Gridlock! Whether you’re delighted or dismayed by the results of the midterm election, I’ve got encouraging news for you—a divided government in Washington isn’t such a bad thing for your investments. This month, I’ll show you how you can take advantage of the new paths to profit that the election has opened up. In fact, I expect gains of 40%-60% in the next two years for my top picks. December also marks the fourth anniversary of our Incredible Dividend Machine. This nifty portfolio has beaten the overall stock market by such a huge margin it’s almost amusing. In our latest lineup, I’m swapping two of the members of the Machine with new names that I’m confident will keep the streak going. Finally, the holiday season is the perfect time to do some housecleaning, and if you’re sitting on a mutual fund that has outlived its usefulness, raise a glass of holiday cheer and toast it good-bye. Then replace it with one of my four best funds for your specific needs.
Written on December 1, 2006 at 12:00 am, by Administrator
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Tags: AB, AllianceBernstein Holding, American Century Equity Income, American Century Target Maturities Trust, American Water Works, Aqua America, AWW, BAC, Bank of American, BP, BTTRX, citigroup, CMA, Comerica, Congress, Consolidated Edison, crude, Davis New York Venture Fund, defense, Democrats, DODBX, DODFX, Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund, Dodge & Cox International Fund, Dodge & Cox Stock Fund, DODGX, DUK, Duke Energy, ED, election, energy, EWJ, EXC, Exelon, Fed, Federal Reserve, FHN, First Horizon National, Gabelli Equity Income, GABEX, Gap, German utilities, GLAD, Gladstone Capital, global funds, GPS, Great Plains Energy, GXP, health care, healthcare, HMO, IAR, Idearc, Incredible Dividend Machine, Inland Real Estate, interest rates, IRC, iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Sector Index Fund, iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund, iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector Index Fund, IXJ, IYH, JNJ, Johnson & Johnson, KEY, KeySpan Energy, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, KMP, MAS, Masco Corp., Merck, midterm election, Morgan Stanley EAFE Index, MRK, New Jersey, NYVTX, OAKBX, Oakmark Equity and Income, oil, PEG, PFE, Pfizer, Pinnacle West Capital, PNW, Public Service Enterprise Group, Regions Financial, Republicans, RF, RWE, SE, Selected American Shares, SLASX, Spectra Energy, Stephen Hemsley, TD Ameritrade, TPK, Travelers Property Casualty Notes, TWEIX, UNH, UnitedHealth Group, US Bancorp, USB, utilities, Valero LP, Vanguard Wellington, Verizon, VLI, VWELX, VZ, wachovia, Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund, Washington, Washington Mutual, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, water, water utilities, wb, WHOSX, William McGuire, WM, WRE, WTR, Xcel Energy, XEL, Zimmer Holdings, ZMH
It’s a contradiction—or is it? Two important groups of players in the financial markets seem to be flashing polar-opposite signals. Today, Treasury bond yields plunged to a 10-month low. (Wonderful for our zero coupons!) At the same time, gold prices surged $12 an ounce, to their highest level since early August.
Written on November 30, 2006 at 10:28 pm, by Administrator
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Tags: 10-year T-note, Ben Bernanke, Bonds, Fed, Federal Reserve, gold, inflation, interest rates, precious metals, Treasury bond yields, wachovia, wb, zero coupons
Earnings season is in full swing again on Wall Street. Some advisors may ooh and ahh over corporate quarterly reports, but I see the earnings circus as a great opportunity for long-term investors to act while other folks overreact.
After a huge stock market run-up such as we’ve seen over the past three months, it’s tough to find bargains. Most stocks are trading well above near-term support on their price charts. But a few good values are popping up here and there.
This month, find out why the stock market is primed for a strong, sustainable growth cycle starting sometime in the fourth quarter of this year. I’ll
show you how to make the most of the lucrative—yet in many ways “different”—bull market I see unfolding. To help you get your ducks
in a row, I’ll name my top three industry groups, with my #1 stock pick in each for potential gains of 60%-80% and more by late 2008 or early 2009.
I’ve also included a long list of ill-fated stocks and mutual funds to cut loose as quickly as possible.
Written on October 1, 2006 at 12:00 am, by Administrator
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Tags: Alkermes, ALKS, Alliance World Dollar Government Fund II, Alpine U.S. Real Estate Fund, American Century Target Maturities Trust -- 2025 Portfolio, AMLN, Amylin Pharmaceutical, AOL, AWF, Bernanke, biotech industry, biotechnology, BOT, BP, BTTRX, CBOT Holdings, closed-end funds, CMCSA, Comcast, consumer spending, COT, Cott Corp., EAMCX, Eastman Kodak, EK, elections, Electronic Arts, ERTS, ETFs, exchange-traded funds, FBDIX, FDEGX, FDX, Fed, FedEx Corp., Fidelity Aggressive Growth Fund, Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund, Fidelity Select Automotive Fund, FPA Paramount Fund, FPRAX, Franklin Biotech Discovery Fund, Franklin Real Estate Fund, FRIFX, FRLAX, FSAVX, IMMIX, ING Small/Midcap Stock Fund, interest rates, IQW, Iraq, iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund, IYT, JBTAX, John Hancock Technology Fund, LEA, Lear Corp., Massey Energy, MDG, Medarex, media, MEDX, MEE, Meridian Gold, MFS Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Middle East, midterm election, News Corp., NIS, Nissin, NSPBX, NWS.A, OI, Owens-Illinois, PBS, PHH, PHH Corp., PIMCO Real Return Fund, Pioneer Mid-Cap Growth Fund, PITHX, PNRAX, PowerShares Dynamic Media, Preferred Strategies Fund, PRTNX, PSY, Putnam Research Fund, Quebecor World, real estate investment trusts, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, REGN, REITs, retail, Rydex Precious Metals Fund, RYZCX, SIRI, Sirius Satellite Radio, SPDR Retail, T bonds, Target, TCW Select Equities Fund, TGCEX, TGT, Time Warner, TNX, transportation, treasuries, Treasury bonds, TWX, UIS, Unisys, USG, USG Corp., Vanguard Value Index Fund, vivax, Wal-Mart, Wasath-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund, White Oak Select Growth Fund, WHOSX, WMT, WOGSX, XRT
Many income investments are already celebrating the Fed’s decision to pause. (Several of our utility stocks lately have bounced up to 52-week
highs.) However, I’m still uncovering juicy yields in some out-of-the-way places. I have compiled a menu of income plays that will deliver you
a generous cash payout of up to 7% annually, with ample scope for capital gains, too.
Written on September 1, 2006 at 12:00 am, by Administrator
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Tags: Altria, Bank of America, Boston Properties, BPL, Buckeye Partners, BXP, CharterMac, CHC, Chevron, citigroup, December 2008 LEAPS, DUK, Duke Energy, Enterprise Products Partners, EPD, ETF, Exxon, FDX, Fed, Federal Reserve, FedEx Corp., Fiduciary Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund, FMO, Gap, GE, General Electric, GMAC Bank, GPS, Hewlett-Packard, HPF, HPI, HPQ, HPS, II and III, IndyMac, interest rates, IRS, ITT Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase, JCI, John Hancock Preferred Income I, Johnson Controls, Kimco Realty Series F, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, KMP, master limited partnerships, MLPs, Pfizer, Pinnacle West Capital, PNW, preferreds, ProLogis Trust Series G, Public Storage Series H, REIT, retirement, SSO, SYZLT, TEPPCO Partners, TPP, Ultra ProShares S&P 500 Fund, UltraBull ProFund, Vanguard Value Index Fund, vivax, Vornado Realty Series H, Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo and AT&T, WMT
Many income investments are already celebrating the Fed’s decision to pause. (Several of our utility stocks lately have bounced up to 52-week
highs.) However, I’m still uncovering juicy yields in some out-of-the-way places. I have compiled a menu of income plays that will deliver you
a generous cash payout of up to 7% annually, with ample scope for capital gains, too.
Written on September 1, 2006 at 12:00 am, by Administrator
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Tags: Altria, Bank of America, Boston Properties, BPL, Buckeye Partners, BXP, CharterMac, CHC, Chevron, citigroup, December 2008 LEAPS, DUK, Duke Energy, Enterprise Products Partners, EPD, ETF, Exxon, FDX, Fed, Federal Reserve, FedEx Corp., Fiduciary Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund, FMO, Gap, GE, General Electric, GMAC Bank, GPS, Hewlett-Packard, HPF, HPI, HPQ, HPS, II and III, IndyMac, interest rates, IRS, ITT Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase, JCI, John Hancock Preferred Income I, Johnson Controls, Kimco Realty Series F, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, KMP, master limited partnerships, MLPs, Pfizer, Pinnacle West Capital, PNW, preferreds, ProLogis Trust Series G, Public Storage Series H, REIT, retirement, SSO, SYZLT, TEPPCO Partners, TPP, Ultra ProShares S&P 500 Fund, UltraBull ProFund, Vanguard Value Index Fund, vivax, Vornado Realty Series H, Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo and AT&T, WMT
Finishing the job! Stock prices backed off this week as investors digested news that the Federal Reserve has decided to put its credit-tightening campaign on hold. We’re pleased with the way the market is forming a broad, solid bottom here.
In this month’s visit, I’ll show you how to take advantage of the dip by loading up on a bundle of bargain-priced stocks from America and abroad
Written on July 1, 2006 at 12:00 am, by Administrator
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Tags: Ambient Corp., Brazilian stocks, CHA, Chesapeake, Chevron, China Telecom, CHK, ConocoPhillips, cop, Corporate Property Associates 16�Global, CVX, emerging markets, energy, Entertainment Properties Trust, EPR, EWT, EWW, EWZ, Fed, FXI, general mills, gis, hd, home depot, IBN, ICICI Bank, Inland Real Estate, interest rates, IRC, iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund, iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund, iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund, iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund, PMG, Putnam Municipal Bond Fund, REIT, Taiwan Semiconductor, TSM, UBB, Unibanco, Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals, VGM
In this month’s visit, I’ll show you how to take advantage of the dip by loading up on a bundle of bargain-priced stocks from America and abroad
Written on July 1, 2006 at 12:00 am, by Administrator
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Tags: Ambient Corp., Brazilian stocks, CHA, Chesapeake, Chevron, China Telecom, CHK, ConocoPhillips, cop, Corporate Property Associates 16�Global, CVX, emerging markets, energy, Entertainment Properties Trust, EPR, EWT, EWW, EWZ, Fed, FXI, general mills, gis, hd, home depot, IBN, ICICI Bank, Inland Real Estate, interest rates, IRC, iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund, iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund, iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund, iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund, PMG, Putnam Municipal Bond Fund, REIT, Taiwan Semiconductor, TSM, UBB, Unibanco, Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals, VGM