Low interest rates, improved bank reserve requirements, and quantitative easing have done such a great job restoring faith in the markets following the financial crisis, that the S&P 500 continues to reach new highs and fear (as measured by the VIX) has practically evaporated altogether. But valuations are starting to get stretched. This article addresses the question: Are we finally due for a market correction?
Off the Beaten Path: High-Income Ideas
High-Yield Opportunity: Discounted Price, Compelling Strategy
If your primary objective as an investor is to generate attractive total returns from which you can source steady income payments, then you may want to consider the closed-end fund (“CEF”) described in this article. It offers big monthly income distributions, a discounted price, compelling real estate market conditions, no risky leverage, and a long-term track record of success. However investors should be aware that a portion of the income distributions are sourced from capital gains (in a tax-efficient manner), so don’t expect the value of this investment to climb dramatically over the long-term, unless you’re reinvesting those big juicy monthly distribution checks.
4 Compelling High-Income CEFs
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.
We Just Bought this Big-Dividend Stock
A big dividend, wide moat, and compelling valuation. That's how we'd describe the stock we just purchased. We funded this purchase with the proceeds from our recent highly profitable sale of Caterpillar (we sold our CAT shares last Friday for a +110% gain after holding them for only 19-months). This article shares our thesis for why we just invested in this new highly-attractive contrarian opportunity.
New Ideas: Upcoming Trades
As we wrote here, we sold our shares of Caterpillar on Friday for +110% gain after owning them for 19-months. We expect to purchase new shares with the proceeds within the next several trading days. This article highlights four very attractive investment opportunities that we are considering for purchase.