Intermodal shipping container company, Triton International (TRTN), announced expectation beating earnings last week, and the shares climbed significantly as a result. However, the shares gave back a large portion of those gain yesterday in a volatile trading session. In this article we share a Triton options trade that allows you to generate big upfront income and also gives you a chance to own an attractive big-dividend business at an even lower price. We believe the trade is an attractive one to place today, and potentially over the next few days, as long as the underlying stock price doesn’t move dramatically before then.
New Options Trade: High Upfront Income from International Trade Uncertainty
A lot of people believe the market is due for another leg down in the short-term. We acknowledge that risk is on the table, but no one can predict short-term market moves (if they tell you they can—just know they cannot). However, if you like generating big upfront income, that also gives you a chance to own an attractive big-dividend business at an even lower price, then you may want to consider this trade. We believe the trade highlighted in this article is an attractive one to place today, and potentially over the next few days, so long as the underlying stock price doesn’t move dramatically before then.
Triton Preferred Shares: Post-Pandemic Reality
Triton International (TRTN) is an intermodal shipping container company, and the big-yield common and preferred shares have been impacted dramatically by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. The company just released earnings, and gave us some important new insights. This report reviews the impacts of the economic slowdown on Triton’s business, its financial wherewithal (particularly cash), the competitive dynamics of the industry (and what might happen if Triton can weather the COVID-19 storm), valuation and risks. We conclude with our opinion about investing in the common (7% yield) and preferred (+9% yield) shares.
Top 7 Preferred Stocks: 7% Yields, and Up (Members-Only)
In this members-only report, we provide all the details for our top 7 big-dividend preferred stocks. And as mentioned previously, if you like to earn high income on your investments, and you are frustrated with artificially low interest rates (thanks to the Fed’s meddling), you might consider preferred stocks. They offer compelling high yields, and less volatility risk than many other high yield opportunities. This week’s Blue Harbinger Weekly shares our top high yield preferred stocks (we currently own 6 of the top 7). Without further ado, here is the full (members-only) report.
Triton’s New 8.5% Yield Preferred Shares, Not Bad, But…
If you’re an income-focused investor, you might be interested to know intermodal shipping container company, Triton International, just issued some very attractive 8.5% yield preferred shares this week. And as many of our readers know, we’ve written about the common shares of Triton, and we’ve also had success selling income-generating put options on the common shares. But if you’re looking for high steady income (and less volatility) than the 6.5% yield of the common shares, consider this before you jump headfirst into these compelling new 8.5% yield preferreds.
This Market Will Go Higher: 3 Attractive Contrarian Plays
What a difference a quarter can make. At the end of Q3 the skies were blue and investors were happy. Now, according to the media, the world is ending. Non-stop talk of trade wars, plummeting oil prices, a government shutdown, and monetary policy uncertainty and fear. Guess what? This market will go higher and if you wait for the robins, spring will be over. If you’re sitting on the sidelines (i.e. holding more cash than usual), here are three attractive contrarian investment ideas for you to consider.
Stocks Down Big: Here’s Our Members-Only Shopping List
The last week has been a rough one for stocks. The S&P 500 (SPY) was down 1.6%, the Nasdaq (QQQ) was down 4.2%, and a bunch of individual names were down A LOT more. The point of this article is to review a few of the names on our watch list that have sold-off significantly, and then discuss a few trades that we’re considering for the upcoming week.
Forget FANG: 100 High-Yield Stocks On Sale, These 4 Are Worth Considering
Netflix announced lower than expected subscriber growth numbers after the market closed, and the shares are down more than 13% in afterhours trading. This is a good reminder of the volatility and risks of FANG-type stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google/Alphabet) which have been performing extremely well, but have very high valuations. This article contrasts FANG stocks with data on over 100 high-yield stocks that have sold-off significantly this year and may be worth considering if you are an income-focused value investor. We also highlight four of our favorite opportunities from the list.
Blue Harbinger Weekly: Wide-Ranging Attractive Opportunities
Sometimes simply comparing a diverse opportunity set can help you see things in a valuable new light. This week’s Weekly reviews a specific growth stock on sale, shares a list of over 400 stocks with yields over 5% (many of which we have written about, and some of which we own), and finally considers the attractiveness of selling income-generating “covered call options” on two of the higher yielding securities on our list.
5.9% Yield Triton: The Real Reason It Sold Off
To some extent, it makes sense that the stock price of shipping-container company, Triton International (TRTN), keeps getting whipped around by moving credit spreads. However, the market is not giving this company enough credit for improving conditions within its niche industry, nor is the stock price correctly reflecting improving company-specific fundamentals.
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100 High-Yield Stocks Down Big Last Week: These 10 Are Worth Considering
Market fear spiked on Friday (the VIX was up 28.5%), and the Dow Jones experienced its biggest weekly decline in over 2 years (-4.1%). Interestingly, many higher yielding stocks also sold off significantly, and this article highlights ten that we believe are attractive and worth considering, especially following the selloff.
Big-Dividend Market Leader: Improving Risk/Reward Profile
This article reviews a big-dividend market leader that has been able to improve its risk versus reward profile and capture market share while its peers have been struggling. The industry overall has been struggling, but things are continuing to improve, especially for the very interesting company we review in detail in this article. We also offer our views on how to "play" this big-dividend opportunity.