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 However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date.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...

The yield curve is as inverted as it has been since 2007. Global manufacturing data has weakened. Markets are skittish about the uncertain impacts of a trade war escalation. Economists and market pundits are seeing rising estimates of an economic recession in the next twelve months. For my ...

As my regular readers know one of my primary goals is to keep things simple. By keeping my investment plan simple I think it’s easier for me to carry it out and stick with it. And I’ve seen no evidence that more complicated investment plans are any more successful than simple one...