I Want You to Hear This…
Are you successful? If you think you are, what benchmark are you using? The size of your net worth? The size of your home? The type of car you drive? Because when I was younger, I measured success by the size of my net worth. The more zeros after the dollar sign, the more successful…
Brandan Furnace
How My Favorite All-Weather Investment Skyrocketed $95 Billion
“Man, we’re getting killed out there!” I’ve heard variants of that comment from formerly high-flying stock pickers recently. For nearly three years, investors and stock pickers alike rode a sentiment-driven wave of momentum to some of the highest price-to-earnings multiples in stock market history. With triple-digit gains all over the place, it was impossible not…
This Income Strategy Crushes Dividend Stocks’ Returns
Adding an income strategy to your portfolio is the secret to building wealth. Income strategies have helped investors like Bill Ackman and Warren Buffett grow their funds dramatically. If you’ve followed the markets at all, you know stocks don’t move in a straight line. In fact, stocks trade sideways 80% of the time. If you…
Crypto Yields Now Beat Bonds and Stocks
“Give a man a steak, and he will eat for a day. But teach a man to stake, and he will eat forever.” This quote can’t be attributed to anyone in particular. But it has become popularized by the crypto community over the past year. Staking enables crypto holders to earn rewards in exchange for…
3 Ways to Discover the Best REITs to Buy for Dividends
Expectations of a hot economy have put cyclical and commodity sectors in the lead this year. But here’s another top performer you might not have expected: real estate investment trusts (REITs). That shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, REITs rank as the best-performing assets class for the past 20 years. According to data from…
The Best Kind of Cash of All?
Making money by speculating on stock prices can work really well, as it did throughout 2020. Until it doesn’t. The end of a speculative boom is inevitable. Eventually, stocks can’t go any higher. Investors start looking for excuses to sell. That’s known as a “top.” I believe we hit a top on April 19 this…
Will You Get the COVID-19 Vaccine? Take This Quick Poll!
Look at this chart… It shows the percentage of U.S. adults who’ve not yet received a vaccine but who would be keen to get one as soon as they possibly could. That number has fallen. The percentage of those who say they don’t want the vaccine at all has risen substantially. That tells me that…
Poll: Where to Find Income in a Zero Interest World
It’s tough out there for income investors… The S&P 500 Index now yields a dismal 1.5%, and yields on 10-Year Treasurys offer a paltry 1.15%. But income investments have a place in every balanced portfolio. And if you’re at or near retirement age, they’re absolutely crucial. Where do you find steady, long-term income? Tell us…
Don’t Stay in this Stock Market Casino Too Long
Lately the stock market has felt like a casino. You’ve seen that with the chaotic rise and collapse in stocks such as GameStop (NYSE: GME) and AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC). It’s a jackpot one moment, then a bust the next. Greed and the “get rich quick” mentality are driving investors to madness, which makes it…
Compound Your Way to Massive Wealth
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about The Bauman Letter’s Endless Income model subportfolio. It’s a group of stocks and preferred shares designed to provide above-average income yields. It’s on my mind because of how it’s doing compared to my benchmark, the S&P 500. Periodically, I review the performance of The Bauman Letter, Profit Switch and Clint Lee’s Flashpoint Fortunes….