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Inflation and the just started earnings season dominate market movements. Markets remain very volatile and record inflation readings paired with an aggressive Fed and negative consumer sentiment are starting to hammer stocks and hopefully lead to a prolonged bear. I am never a bea...

User-pays infrastructure and utilities continued to perform well amid a steep selloff for equities as their stable cash flows, growing dividends, essential service nature and ability to pass through inflation offered a safe haven in a volatile quarter. Heightened expectations of a tak...

The bull market in fixed income is over and interest rates are rising. The June CPI estimate came in hotter than expected. The Fed is pushing interest rates higher. Fixed income securities are starting to look attractive again. This article presents roughly 100 candidate s...

In 2015, I started publishing updates regarding my dividend growth portfolio, and I keep doing so every quarter. This is part of being transparent with my readers, so they can see what I hold and its correlation with my writing. This article summarizes Q2 of 2022, where the most p...

The bull market in fixed income is over and interest rates are rising. This will cause financial difficulty for some but opportunities for others. Fixed income securities are starting to look attractive again. This article presents roughly 80 candidate securities for those wit...

The war in Ukraine is no longer the major market mover as record inflation has now taken that spot. Markets are very nervous and record inflation readings paired with an aggressive Fed and negative consumer sentiment are starting to hammer stocks and hopefully lead to a prolonged bear...

Subsectors are overvalued by 18% to 27% relative to 11-year averages. Their quality score is close to the historical baseline. RYU: a fund limiting risks related to individual companies. 10 utilities stocks cheaper than their peers in June. For further details see: R...

A weekly summary of dividend activity for Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers. Companies which changed their dividends. Companies with upcoming ex-dividend dates. Companies with upcoming pay dates. For further details see: Dividend Champion, Contender, An...

Gas is the most attractive utilities industry in both valuation and momentum. Water and electricity subsectors are overvalued by almost 30% relative to 11-year averages. FUTY: an alternative to XLU. 10 stocks cheaper than their peers in May. For further details see: ...

The war in Ukraine continues to dominate market movements. I have started exiting one of my apartment REITs and predominantly focus on adding dividend income via select purchases. The combination of soaring inflation and geopolitical uncertainty has rattled markets and following t...