High-Yield

The five-year run-up in U.S. stocks has been great for long-term investors already in the game.  For new investors, the run-up is less great: Value and yield have been… Read more

Perhaps it’s my contrary nature. While most investors are drawn to market winners, I’m drawn to losers.  I’m more intrigued by who hit a new 52-week low (a multi-year… Read more

I’m prone to enthuse profusely on the wonders of dividend growth. Time after time, I see rising dividend payouts followed by rising share price.  As the dividend payout goes,… Read more

The S&P 500 yields less than 2%, but that says nothing about the yield of each individual component. Within the S&P 500, higher yield can be found. The key,… Read more

“You can’t beat the market, so stop trying.”- CBS News, July 5, 2012 This income myth might be the most destructive for investors, for the simple reason that it… Read more

If I were to ask 100 investors what they think are indispensable attributes of great investors, I’d surmise that “intelligence,” “shrewdness,”  “ingenuity,” “foresight” would top the list. I’d also… Read more

Why are high-yield portfolios dismissed as inferior to their growth counterparts by so many investors? The lure of high-returns seems to always trump the steady growth of blue-chip… Read more

Want to earn instant income from blue-chip stocks you already own? Andy Crowder and Ian Wyatt explain how through a rarely used, high-yielding strategy.

The percentages are huge, really huge: Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) up 40,000%; Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) up 18,000%; even downtrodden Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is up 17,000%. The percentages refer to the… Read more