I call it “Squirrel Syndrome.” The term comes from the 2009 Pixar movie “Up,” one I really enjoyed watching with my now-teenage daughters when they wer...
Income & Bonds
State of the market: The bond market gets closer to an all-in bet on recession as stocks give back half of their post-Thanksgiving rally gains in one day, writes Dr. Marvin Ap...
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping called a temporary truce over trade and tariffs. The news that the U.S. wouldn’t raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chines...
Yes, there was a strong rebound off the October lows, which is classic market action. Almost textbook as well is the dramatic intra-day swings and alternating days of declines...
Investing
Dividend Expert's Three Safe Investments
It may feel like the sky is falling. But not everything is going down. Here are three great safe investments that have actually gone up over the past ...
Trading
Trading Lesson: 2019 Bond Market Outlook Flashing Mixed Signals
The bond market is sending mixed signals, indicating contradictory risks that on the one hand, long-term interest rates may rise. On the other, the ec...
Investing
VICI Properties: Roll the Dice on a Casino REIT
Tickers:
VICI
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) own, operate or finance income-producing real estate; they avoid double taxation by organizing as a corporation ...
Investing
Yieldcos: A Renewable Trio
Yieldcos are companies that own renewable power production assets such as wind farms, solar energy facilities, and hydropower production assets, expla...
Investing
Western Asset Core Bond: For Up and Dow Markets
Western Asset Core Bond Fund (WATFX), is a bond fund that outperforms in both up and down markets, observes Todd Rosenbluth, mutual fund expert and an...
Investing
Two Top ETFs to Invest in Muni Bonds
We are reiterating our buy recommendation on two closed-end funds in our portfolio — Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), with a yield of 5.7% tax fre...
Investing
Value REITs: Retail to Healthcare
John Buckingham is an industry-leading value investor, money manager and editor of The Prudent Speculator. Here, he looks at two real estate investmen...
Investing
Freund's Favorite Residential REITs
John Freund is a high yield specialist for Todd Shaver's BullMarket. Here, he looks at two of his current favorite real estate investment trusts; both...
Investing
Welltower: A Healthy Pick for Income
Tickers:
WELL
Welltower, Inc. (WELL) — a health care infrastructure real estate investment trust — has provided investors with 15 years of consecutive a...
Trading
Welltower: A Healthy Pick for Income
Tickers:
WELL
Welltower, Inc. (WELL) — a health care infrastructure real estate investment trust — has provided investors with 15 years of consecutive a...