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Where Has All The Money Gone, Pt IV – Dividends

{ Posted on Feb 07 2012 by Jazzbumpa }
We've already seen in previous installments of this series that since about 1980, I: corporate profits have soared, II: the slice of profits going to finance has soared even more, and III:  wages have stagnated.  Here we see what corporations ...Read More »

Where Has All The Money Gone, Pt IV – Dividends

{ Posted on Feb 07 2012 by Jazzbumpa }
We've already seen in previous installments of this series that since about 1980, I: corporate profits have soared, II: the slice of profits going to finance has soared even more, and III:  wages have stagnated.  Here we see what corporations ...Read More »

The Best "Buy" of the New Dividend Aristocrats

{ Posted on Jan 23 2012 by Kerri Shannon }
If you are looking for a steady stream of safe dividends in today's troubled markets, the list of "Dividend Aristocrats" is a good place to start. Compiled and tracked by Standard & Poor's, Dividend Aristocrats are companies ...Read More »

And So Happy Xmas…Now with Canadian Content

{ Posted on Dec 23 2011 by Ken Houghton }
A couple of days ago, James Bianco, chez Ritholtz, noted a WSJ article entitled "Dividend Stocks Become the Heroes": This year, the 100 stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index with the highest dividend yields are up an average of ...Read More »

A Warm Wind At the Backs of Some, Generated Off the Backs of Others

{ Posted on Oct 18 2011 by Dan Crawford (Rdan) }
This piece offers an understandable comparison between wages and dividend income and neatly summarizes the cost to wage earners. (h/t Mike Kimel) by Peter S. Meyers Myers Urbatsch PC A Warm Wind At the Backs of ...Read More »

HILO – EGShares’ ETF Seeks to Calm Investor Fears

{ Posted on Oct 16 2011 by Z }
EGShares is a relatively new entrant to the exchange-traded fund industry, but a new fund from the company could prove to be invaluable to long-term investors. The EGShares HILO exchange-traded fund has a very noble goal—increase the yield available to ...Read More »

Four Stocks to Avoid At All Costs

{ Posted on Sep 20 2011 by Martin Hutchinson }
If you're like most investors, you probably spend most of your time searching for the "next" Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) or next Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) - in other words, the next big winner. But finding winners is ...Read More »

Investors Can’t Beat Cell Phone Monopoly

{ Posted on May 30 2011 by Z }
It would be hard to ignore what’s happening in modern telecommunications. Recently, ATT decided to go after its rival, T-Mobile in what would be a multi-billion dollar deal. In doing so, it effectively removed one of four of ...Read More »

Tax Strategy: 401ks and IRAs

{ Posted on May 16 2011 by Z }
Investors face a new reality that they have to prepare for their retirement by investing in the best possible investments with reasonable risk to reward ratios, but they’ll also need to be tax code savvy. Few things change as much as ...Read More »

Investment Strategies: Why Dividends, Inverse Funds, "Glocal" Stocks, Commodities and Emerging Economies Are the Places to Be

{ Posted on Apr 27 2011 by Guest Editorial }
After a wild first quarter that included unrest in Egypt, Libya and Saudi Arabia, a spike in oil and gasoline prices, an apparent acceleration of inflation and continued global debt fears, investors need to embrace investment strategies ...Read More »