Cashing In on Foreign Stocks
Many investors who seek income are turning to dividend paying stocks. While bank accounts and money market funds pay meager amounts, the dividend yield on the S&P 500 is around 2%. That’s the [...]
From Bear Market to Bull Market
If the proverbial visitor from Mars had headed our way four years ago, this traveler might have beamed up the news reports from Earth and decided to keep on going to a more promising destination. [...]
Covered Calls Offer High Yields but Limit Gains
The Federal Reserve has promised to keep short-term interest rates low until at least 2015. Therefore, investors have scant hope that bank accounts, money market funds, or high-quality bonds will [...]
Convertibles Offer Bond-Like Yields, Stock-Like Potential
Historically, the stock market has offered excellent long-term returns to investors. The historic record, though, may offer scant consolation when stocks skid by 5%, 10%, or even more. Wary [...]
Consider Dividend-Paying Stocks
Even though the stock market has recovered from the crash of late 2008-early 2009, many investors are still leery. At the same time, safe alternatives such as bank accounts and Treasury bills [...]