• Chevron reports most profitable year since 2014

    Chevron reports most profitable year since 2014

    Chevron (CVX) has a current dividend yield of 4.37% and is rated as “Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold CVX in my Low Yield Portfolio. In total CVX is 0.6% of my portfolio. The U.S. oil giant’s annual earnings were a dramatic turnaround from 2020, when Chevron lost $5.5 billion after the global pandemic routed demand for oil…

  • Taking a dive

    Taking a dive

    Chasing the Yield – January 24, 2022 Episode 39 Skipping today’s episode. I have too much noise outside my office today to make a good recording. Value 4 Value podcastingListen to this podcast on PodFriend News Teekay LNG (TGP) merger closed. Reinvested funds in KKR Real Estate (KREF) & Capital Southwest (CSWC) – Chasing the…

  • Keep those target-date funds inside your tax deferred retirement accounts

    Keep those target-date funds inside your tax deferred retirement accounts

    Some investors with Vanguard were hit with some gigantic tax bills because they didn’t have their targe-date funds sheltered inside an IRA or 401(k). That sucks! Most of the money in Vanguard’s target funds comes from corporate and individual retirement plans, where funds’ gains and income aren’t currently taxable. However, some investors do put nonretirement…

  • Company Focus – Capital Southwest (CSWC)

    Company Focus – Capital Southwest (CSWC)

    Specs Capital Southwest Corp Share Price – $24.88 Financials / Asset Management & Custody Banks $576 million P/E 9.62 Dividend Yield – 7.62% Dividend Streak – 5 yrs Current as of January 20, 2022 Company Profile Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC) is an internally managed investment company, which is engaged in providing customized financing to middle…

  • Company Focus – KKR Real Estate (KREF)

    Company Focus – KKR Real Estate (KREF)

    Specs KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Share Price – 21.95 Financials / Mortgage REIT Market Cap – $1.34 billion P/E – 10.3 Dividend Yield – 7.84% Dividend Streak – 3 Yrs Current as of January 20, 2022 Company Profile KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. is a real estate finance company. The Company focuses primarily…

  • P&G reports strong quarter and consumer acceptance of higher prices

    P&G reports strong quarter and consumer acceptance of higher prices

    The Cincinnati-based consumer-products company reported revenue of $21 billion for the period ended Dec. 31, a 6% increase compared with a year earlier, fueled in part by the company’s highest average-price increases since spring 2019. U.S. inflation in 2021 hit its fastest pace in nearly four decades as pandemic supply and demand imbalances pushed up prices on…