend" on a stock I own (but which is not in the www.global-investing.com portfolio) and I am abs...
While I agree with the Gumshoe Guru that you shouldn't buy discounted closed-end funds (CEFs) thinking the discount will...
Farmer John, AOD is terrific. Management specializes in the "dividend capture" technique, and that's a good, systematic...
It's true, pretty much all the closed-end funds for MLPs (there are only a few others that I know of, notable the Tortoi...
I watched Perry for quite a while and he moves in and out of basically the same stocks and funds. If you get a copy of h...
Hey fellas. I have subscribed for a couple of months. Seems like a solid, well-researched, service. Holdings have tak...
Thanks Reuben -- yes, ETFs and Closed-End funds can also be used for investing in corporate bonds portfolios. For Close...
CEFs are closed-end funds, mutual funds that have a set number of shares and trade on an exchange, usually at either a d...
Cocoon; Perpetual Money Machine is a diversified mix of 8 CEF's (closed-end funds) paying 7-10% interest monthly. Ma...