Tag: High yield stocks

Three Of The Most Shorted Stocks Today Paying Dividends

| October 8, 2020 | 0 Comments
Three Of The Most Shorted Stocks Today Paying Dividends

Short selling is a trading strategy to bet that a stock price will fall. However, if many traders all short the same stock and the trade turns against them, they can get caught in a money-losing short squeeze. For high-yield stocks, selling short is often a bet on a dividend cut. When that doesn’t happen, […]

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These Three High Yield Stocks Get Bullish Analyst Ratings During The Bear Market

| May 12, 2020 | 0 Comments
These Three High Yield Stocks Get Bullish Analyst Ratings During The Bear Market

The pandemic-triggered stock market selloff has been incredibly tough on income investors, and the dividend-paying stocks they like to own. In the current market, investors have been drawn to big-name companies whose business was uninterrupted by the crisis. This group pays small or no dividends. Several factors have kept dividend-paying stocks down, but that means […]

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Recent Insider Buying Points To The High-Yield Stocks To Buy Right Now

| March 31, 2020 | 0 Comments
Recent Insider Buying Points To The High-Yield Stocks To Buy Right Now

During the week of March 15th to 20th, the high-yield sectors in the stock market crashed to unbelievably low stock price levels. The financial media gave their usual reasons for the share price drops including their “go-to” being that investors were afraid and selling their shares across the high-yield universe. They were wrong: the financial […]

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Avoid These Turkeys In Your Stock Portfolio

| November 29, 2019 | 0 Comments
Avoid These Turkeys In Your Stock Portfolio

Turkey is the traditional Thanksgiving fare, and I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sit down to a full-spread Turkey dinner on the holiday. (OK, my sister the vegetarian is an exception. She just wants her dinner to taste like turkey.) However, what we don’t want is turkeys in our stock portfolio. In the […]

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Sell These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks About To Cut Their Dividends

| February 20, 2019 | 0 Comments
Sell These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks About To Cut Their Dividends

There is a tremendous appeal to owning shares of high-yield stocks. In a world where you are lucky if a bank account pays 2%, income stocks that pay 8%, 9% or even 11% can be very attractive. However, high yield stocks are not a bank account or government bond. Dividend cuts happen and when they […]

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The 3 Best Big Dividends (Up To 9.5%) for This Uncertain Market

| October 24, 2018 | 0 Comments
The 3 Best Big Dividends (Up To 9.5%) for This Uncertain Market

Dividends or growth? Why choose? There’s a widespread belief that stocks and funds can deliver red-hot capital gains or substantial income, but not both. Fortunately for us that’s not true. It is possible to collect big dividends and capital appreciation. I’m going to show you how to safely collect 32% in total returns in less than a year from a big […]

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Your Passport To Underappreciated 7% Yields

| July 27, 2018 | 0 Comments
Your Passport To Underappreciated 7% Yields

Subscribers to my Contrarian Income Report have enjoyed safe yields of 7% or more over time – and enjoyed long-term price stability – thanks to two simple principles: Buy stocks and funds when they’re out of favor. That way, prices are lower and yields are higher when we make our purchase. Rely on dividends alone for income. That way, […]

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Dividend Investors Are Happier People And How You Can Be One Of Them

| May 18, 2018 | 0 Comments
Dividend Investors Are Happier People And How You Can Be One Of Them

This week I have been giving presentations to investors attending the Las Vegas MoneyShow. One of the great parts of what I do at the show is meeting subscribers to my newsletter. My first presentation was a joint discussion of dividend investment strategies with Kelley Wright. Further below I’ll share some of Wright’s top stock […]

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How To Build An Optimal Dividend Portfolio

| February 21, 2018 | 0 Comments
How To Build An Optimal Dividend Portfolio

Building a successful dividend portfolio has significant benefits over the long-term. I LOVE the prospect of investing in high-quality stocks at reasonable valuations and getting PAID to wait until valuations have approached market value. By building an optimal dividend portfolio, you combine both the prospects of residual income and long-term capital appreciation through an increase […]

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3 Stocks Increasing Their Dividends In August

| July 24, 2017 | 0 Comments
3 Stocks Increasing Their Dividends In August

Pencil in a pay raise for August because these three stocks will be boosting their yields in the next couple of weeks. A rising dividend is one of the best signals for the health of a business, and as your dividends compound over time you will watch your wealth incrementally grow to new heights.  When interest rates […]

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