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ZTR cut their distribution in June. This led to the fund's discount to widen significantly. Prior to this cut, the fund was enjoying premium pricing. The 12%+ rate is quite attractive, and even while the cut went through, they could continue to struggle paying the same distributio...

The earnings season came to a close and markets were mostly flat. I am continuing my monthly investment plans and suspiciously follow the massive rally in technology stocks. Whether it is a bubble or not, I won't stop investing. My dividend income from 37 corporations amounted...

John's retirement accounts generated a total of $945.47 of dividend income for August 2020 vs. $1,113.32 of dividend income for August 2019. John's Traditional IRA had a balance of $249,108.92 as of August 31, 2020, vs. $266,344.62 on August 31, 2019. The estimated annualized YOC...

Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund ( HTD ) holds a hybrid blend of utility positions and financials. The financial exposure is primarily through preferred offerings. This makes HTD a rather income-focused play. Thoug...

This article series shows every month a dashboard with aggregate industry metrics in utilities. Most of the companies used to calculate these metrics are holdings of the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLU ). Therefore, this is also a top-down survey of XLU. Shortcut If you are used t...

As a whole set of factors should be negatively impacting markets, such as the ongoing pandemic, an uncertain path to economic recovery and the even more uncertain November U.S. Presidential Elections, markets are shaking off these concerns and racing to new highs almost every single day in Aug...

Investment Thesis It isn't your grandfather's energy landscape anymore. You know, the environment in which almost all energy consumption comes from fossil fuels like coal, petroleum, and natural gas, and any power generated by renewable sources had to be heavily subsidized by the governme...

Introduction The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts, and the latest edition may be found here . However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Fu...

Stocks have a tendency to rally further than anybody thinks, and animal spirits could continue rewarding being long, but rules governing risk control will be key when the music stops, so investors ought to be planning exit strategies now, while the going is good. If they don't, the risk of rea...

July Summary I have decided to begin John and Jane's Retirement Account articles with the basic summary of how much income each retiree has generated in their Traditional IRA and Roth IRA for each respective month. Additionally, I have decided that I want to begin tracking the cash balance o...