(CNN) — You may want your portfolio to throw off a decent amount of income, either to fund current needs or because you (quite sensibly) don’t want to rely on capital gains for all your investment returns. But with the distinct possibility of rising interest rates, higher inflation, and lower returns, bonds hardly look like […]
(Kiplinger.com) — Dividends are back, and their return couldn’t have come at a better time. Since the 1960s, cash payouts have accounted for 65% of the total return of Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index during sideways-moving markets. And though the rebound that followed the 2007-09 collapse remains in force, the stock market has mostly meandered […]
(Associated Press) — Factories are churning out more goods. Consumers are spending. Government aid is fueling construction activity. But stagnant pay and weak hiring will likely restrain the economic rebound in coming months. That cautionary picture emerged from a series of economic reports Monday.Consumers stepped up their spending in March by the largest amount in […]
(seekingalpha.com) — Here is something that you may not realize about Warren Buffett: counting only his take-home pay, the Oracle of Omaha is a pauper compared to his peers. But as we all know, there is more to this story than meets the eye. The difference, in this case, is in the dividends. Read More…