Tag: Stocks
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The great risk rebalance
High Yield Portfolio takes a big hit and I attempt to rebalance that portfolio to maintain a high dividend with less risk.
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The great rebalance
I made all my moves and hopefully I have things better balanced with less risk for my High Yield Portfolio. The yield is still high but at more moderate at about 8% versus the 12% in the prior mix. The safety of the dividends and distributions are much safer although still at a higher risk…
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Chasing The Yield Podcast – July 19, 2021
Markets are taking a dive, J&J has more problems, Microsoft blames Israeli group, OPEC reaches compromise, hotels eliminating housekeeping, and much more!
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Investorplace lists 10 dividend stocks you should consider
I don’t hold any stock in the companies on this list but I’m going to take a close look and see if maybe I need to add one or two to my portfolio. Here’s their list. Click the link to read their rationale. Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) Mastercard (NYSE:MA) Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) J.P. Morgan (NYSE:JPM) Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS)…
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Number of retail investors continue to climb
Retail investors are increasing in number and plowing more money into the markets. In June, so-called retail investors bought nearly $28 billion of stocks and exchange-traded funds on a net basis, according to data from Vanda Research’s VandaTrack, the highest monthly amount deployed since at least 2014. That even trumped the amount retail traders spent…
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Are investors overly optimistic?
Investors expecting returns of 17.5% after inflation in the coming years? Wow. In a recent survey of 750 U.S. individual investors, Natixis Investment Managers found these people expect to earn 17.3% this year, after inflation. That might not sound like pie in the sky. The S&P 500 returned 18.4% last year, counting dividends, and is up 15.9%…