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My Portfolio Is Crashing! What To Do
12:35pm, Wednesday, 25'th Mar 2020
The market has been dropping a lot over the last two to three weeks. Selling now for most securities is a bad idea. A time-tested method of just holding, with o
The Time To Buy Is When There Is Blood In The Streets
09:28am, Sunday, 22'nd Mar 2020
The markets, both bond and equities, cannot get out of their way fast enough. Balances and counterbalances that have held for years no longer hold. I am a fan o
Optimized CEF Portfolios Outperform In The Drawdown
01:04pm, Friday, 20'th Mar 2020
We revisit our yield-target optimized portfolios to see how they have performed during this drawdown. As expected, because these portfolios tend to tilt towards
Stocks That Hit 52-Week Lows On Thursday
02:49pm, Thursday, 19'th Mar 2020
On Thursday morning, 1178 companies hit new 52-week lows.
Facts of Interest:
The largest company by market cap to set a new 52-week low was Nuveen Preferred & Income...
And Into The Heart Of Darkness
01:15pm, Wednesday, 18'th Mar 2020
At the beginning of 2020 I said that the New Year would be nothing like the last year. Things are playing out as predicted and with devastating consequences. In
CEF Beta Plays For An Eventual Recovery
02:29pm, Tuesday, 10'th Mar 2020
Funds of CEFs provide investors quick beta exposure to the CEF market. The CEF market is not yet sufficiently cheap in our view to warrant significant allocatio
These 7%+ Dividends Have A “Coronavirus Discount” That Won’t Last
12:00am, Tuesday, 10'th Mar 2020
Stocks Analysis by Contrarian Outlook (Brett Owens) covering: SPDR S&P 500, American Tower Corp, AvalonBay Communities Inc, Public Storage. Read Contrarian Outlook (Brett Owens)'s latest article on In
Closed-End Funds Without The Work: The Funds Of Funds
01:00pm, Monday, 09'th Mar 2020
Closed-end funds are a stalwart of income investors’ arsenals. Closed-end funds do require regular and active attention from an investor. Funds of funds potenti
My Dividend Growth Portfolio February Update: 48 Holdings, 22 Buys, 4.27% Yield, Down 45k
09:35pm, Wednesday, 04'th Mar 2020
I collected $1,107 in dividends during February which was higher than the $567 in February 2019. Rolling dividend growth rate is over 30% from last year. I add
Looking For Yield - Meet The Blues Brothers
07:00am, Sunday, 23'rd Feb 2020
Coronavirus is infecting the bond markets. This could take yields down to places that have not been seen in recent memory. Last year the equity markets provided
A Strategy For Sustainable, Inflation-Adjusted 7% Income
09:26am, Wednesday, 19'th Feb 2020
I describe an approach to building a high-yielding income portfolio designed to generate 7%, inflation-adjusted income. Capital preservation is the bane of a hi
The 'Borrower's Paradise' Continues
06:14am, Sunday, 16'th Feb 2020
In 2020 I expect a massive amount of re-financings, tender offers, calls, and bank debt re-financing as yields are held steady, or forced down, by the central b
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