Day: May 14, 2021

  • Consumer retail sales surge

    Consumer retail sales surge

    Here’s some good news. Seems people are out there continuing to spend. Retail sales are up. Retail sales—a measure of purchases at stores, at restaurants and online—overall were unchanged last month from March, the Commerce Department reported Friday. That kept spending at the same pace set by March’s upwardly revised 10.7% advance, which was influenced by…

  • Low Yield Portfolio

    Here is a review of my Low Yield Portfolio. It is the first account I created when heading down the path of investing for income. Being an IRA I cannot touch the money until I turn 59 1/2 years old (I’m 54 now) therefore all of the dividends received get reinvested. This portfolio is designed…