HIPS News and Press, GraniteShares HIPS US High Income From 03/17/22

HIPS is an income fund invested in CEFs, MLPs, REITs, and BDCs. The high yield comes with a high expense ratio and share price decay. The current distribution per share doesn’t look sustainable in the long term. An alternative high-yield strategy taking into account tot...

Most ETFs pick an asset class to meet their strategy. CEFS has income as their core focus but then invests across more than Fixed Income funds to achieve that mandate. Along with analyzing the Saba Closed-End Funds ETF, this article will compare that ETF with other investment choices ...

A reader and subscriber asked for my thoughts on HIPS. HIPS is a diversified multi-asset class index ETF, offering investors a strong 8.0% dividend yield. An overview of the fund follows. For further details see: HIPS: Diversified Multi-Asset Class ETF, Strong 8.0% Divid...

During July, global consensus earnings estimates have re-accelerated to the upside, representing another bullish impulse in the tug of war between high valuations on the one hand and strong profits momentum on the other. Despite market worries of a loss of momentum in the near term, t...

Why capital appreciation is a flawed strategy for income generation. Why bonds may not be the solution to the U.S. "Income Crisis". Building an income strategy using consistent monthly distributions. Response to previous SA post titled: "GraniteShares HIPS U.S. High Income ETF...

With CDs earning below inflation (and not even close), investors in need of income are searching for high quality investments to meet that need.  Not sure HIPS meets that goal. Smart income investors do not tunnel-vision solely on yield. They are also concerned with the investmen...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

The K shape makes a lot of sense, where the upper end kind of is bouncing, the upper part of the K and then the other side are declining. One of the effects of COVID is it's essentially accelerated the adoption of multiple technologies at a mass level that we would never have seen so ...

All day long the equity indexes roll across the screen. Buy this stock. Sell that stock. You would think most days that equities are the only market in existence. Back in March the headlines were awash with 10%, 25% and 50% corrections coming. Now, in the financial press, you might think that ...

Scott Mather, CIO U.S. Core Strategies, discusses performance differences amid core bond funds, and how a focus on quality, liquidity and diversification has helped PIMCO Total Return provide portfolio ballast in this crisis. Scott Mather: The Global health crisis has resulted in wide...