Love it or hate it, the revolution in information technology is not going anywhere. In fact, it’s accelerating. There’s cloud computing, a collective term referring to businesses running their operations via shared resources and the internet, and blockchain technology, which is being used as a more secure way store records and record transactions. Then there’s artificial intelligence, or AI, which utilizes self-learning machines to improve all sorts of business processes. —Recommended Link— The Market’s Most SECRETIVE Indicator… Pioneered by a Texas investing firm, with a PROVEN million-dollar track record, the little-known “MP Score” is something outsiders rarely hear about—until… Read More

Love it or hate it, the revolution in information technology is not going anywhere. In fact, it’s accelerating. There’s cloud computing, a collective term referring to businesses running their operations via shared resources and the internet, and blockchain technology, which is being used as a more secure way store records and record transactions. Then there’s artificial intelligence, or AI, which utilizes self-learning machines to improve all sorts of business processes. —Recommended Link— The Market’s Most SECRETIVE Indicator… Pioneered by a Texas investing firm, with a PROVEN million-dollar track record, the little-known “MP Score” is something outsiders rarely hear about—until now… Get started HERE. There’s no doubt we live in a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world. But as I tell my premium readers over at The Daily Paycheck, as income investors, we don’t have to stand idly by watching these new technologies change the way most businesses operate and most consumers function. Income-oriented investors can participate in the future, too, even without giving up much dividend income. I believe that some companies such as a 4.4%-yielding International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), while having cheaper valuations because of past missteps and/or the weight of the older “legacy” business, do have… Read More

It is often said that value investing requires patience. Unlike most investment-related generalizations, this statement is actually 100% correct. While value investing is often viewed as more of a long-term venture than “growth” investing, the fact is that any investing requires patience and discipline. Not every position works out immediately. Moreover, because nobody can time the market, some of the best-researched ideas and strategies might require time — and patience — to begin paying off. #-ad_banner-#Over the past decade, however, value investors — ones who seek cheaper stocks selected on the basis of more attractive valuations — needed a bit… Read More

It is often said that value investing requires patience. Unlike most investment-related generalizations, this statement is actually 100% correct. While value investing is often viewed as more of a long-term venture than “growth” investing, the fact is that any investing requires patience and discipline. Not every position works out immediately. Moreover, because nobody can time the market, some of the best-researched ideas and strategies might require time — and patience — to begin paying off. #-ad_banner-#Over the past decade, however, value investors — ones who seek cheaper stocks selected on the basis of more attractive valuations — needed a bit more patience than usual. That’s because value investors have been waiting, largely in vain, for their investment style to outperform the market. The chart below illustrates this conundrum: over the last 10 years, the value index, represented on the chart below by the iShares S&P 500 Value exchange-traded fund (NYSE: IVE), has returned significantly less than its faster-growing counterpart, iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSE: IVW): 57% vs 143%, respectively. (The S&P 500 Value and the S&P 500 Growth indices don’t overlap and, combined, they comprise the better-known S&P 500.) Wait a minute, you might say, this is… Read More