dividend stocks are best used as long-term holdings, and valuations tend to revert to the mean over time. That means shares with high price-to-earnings multiples are in danger of having a day of reckoning. Cheap stocks, however, can get a boost from multiple ...
Well you know me – I’ve got three best buys – plus four more bonus dividend growth stocks – that should safely double your money every three to five years. It’s a simple formula – their dividends are doubling every three to five years, which means their prices will rise in tandem...
Truth is, shutdowns and narrowly averted shutdowns are becoming a fact of life in America. They include a 35-day closure of the government in December 2018 and a 16-day shutdown in 2013. Both 2013 and the year following the late-2018 shutdown were strong for stocks, with the S&P 500...
Since the lows seen in March, a broad range of stocks made stellar comebacks and even new 52-week highs. As a result, many of them have reached rather expensive valuations and price tags. A large number of market participants may feel these shares may be out of their budget range. They ...
It’s been a rough six months for the videogames sector, and industry heavyweightActivision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI)has had an especially gruelling time. But that makes it well worth a look. Videogame stocks were all the rage when Covid-19 lockdowns were at their peak. But Activ...
This temporary “rates-up, yields-up” window is a terrific time to lock in highmonthlypayouts for decades to come. Of course, we income seekerslovemonthly payouts because they let us reinvest our cash faster—and they line up nicely with our bills. No more managing stocks with “lumpy”...
That’s a sizable reason why REITs perform so well in most market environments. That’s also true even in markets with low returns. As we know, U.S. stocks have had a big run over the last decade, which has continued well into 2019. ...
I recently had dinner with a friend who’s a small business owner, and he swears by ChatGPT. The tool is saving him time, effort and (to be blunt) future employee hiring. A lot of people think AI is imploding—hence the selloff in tech stocks we saw following last week’s softer-...
This points to lower inflation going forward, with still-robust profits and sales for US firms as supply-chain problems ease. That’s a healthier, more balanced situation than we’re seeing now, which is all the more reason to buy stocks today (and doing so through a CEF trading at a ...
It’s the perfect time for us to add secure monthly dividend stocks to our portfolio now that their valuations have landed back here on Planet Earth. I’m talking about every-30-day payers with dividends that annualize up to 7.1%. Their price decline has increased their dividend yields, ...