Originally posted on October 15, 2013. UPDATE 6.16.2020: Today, this is a more vital strategy than ever. Your key to surviving market volatility is to make sure you have dividend paying stocks. With dividends you’re a winner each and every year. As a dividend-centric investor your goal isn’t to sell stocks at a higher price. […]
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Here’s What You Need to Know about Dividends
Originally posted March 20, 2019. In November 1999 tech stocks with no dividends seemed like a sure bet. Despite the hype, I was still doing my best to encourage my readers to stick the principles of dividends and compounding. Here’s what I wrote then: Historically, Dividends Provide Much of Total Return What about the base […]
“Good Golly Miss Molly!” You Own a Bank?
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XLIV Originally posted on May 12, 2020. When you visit me in Newport, R.I. you’ll need your GPS. Our office is at 98 William Street, but you’ll never find a number on our building. We like it that way. The privacy. The building? It’s beautiful. It’s brick with ivy climbing […]
You Want the Limo, Not the Public Bus
Your investing future does not have to be relegated to a public transportation type of experience. You have a choice. And you can go in first class comfort or, instead, take a seat in the back of the bus. Here’s what I mean. To start, don’t spring for yesterday’s investments – stock index funds or […]
The Power of a Compound Interest Table
Originally posted October 1, 2019. Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery of all time by Albert Einstein. Compound interest “Tis the stone that will turn all of your lead into gold,” according to Benjamin Franklin. The late great Richard Russell explained compound interest as the royal road to riches. Below I’ll explain […]
For You I Want Steady Income and Here’s Why
When you own an income-producing asset, you’re immediately in a position to harness the power of compound interest. Too often, investors get caught up in the ups and downs of the market rather than the flow of cash into their pockets. The basic premise behind selling at higher prices means you need to get rid […]
Do Stocks Always Beat Bonds Over the Long Run?
The WSJ reports on new work that shows historically investment-grade bonds have beaten stocks in 40% of ten year periods. What’s more, in many 10-year periods the return on bonds is only about a percentage point less than the return on stocks. With Treasury bond yields nearing rock bottom levels, it would seem to be […]
Here’s How I Climbed on the Dividend Bandwagon
Originally posted March 11, 2020. There are few histories as crucial to the course of my life as my awakening to the power of compound interest and the importance of dividends. Since my decision to climb on the dividend bandwagon, I have been an evangelist to hundreds of thousands of paid subscribers, and many more […]
This Billionaire is Buying up the Energy Sector
Originally posted March 10, 2020. While most investors are retreating, billionaire Sam Zell is buying up the energy sector. Shawn Langlois reports at MarketWatch: That’s Chicago billionaire Sam Zell talking to CNBC “Squawk Box” on Thursday about how he’s navigating his investments in the coronavirus scare. The founder of Equity Group Investments said he has […]
Dividend “Suspensions” Not Dividend Cuts Coming Fast
Originally posted on April 2, 2020. The liberal electronic and print media will shortly be howling – with cartoon-size bold headlines – about dividend cuts. We just began the second quarter of the year. Third-quarter earnings reports will, thanks to the lying Chinese, be breathtakingly ugly. And the media will be out in full force […]
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