This report gives an update on the performance, and on every holding, across our Blue Harbinger strategies. And as the market has sold off, we believe increasingly attractive opportunities have emerged for new purchasers, as described in this report.
New Purchase: Blue Harbinger Disciplined Growth - Swapping Out Less Growth for More Upside
Attractive High-Yield Preferred Stocks Worth Considering
Preferred stocks can be attractive to investors because they offer higher yields and lower volatility than common stocks. Currently, preferred stocks have sold-off as shown in the following chart. This article highlights nine big-dividend preferred stocks that we currently consider attractive and worth considering.
Omega Healthcare: 10% Yield, 5 Big Risks
Top 10 Big-Dividend REITs: The Mass Exodus Continues
High-yield REITs continue to sell-off as investors exit in droves. This article highlights performance (and more data) on over 100 high-yield REITs that have sold off significantly. We then explain why REITs have sold off, and provide our views on why some REITs are starting to look increasingly attractive. We conclude with details on 10 specific high-yield REITs that are increasingly attractive and worth considering.
Market Rover: 20 High Yield Bonds Selling-Off, These 5 Are Worth Considering
Seeing Red: Opportunity or Warning?
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.
Attractive High-Income Closed-End Funds
This article details multiple attractive opportunities to capture >6%+ yields. And because these attractive income opportunities are all CEFs, they offer investors a little something extra in terms of their currently discounted prices versus their NAVs. If you're an income-focused investor, these CEFs are worth considering.
A Safe 7% Yield: Lower Price, Higher Value
If you are an income-focused investor, this company is worth considering. It doesn’t offer the flashy price returns (or big downside risks) of the general stock market, but it does pay a safe 7% yield, its share price (what you pay) has recently decreased moderately, and its value (what you get) has recently increased.
Despite New Market Highs, This Attractive High-Yielder Is On Sale
As tax reform sets in, and expensive over-regulation is rolled-back, the market continues to set new record highs. However, not all stocks are particpating in the latest round of gains. This week's Weekly highlights a big-dividend REIT, that is very healthy, but the share price has pulled back, and the valuation is attractive. If you are an income-focused investor, this one is worth considering.
Attractive Ideas: An Update on Each of Our Current Holdings
Our long-term track record of gains and market-beating performance grew in December as we capped off another year of strong performance. This week's Blue Harbinger Weekly provides a quick update on each of our current holdings. We're excited about these stock specific ideas, as well as the additional gains that could be achieved from continuing market wide economic strength. And as a quick reminder, compound growth is a powerful wealth builder, and the tortoise beats the hare.
Top 5 Big-Yield Investments to Start 2018
10 Big Dividend REITs: 5 Attractive Value-Plays, 5 Dangerous Value-Traps!
If you’re an income-focused contrarian investor, big-dividend REITs may have caught your attention this year considering they’re underperformed the market (SPY) significantly. This week’s Blue Harbinger Weekly shares our brief views on ten big-dividend REITs, and without sharing which ones are attractive “value plays” and which ones are dangerous “value traps,” here are the ten: CBL & Associates (CBL), Taubman Centers (TCO), Realty Income (O), Uniti Group (UNIT), Washington Prime (WPG), Tanger Factory Outlet (SKT), Sabra Health (SBRA), Pennsylvania REIT (PEI), and Ventas Healthcare (VTR), and General Growth Properties (GGP).
Fighting Risk Creep: Are You Ready for 2018?
“When the markets are good, like the current long running bull market… we must all fight risk creep in the portfolio.” That’s according to a recent LinkedIn note from Blue Harbinger friend, Brian Coker, CFA. It’s also a good segue into the topic of this week’s Blue Harbinger Weekly: High-Level Risks and Opportunities for 2018.
Performance Update: Sectors, Styles, Strategies and Ideas
This report provides an update on our current holdings (all Blue Harbinger strategies delivered strong positive returns again in November), and the market in general. We share some specific ideas and risks on stocks (e.g. Omega Healthcare, General Electric, and others) and sectors (e.g. REITs, BDCs and MLPs). The following color-ranked table provides an overview of broad market performance as of mid-day today.
30+ Long-Term Capital Appreciation Ideas to Consider
For those of you interested in long-term capital appreciation, this reports shares a wide-variety of individual stock ideas. The model portfolio in this report is derived from a custom client portfolio we've been working on. It may help you generate ideas as you manage your own investments. Any questions, please let us know.