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Co-produced with Philip Mause The last few months have seen aggressive action by the Federal Reserve combined with a flight to quality which have resulted in interest rates in the United States that are lower than ever before in recorded history. Treasuries are now at 0.13% for one year,...
I had a conversation the other day about share buybacks and insider trading. The discussion was turning around the usual pros and cons of this capital allocation method, but I decided to look more into this and see what the empirical experience we have so far suggests. Numerous studies have be...
Main Thesis The purpose of this article is to evaluate the iShares Select Dividend ETF ( DVY ) as an investment option at its current market price. Despite generally viewing this fund favorably in the past, I have shifted to a more neutral sentiment, making me reluctant to recommend it going...
PMI Composite FLASH Markit’s Composite Purchasing Managers Index has continued to recover, rising to 46.8 in mid-June from 37.0 in May. This is well off the low of 27 set in April. While it still shows the economy is in contraction (below 50.0), there is clearly a slowdown in the ra...
Thesis Summary Interest rates across the curve are set to remain lower for longer. This will pressure the profitability of several kinds of financials, especially banks. The WisdomTree U.S. Dividend Ex-Financials ETF ( DTN ) is a good option for dividend investors who want to avoid the fin...
Remember the bear market? It erased a big portion of your life's savings within a couple of weeks. At the time it was a big deal. It was the fastest decline on record. Stocks were destroyed within weeks, in anticipation of mass economic shutdown. The fall correctly foreshadowed the economi...
Introduction In September, 2019, I put out an article titled " The Monetary Death Spiral " attempting to explain why interest rates, inflation, productivity, and economic growth have been sliding downward over the past 35 years. To understand the theory, one must first understand the tw...
The financial crisis of 2008 and 2009 was an educational experience we should all learn from. The crash (economic and financial) was unprecedented and the recovery was U-shaped at best. There were few 'good news' stories for months, if not years. Yet, March 9, 2009 was the bottom for the S&a...
Co-produced with Trapping Value The past few weeks have been difficult on income investors. While the traditional dividend season was generally associated with the occasional dividend increases, this one has come straight from a Stephen King novel. The pace of dividend cuts in the stoc...
Co-produced with Treading Softly Whenever May comes rolling around, we hear about the old adage, "Sell in May and go away". We often get asked why people like to use this saying and what validity it has. Here at High Dividend Opportunities, we look at things through the lens of our Incom...
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2024-03-22 01:08:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-03-11 23:04:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-02-08 20:36:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...