High-Yield

Investing and speculating are two very disparate things. The difference between them could be crucial to your portfolio.

If it weren’t for the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve governors and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, there would be no fiscal cliff. Of that I'm convinced.  

I'm convinced dividends will continue to be the driving variable in stock valuation for years to come. When companies consistently increase earnings and dividend payments, share price is sure… Read more

There are strategies that income investors can use to maintain their purchasing power should dividend taxes rise.

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) could purchase just about anything with its $122 billion wad of cash. In fact, the company has the ability to double its yield right now without… Read more

I like gold because it's a risk-reducing, portfolio-diversifying asset. It's also been a strong-performing asset over the past decade – up nearly 400%.

Uncertainty over the election results has given way to an even bigger impediment for investors: the fiscal cliff.

You may be getting duped by the U.S. government. That is, if you’re like millions of others who own a certain popular government-backed income investment.

If you are a dividend investor in the upper echelons of income earners – $200,000 or more annually – you are in for a tax shock after the… Read more