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November 24, 2019 Mutual Funds No Comments

Figuring Out the Dividend Yield of a Mutual Fund Is Harder Than You Think

Figuring Out the Dividend Yield of a Mutual Fund Is Harder Than You Think Calculating a stock’s common dividend yield is straightforward. Calculating the yield on a dividend-stock mutual fund is not. To calculate a stock’s yield, an investor would take a company’s annual … Continue reading at barrons.com Which Financial Mutual Fund to Buy: […]

December 12, 2018 Dividends One Comment

5 High Yield Dividend Stocks That Gained More Than 30% in 2018

5 High Yield Dividend Stocks That Gained More Than 30% in 2018 The equities went south post the news that the CFO of Huawei Technologies … which have performed impressively. How High Yield Dividend Stocks Can Enrich Your Portfolio Stocks with solid dividend … Continue reading at finance.yahoo.com Parkland Fuel Corporation Announces December 2018 Dividend […]

December 6, 2018 Personal No Comments

BlackRock now has a higher percentage of technologists than JPMorgan, and it says a lot about the future of the money management industry

BlackRock now has a higher percentage of technologists than JPMorgan, and it says a lot about the future of the money management industry About a quarter of BlackRock’s 14,000 employees work as technologists, the firm’s chief financial officer said Wednesday. That’s a higher percentage than at JPMorgan. Like its peers, BlackRock is bett… Continue reading […]

July 15, 2016 Dividends 3 Comments

3 Stocks to Buy With Dividends Yielding More Than 4%

3 Stocks to Buy With Dividends Yielding More Than 4% Dividend investors love stocks with high yields, but they should take care never to sacrifice quality for income. If the underlying business can’t support its dividend in the long term, then investing your money in it could be a huge mistake. It’s best to … […]

June 21, 2016 Dividends No Comments

7 Pharmaceutical Stocks With Dividends Yielding More Than 3%

7 Pharmaceutical Stocks With Dividends Yielding More Than 3% Many income-focused investors naturally gravitate toward stocks that offer up the highest dividend yield. For healthcare investors, that typically means choosing from a list of big pharmaceutical stocks, since large-cap drug companies tend to offer some of … Continue reading at fool.com Five Dividend Stocks To […]

May 24, 2016 Dividends One Comment

3 Stocks With a Bigger Dividend Than Coca-Cola

3 Stocks With a Bigger Dividend Than Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE:KO) is widely considered to be one of the safest and strongest dividend stocks in existence. The beverage maker has a staggering 54-year history of consecutive dividend increases, earning it the coveted “dividend aristocrat” status. Continue reading at fool.com Ex-Dividend Reminder: Corning, Aircastle and Elbit […]

March 17, 2016 Mutual Funds No Comments

Hedge Fund Pain Brings Loss Worse Than ’08 in Crowded Stocks

Hedge Fund Pain Brings Loss Worse Than ’08 in Crowded Stocks It’s well known that stocks with the most hedge funds ownership have been doing badly in the U.S. How badly might surprise you. While volatility has seeped into every corner of the market over the last year, no group has had it worse than […]

February 21, 2016 Dividends No Comments

3 Stocks With Better Dividends Than Bank of America Corporation

3 Stocks With Better Dividends Than Bank of America Corporation Like several other major U.S. banks, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has battled back from the financial crisis, and is just now focusing on its dividend again. However, even after an increase in 2014, the bank pays just $ 0.05 per quarter, far from the $ […]

The old Chinese curse, "may you live in interesting times", has particular relevance to the current epoch of U.S. history. There's a lot going on right now, much of it scary. Major investors around the world are responding to the events of our perilous age by sinking their dollars, deutschmarks and yen into gold, silver and palladium; Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and billionaire speculator George Soros to name but a few. Big financial institutions like the Central Banks of Russia and China are also leaping onto the metals bandwagon driving the price of these precious commodities ever higher.

"The housing bubble will burst rather than gradually deflate, following the rapid and violent pattern of decline of nearly every financial bubble throughout history," Lubaszka says. "Higher interest rates negatively impact not only the health of the housing market but other economic segments as well. The stock market takes a hit because higher rates make it more costly for companies to pay for debt. Higher rates hurt corporate profit margins and reduce stock value, bad news given the deep debt situation so many companies are in today."

You can get income for your entire lifetime even when the money in your annuity account has been used up. This is advantageous if you live to an advanced age because it will maximize the income that you will receive. However, there is a risk involved: when you die, all the money cannot be claimed, even by your assigned beneficiaries. If you die young, you simply lose this money.