Category: Blog
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Public pension funds may be over dependent on stocks
U.S. state and local government pension funds control more than $4 trillion in public-worker retirement savings but will need hundreds of billions of additional dollars to cover promised future benefits. Over the past 12 years, blockbuster stock performance has swelled pension coffers, bringing state and local governments closer to being able to cover those liabilities…
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Russia killed COVID-19
Russia continues to dominate the news, oil tops $130, Gold surges, Natural Gas prices spike in Europe, and much much more!
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Putin on the blitz
Russia invades Ukraine sending markets on a ride, Dow goes into correction (briefly), bank stocks clobbered, and much much more!
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Consumer staples segment taking a beating today
This is going to be one of those days. Let’s hope it doesn’t turn into something even bigger. The consumer staples segment is 11% of the total of all three of my portfolios. Shares of Philip Morris International, Kimberly-Clark and Mondelez International were all down more than 3%, sliding along with all of the other…
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South Jersey Industries (SJI) to be acquired
South Jersey Industries (SJI) has a current dividend yield of 3.78% and is rated as “SAFE” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold SJI in my Low Yield Portfolio. In total SJI is 0.7% of my portfolio. According to an analysis of the announcement by SimplySafeDividends South Jersey Industries (SJI) will continue to pay out its dividend through…
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Bank stocks are getting clobbered
Shares of financial firms in the S&P 500 were down 3% in recent trading, worse than any other sector of the broad benchmark. Morgan Stanley, State Street and Fifth Third Bancorp were among the biggest losers, all shedding more than 4%. The same played out in Europe, with banking stocks in the Stoxx Europe 600…