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Capture The Housing Uptick With These 5 Mortgage-Backed Mutual Funds
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Zacks Investment Research
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 7:46 PM EDT
With the housing market gaining traction, and 1.2 million residential properties now above water, it would be wise to look into investments that would benefit from this positive news.
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 2 Of 54: Sherwin-Williams
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SureDividend
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:49 PM EDT
In part 2 of the 54 Part series on Dividend Aristocrats, Sherwin-Williams' competitive advantage, valuation, and future growth prospects are analyzed. Find out if Sherwin-Williams belongs in your dividend growth portfolio.
In this article: SHW
New Socially Responsible ETF Hits The Market, Focusing On The Disabled
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Zacks Investment Research
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 11:18 AM EDT
RODI seeks to track the performance of the Return on Disability US Large Cap ETN Total Return USD Index, which zeroes in on companies that have very favorable policies towards the disabled, both as customers and workers.
Seadrill Partners' Recent Price Action Makes No Sense, Buy On The Dip
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Power Hedge
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 10:11 AM EDT
Seadrill Partners' unit price has gotten hit by one recent trend and two recent event. None of these fundamentally alter the company's position or investment potential. Thus, the company's units could offer an interesting opportunity for investors at their current level.
Dividend Aristocrats In Focus Part 1 Of 54: Stanley Black & Decker
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SureDividend
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 9:46 AM EDT
This article is part 1 of my 54 part series covering each Dividend Aristocrat in detail. This article covers the current events, recession performance, valuation, competitive advantage, and future growth prospects of Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)
In this article: SWK
Think Debt-Funded Stock-Buybacks Are Pernicious? Here’s Why You’re Right
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Angry Bear
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 3:29 PM EDT
The “safe-harbor” stock-buyback provisions of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act gave C-suite executives carte blanche to extract rents for their own benefit.
5 Clean Energy Yieldcos Flying Under The Radar
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Tom Konrad
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Monday, September 22, 2014 9:53 AM EDT
YieldCos, or companies which use clean energy assets to produce income for shareholders, are not limited to large utility spin-offs. Here are five Pre-IPO, Microcap, and private offering Yieldcos.
3 Things Worth Thinking About (Vol. 9)
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Thursday, September 18, 2014 4:49 PM EDT
The Federal Reserve has certainly proved both points; they have been very precise in their forecasts and have consistently overstated economic strength as shown.
Pending Pension Crisis – Reporting Requirements Are A Threat
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Martin Armstrong
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Thursday, September 18, 2014 7:22 AM EDT
We have a major reform coming for the Pension field that will heighten the insolvency problem, and it is right on schedule for 2016.
How Punitive U.S. Financial Regulations Can Hurt You
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Douglas Goldstein
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:14 PM EDT
If you retire overseas and receive a foreign pension and then apply for Social Security, this can adversely affect your eligibility to receive your full benefit. Because of the “Windfall Elimination Provision” your Social Security will likely be cut, perhaps even reducing it by half.
Why Yearly Dividend Increases Are A Must Have In Your Portfolio
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Tim Plaehn
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014 12:00 PM EDT
Income stock investors tend to focus too much on yield and not on growing their income stream. Investing in growing dividend payments protects you in several different ways.
Wall Street At Work Aggravating Risk—-Would You Like Some Leverage On Them Junk Bonds!
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David Stockman
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Saturday, September 13, 2014 1:09 PM EDT
As highlighted in the Bloomberg piece below, fund managers are still insisting on a 10%+ return, but not by buying fewer over-valued junk bonds. No, they are just buying them on leverage in order to goose the yield on their own capital at risk.
Floating-Rate Funds Poised To Profit As Interest Rates Rise
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Casey Research
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Thursday, September 11, 2014 2:34 PM EDT
In addition to their excellent performance in rising-interest-rate periods, floating-rate funds are good for diversification.
What Chimpanzees Can Teach Us About Convertible Bonds
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Casey Research
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Thursday, September 11, 2014 2:17 PM EDT
No one—particularly risk-adverse retirees—should ever invest in something they don’t understand. So let me add one more type of investment to your “I know about that” toolbox: convertible bonds.
Recent Stock Purchase – September 2014
Article By:
Keith Park
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014 4:11 PM EDT
Finding bargains in the market today has become an ever increasing challenge as the months have been rolling by and the market as a whole kept marching to all time highs as well.