MINT News and Press, PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund From 09/23/19

Note: This article was first released to members 2 weeks ago. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corpora...

The Underestimated Growth Engine In a previous post (see here ), I wrote about the often-ignored engine of organic economic growth that is private savings . To quote myself: Saving leads to investment. Investment leads to increased productivity and output capacity. These lead to more ...

An inverted yield curve is one of the most reliable leading indicators of an ensuing recession. That is, when longer maturity Treasury yields such as that of 10, 20, or 30-year bonds are lower than the yields of short-term Treasury yields, this signifies the market betting that the Federal...

This article was originally published 1 month ago. Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds [CEFs] for further due diligence and investigation. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "ce...

In a previous article , I described how corporate profitability is inversely related to the level of interest rates. In other words, low interest rates lead to high corporate profits, and high interest rates lead to low corporate profits. The following charts do a good job of illustrating...

This past week, I made a decision about which I feel uncertain. It isn't that I am anxious or afraid about it. Indeed, as I'll show, I came out with surprisingly a substantial gain. Instead, I have the typical unease that comes whenever I sell any security. Did I get too jittery with my gai...

As markets chop around from the recent trade war and recession contagion spreads, its hard to find investments that you can park your money in while waiting for things to settle down. This week, I received a message from a Seeking Alpha reader asking if I would look at the PIMCO Enhanced Short...

There are many current themes in the market that warrant a certain level of caution in the investment process. From growing anxiety over a global cyclical slowdown, recession fears in the U.S., the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute, decelerating growth among some mega-cap stocks, and the dynami...

American pensions are in trouble. A Wilshire Consulting Report from 2017 shows that 97% of the 103 state pension funds that report actuarial values were underfunded. The "funded ratio" — that is, the percentage of liabilities (promised benefits) covered by current assets (funds av...

(Source: imgflip ) Due to reader requests, I've decided to break up my weekly "Best Dividend Stocks To Buy This Week" series into two parts. One will be the weekly watch list article (with the best ideas for new money at any given time). The other will be a portfolio update. To also m...