MINT News and Press, PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund From 05/19/19

(Source: imgflip ) I've had a lot of readers ask me about whether today remains a good time to put money to work in blue-chip dividend stocks. After all, fears of a recession in 2020 are rising, and market volatility has increased significantly due to the escalating US/China trade war...

This article was first released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory subscribers 2 weeks ago, so data may be out of date. Please check latest data before making investment decisions. During " ETF Month ", I will focus on profiling different exchange-traded funds. Some of these will be income-f...

Investment Thesis PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active ETF ( MINT ), while a well-managed and low-cost way to maximize income and preserve capital, is nevertheless inferior to the benefits achieved from investing in a similar low-cost, short-duration, passively-managed bond index fund. In th...

By now, everyone is well aware of economic inequality. What might be somewhat obscured is the difference between income inequality and wealth inequality. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. Income inequality measures the differences in annual inflows ...

Scottish Enlightenment-era philosopher David Hume penned a prescient and incisive essay about public debt in 1752, long before our current age of fiat currencies and staggering federal deficits. He would have been horrified at how public finance has evolved — or devolved , from his p...

HBO's epic fantasy TV series hit off its final season this past week, reminding viewers that through seven seasons of proclaiming that "Winter is Coming" despite no discernible signs of such change, winter has finally come. And with winter, which in the world of the story is a protracted sea...

Now that rates have backed off their historic lows, cash is starting to actually pay interest again. With the Fed rate at 2.50%, and the average savings account paying around 2% interest, we can finally start to earn some income on our stashed cash. Aside from the typical accounts to stash...

(Source: imgflip ) Back in September 2017, I began tracking my retirement portfolio on Seeking Alpha (my real money portfolio where I keep 100% of my net worth and life savings). Long-time followers will remember that I made a lot of mistakes initially, and it's been a continual learni...

The Theory "Modern Monetary Theory," despite the arcane ring to the term, is a hot topic being bandied about in media these days. Newcomers to the theory might assume that the whole idea is a contrived excuse to spend more federal dollars despite an already sizable deficit and debt load. I...

Finally, while I've often argued that retirees shouldn't prioritize income production because it can lead them into risky territory, I do think yielders can work well as part of the Bucket approach. As a retiree spends from Bucket 1 (cash for ongoing living expenses), he or she can refill it,...