Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared with readers two crucial types of dividend stocks that make up my three-part Daily Paycheck Retirement Strategy. #-ad_banner-#By using the right combination of dividend stocks, I’ve been able to collect more than $1,400 per month in dividend checks over the past year, and I’ve seen my original $200,000 real-money portfolio grow to over $300,000 today — for a 50% gain in less than five years. In previous issues of StreetAuthority Daily, I talked about my “sweet spot” high yielders — which maximize income — here, and my “Lifetime Income Growers” — which maximize… Read More

Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared with readers two crucial types of dividend stocks that make up my three-part Daily Paycheck Retirement Strategy. #-ad_banner-#By using the right combination of dividend stocks, I’ve been able to collect more than $1,400 per month in dividend checks over the past year, and I’ve seen my original $200,000 real-money portfolio grow to over $300,000 today — for a 50% gain in less than five years. In previous issues of StreetAuthority Daily, I talked about my “sweet spot” high yielders — which maximize income — here, and my “Lifetime Income Growers” — which maximize growth — here. But what about minimizing risk? Especially in today’s volatile market? Well, that’s where my last group of securities comes into play. I’ve used them to make my portfolio 26% less volatile on average than the S&P 500. I call them “Steady Income Generators.” These are under-the-radar companies and funds that deliver consistent dividends no matter what happens in the market. Unrest in the Middle East… a spike in the national debt… a global recession… Whatever happens domestically or around the world, these stocks have proven they can weather just about any storm that comes their way. To… Read More

In a recent issue of StreetAuthority Daily, I told you all about my strategy for maximizing income by investing in stocks that fall in the high-yield ‘sweet spot’. They aren’t the absolute highest yielding stocks on the market, but this special group of stocks has outperformed all others, and returned an average of 14% per year over the past 86 years. And while these stocks are a key part of my portfolio — and consistently provide me ample dividend checks — “maximizing income” is just one aspect of my 3-part Daily Paycheck Retirement System. #-ad_banner-#​… Read More

In a recent issue of StreetAuthority Daily, I told you all about my strategy for maximizing income by investing in stocks that fall in the high-yield ‘sweet spot’. They aren’t the absolute highest yielding stocks on the market, but this special group of stocks has outperformed all others, and returned an average of 14% per year over the past 86 years. And while these stocks are a key part of my portfolio — and consistently provide me ample dividend checks — “maximizing income” is just one aspect of my 3-part Daily Paycheck Retirement System. #-ad_banner-#​I like to call this second group of stocks “Lifetime Income Growers.” These are the few companies that I think you could buy today and potentially hold for the rest of your life. And while you hold them, they can shower you with bigger and bigger dividends year in and year out. These stocks have one very distinct characteristic — “Lifetime Income Growers” are generally dominant companies with growing cash flows that you can depend on to pay — and increase — their dividends year after year. In other words, you likely won’t get a 10%… Read More

The S&P 500 Index dropped 56.8% from October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009. The global financial system nearly collapsed. World trade halted. The former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke recently called September and October 2008 “the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.”  What started roughly seven years ago wasn’t a normal market correction: It was an economic trauma. And while that trauma has been behind us for some time, many of the investors who lived through it can’t let it go.  #-ad_banner-#For them, it has become the monster under the bed. Every… Read More

The S&P 500 Index dropped 56.8% from October 9, 2007 to March 9, 2009. The global financial system nearly collapsed. World trade halted. The former head of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke recently called September and October 2008 “the worst financial crisis in global history, including the Great Depression.”  What started roughly seven years ago wasn’t a normal market correction: It was an economic trauma. And while that trauma has been behind us for some time, many of the investors who lived through it can’t let it go.  #-ad_banner-#For them, it has become the monster under the bed. Every time the market drops even the slightest bit, they see the potential for a market crash. And if there is one thing I’ve learned as an investor, it’s that objectivity — not fear — is my ally.  I’ve been investing for more than thirty years. Granted, I just missed the high-inflation of the 1970s. But I had money in the market on October 19, 1987. Known as “Black Monday,” the market dropped 22% in a single day.  I had money in the market during the dotcom crash. And I’ve had money in the market during the last five recessions —… Read More

Since I launched The Daily Paycheck in December 2009, a number of new securities have come on the market. Many of them have been designed to address the investing challenges specific to our times. For instance, in the United States, the Baby Boomer generation is starting to reach retirement age. For the next twenty years, an average of 10,000 people per day will reach age 65. #-ad_banner-#​When you think about all the new people who will be looking for a way to pay their monthly bills in retirement, it’s not surprising that the number of monthly… Read More

Since I launched The Daily Paycheck in December 2009, a number of new securities have come on the market. Many of them have been designed to address the investing challenges specific to our times. For instance, in the United States, the Baby Boomer generation is starting to reach retirement age. For the next twenty years, an average of 10,000 people per day will reach age 65. #-ad_banner-#​When you think about all the new people who will be looking for a way to pay their monthly bills in retirement, it’s not surprising that the number of monthly dividend-paying securities is also beginning to grow. In this issue, I want to cover a unique fund that pays monthly dividends and offers a much higher-than-average yield. There’s a relatively new bond ETF with a special feature that is designed to protect investors from rising interest rates. It’s called the ProShares High Yield-Interest Rate Hedged ETF (HYHG). Given time, the financial community will find a way to cater to investors’ changing needs. This bond ETF, launched on May 23, 2013, is a… Read More

As many of my long-time readers know, I generally like to have my portfolio holdings equally split among three types of dividend stocks: High-Yield Opportunities, Fast Dividend Growers, and Steady Income Generators. (I talked in more detail about these three types in a recent issue of Dividend Opportunities.) #-ad_banner-#​The critical discovery I’ve made over the past five years is that by using the right combination of dividend stocks, you can you create a retirement portfolio that maximizes income, maximizes growth and minimizes risk. This is exactly what my Daily Paycheck Retirement Strategy is all about. It’s… Read More

As many of my long-time readers know, I generally like to have my portfolio holdings equally split among three types of dividend stocks: High-Yield Opportunities, Fast Dividend Growers, and Steady Income Generators. (I talked in more detail about these three types in a recent issue of Dividend Opportunities.) #-ad_banner-#​The critical discovery I’ve made over the past five years is that by using the right combination of dividend stocks, you can you create a retirement portfolio that maximizes income, maximizes growth and minimizes risk. This is exactly what my Daily Paycheck Retirement Strategy is all about. It’s how I’ve been able to collect nearly $1,400 per month in dividends over the past year, and how my real-money portfolio has grown from $200,000 to over $310,000 in less than five years. As I said, the strategy uses three types of dividend stocks. But to maximize income, my Daily Paycheck Strategy dedicates nearly a third of its portfolio to high-yield dividend stocks. I doubt I need to tell you the primary benefit of this elite category. High-yielding securities are defined by their generous income payouts. This makes them particularly attractive for anyone looking for a… Read More