In the past ten years, the S&P 500 has returned an average +0.2% a year. However, what if I told you there is a class of income investments that has returned an average of +10% annually during the same time frame? Read More
Analyst Articles
This Signal Says Dividend Increases Will Be on the Rise
January 21, 2010
Last week a colleague of mine put a clipping from The Wall Street Journal on my desk. To be honest, the headline of the article — “Last Year’s Dividend Slash Was $58 Billion” — caught me a little off guard. Read More
The Daily Paycheck — Mid-Month Update — January 2010
January 15, 2010
it looks like that trend is well underway. In the fourth quarter of 2009, 74 of the 7,000 companies that the S&P tracks cut their dividends. But 484 companies raised their dividends in the fourth quarter. Find out which company Amy picks to add to her revolutionary new strategy. Read More
A Top Strategist’s Revolutionary New Income Strategy
December 31, 2009
Amy, what do you see as promising areas for income investors in 2010? Despite this rally, I’m happy to say there are still plenty of chances to lock in strong — and frequent — dividends. One area I like is master limited partnerships (will lead to above-average… Read More
How to Earn 26.5% on $20,000
December 17, 2009
They say the first time parents feel old is when they realize their children are old. When I graduated college, my mother still called me her baby. When I turned 40, she said I still reminded her of a schoolgirl. Then one night, my mother and I… Read More
Take Control of Your Portfolio and Start Getting Paid
December 15, 2009
Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Daily Paycheck. In future issues I will devote this section of the newsletter to an in-depth look at my favorite opportunities for income investors. Read More
Oil at $200 per barrel: That’s what an analyst at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) predicted in May 2008. At the time, oil had just hit a record high , surpassing $110 per barrel. A month later, the CEO of the Russian energy company Gazprom predicted $250 per barrel oil. Read More
This Commodity is Poised to Outshine Gold
November 19, 2009
Gold has been grabbing all the headlines lately as the price for the precious metal has hit record highs. In the weeks and months to come, however, you’re going to be hearing about a far more pedestrian commodity: Rice. The price of rice has started to climb based on reports… Read More
This Time the House Pays with More Dividend Jackpots to Come
November 16, 2009
In Las Vegas, they say the house always wins. But that’s about to change. In an industry with few dividend payers, Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN) is changing the paradigm. Wynn recently announced that its board approved a $0.20 per share quarterly dividend. The first… Read More
Get This Last Rebound Opportunity Before It Disappears
October 27, 2009
When the market hit new lows in March, it was understandably hard for investors to pull the trigger. They knew they’d be buying into an investment landscape rife with risk. Hindsight is 20/20. Just six months later, investors can see the returns they might have captured had they taken the… Read More