ETFs
The 7 Best ETFs For Retirement Investors
ETFs and retirement go hand and hand Exchange-traded funds have surged in popularity over the years. And it’s easy to see why. The passively managed baskets of stocks, bonds and other assets allow for intraday tradability at a dirt cheap cost. Perhaps more importantly, they allow investors to customize their portfolios by honing in on […]
3 Diversified Funds Paying Up To 9.5%
Instead of meticulously picking one high paying stock after another – in hopes of building a secure dividend stream – how about simply buying a fund or two that does everything for you? After all, you’ve already made the correct asset allocation in choosing dividend stocks – which outperform non-payers by a wide margin. There […]
5 Funds That Could Double Your Retirement Nest Egg
If you want to save a million dollars, you need to save a ton of money over a lifetime. Or at least that’s what we’re constantly told. But it’s not true. The fact is, you can save $1 million a lot quicker by saving just $298 per month. It just takes a contrarian’s view on […]
5 Diversified Vanguard Funds Paying 4% Or More
Vanguard’s offerings don’t usually attract much attention from income investors. But they should – and I’m going to analyze five of the firm’s highest yield (and low cost) offerings shortly. Three of them are compelling portfolio conveniences, while two have lagged their competitors in disappointing un-Vanguard-like manners. While Vanguard provides a few actively managed funds, […]
The 10 Best Index Funds for 2017, 2018, 2019…
Investors of all stripes can agree that these index funds can work for everyone Index funds are responsible for saving investors like you and me untold billions of dollars in fees over the past couple decades. They’ve also spared us countless headaches. (I don’t know about you, but I’m glad I don’t have to pick […]
3 “Preferred” Dividends For Secure 6% Yields
If you could earn 5% to 6% in income every year from a stock you don’t have to watch … you’d hold it today, right? Well, if you don’t already, here’s your wake-up call. Preferred stocks are a rarely talked about type of corporate equity that packs a one-two punch of high yield and low […]
3 Dividend Stocks To Buy Now And Hold For 20 Years
Forget the pundits—they totally blew the call on this election. And I sure hope you didn’t take their stock advice, either. Ahead of the vote, one economics professor said the market would drop 7% if Trump won. Another analyst said you should go to cash “if you’re not already there.” I could go on. If […]
5 Overhyped Dividend Stocks You Must Avoid Now
Donald Trump’s win has done something extraordinary to the financial sector. Just look at this one-month chart for the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF): Banks Love Trump This is unexpected on two levels. First, of course, Trump’s very election came as a shock to many. Second, there was no shortage of people saying stocks […]
A Simple All-ETF Portfolio That Pays 4.3%
The stock market is complicated and volatile. This is why professional investors diversify their investments into a large batch of stocks. But buying many different companies is not easy—the more you diversify, the more research you need to do to make sure you aren’t buying a dud. This is why ETFs have become incredibly popular. […]
Investing In An Oil ETF
Oil and stocks are moving in lockstep with one another. And oil is the one in control. If oil prices go up, stocks follow. If oil prices go down, stocks follow. If oil has a rare calm day, stocks are flat as well. It has happened time and time again over the last several months. […]
