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  • Benefits of tax loss harvesting

    Benefits of tax loss harvesting

    The Wall Street Journal took a look at tax loss harvesting to mitigate taxes and increase returns. Our first interesting finding is that conservatively, investors can juice their returns 1.10 percentage points a year on average,assuming a 25% tax rate. If investors are pushing it in terms of taking advantage of every tax-loss harvesting opportunity,…

  • Sold Hoegh LNG Partners LP (HMLP) and Bought Office Properties Income Trust (OPI)

    Sold Hoegh LNG Partners LP (HMLP) and Bought Office Properties Income Trust (OPI)

    I finally decided to cut my losses with Hoegh LNG Partners LP (HMLP). This purchase was one of my biggest errors since starting down the path of dividend investing. They were a risky play with a high dividend and it went well for about half a year until they cut their dividend by 98%. When…

  • Höegh LNG Partners LP (HMLP) received unsolicited buyout offer from Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd.

    Höegh LNG Partners LP (HMLP) received unsolicited buyout offer from Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd.

    Höegh LNG Partners LP (NYSE: HMLP) (the “Partnership”) announced today that the Board of Directors of the Partnership (the “HMLP Board”) received an unsolicited non-binding proposal, dated December 3, 2021, from Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. (“Höegh LNG”) pursuant to which Höegh LNG would acquire through a wholly owned subsidiary all publicly held common units of the…

  • Market drops but yields continue

    Market drops but yields continue

    Chasing the Yield – December 6, 2021 Episode 32 Value 4 Value podcastingListen to this podcast on PodFriend News Satya Nadella sold half his shares in Microsoft – Chasing the Yield Nasdaq Is On Track to Beat NYSE in Record Year for IPOs – WSJ High-Income Business Owners Escape $10,000 Tax Deduction Cap Using Path…

  • Oasis Midstream Partners (OMP) merger with Crestwood Equity Partners (CEQP) to have minimal effect on distributions

    Oasis Midstream Partners (OMP) merger with Crestwood Equity Partners (CEQP) to have minimal effect on distributions

    In the first quarter of 2022 Oasis Midstream Partners (OMP) will complete a merger with Crestwood Equity Partners (CEQP). Oasis investors will receive 0.87 Crestwood units for every Oasis unit owned. But, Crestwood plans to increase its distribution by 5% in the first quarter of next year. The distribution received by Oasis investors should be…

  • Satya Nadella sold half his shares in Microsoft

    Satya Nadella sold half his shares in Microsoft

    In the filing last week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Redmond, Wash.-based software company reported Mr. Nadella sold 838,584 shares over two days, down from close to 1.7 million shares. The transaction yielded more than $285 million for Mr. Nadella. This is the single-largest stock sale for Mr. Nadella, according to InsiderScore. Microsoft’s…