Tag: ETF

These 2 “Silent Wealth Builders” Are Set To Soar (And Yield 6.8%+)

| July 31, 2019 | 0 Comments
These 2 “Silent Wealth Builders” Are Set To Soar (And Yield 6.8%+)

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) sound boring, but the truth is they’re the hottest investments out there. And today I’m going to give you two great ways to buy in: both are REIT-focused funds with big yields—I’m talking 6.8% and up! You’ve no doubt noticed that REITs get little attention in the financial press. That’s […]

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7 Bad ETFs That Just Aren’t Worth The Trouble This Year

7 Bad ETFs That Just Aren’t Worth The Trouble This Year

Some of these are bad ETFs, but some could easily turn into winners The S&P 500 is up nearly 19% year-to-date and in the world of exchange traded funds (ETFs), about 90% of those trading in the U.S. are in the green this year. In other words, stocks and ETFs that are slumping this year really standout […]

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Revealed: The 5 Best CEFs For 17%+ Yearly Gains, 6%+ Dividends

| July 24, 2019 | 0 Comments
Revealed: The 5 Best CEFs For 17%+ Yearly Gains, 6%+ Dividends

Something unusual has happened in closed-end funds (CEFs) lately—a lot of new names are showing up in the leaderboard of the top long-term performers. According to my CEF Insider service, there are now 36 funds that have delivered over 15% annualized total returns over the last decade, and three have delivered over 20% annualized returns, including their hefty dividend […]

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7 Of The Best Smart-Beta ETFs To Target Right Now

7 Of The Best Smart-Beta ETFs To Target Right Now

Smart beta ETFs may not be the rage they used to be, but there are some great funds in this category. For a while now, advisors and investors have been hearing more and more about smart-beta exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These are an increasingly prominent part of the ETF landscape with a rather broad definition. In […]

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Buy And Hold Forever? Nope. I’d Sell If You See These 3 Signs

| July 17, 2019 | 0 Comments
Buy And Hold Forever? Nope. I’d Sell If You See These 3 Signs

Members of our CEF Insider service often ask me when they should sell a closed-end fund. The truth is, when it comes to CEFs, it’s easier to know when to buy than when to sell. If the fund is well managed, has a strong track record, is deeply discounted in relation to net asset value, or NAV (another way of […]

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9 Set-It-And-Forget-It ETFs To Simplify Your Portfolio

9 Set-It-And-Forget-It ETFs To Simplify Your Portfolio

Sometimes you may need or want a portfolio that can earn you money without a lot of babysitting Inside my Profitable Investing, I have a large collection of model portfolios which are offered to achieve my goal of all-weather performance with lots of income and risk-controlled growth using stocks, bonds and funds — including ETFs. For […]

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These Huge Dividends (Up To 7.4%) Are Perfect For The Next 6 Months

| July 10, 2019 | 0 Comments
These Huge Dividends (Up To 7.4%) Are Perfect For The Next 6 Months

The trade-war panic is in full retreat—and it’s left us three ridiculously cheap funds set to soar even higher than the market in the coming months. Best of all, we’ll bag some very nice dividends from this trio: I’m talking outsized yields up to 7.4%! Before I show them to you, let’s talk about why the market […]

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3 Marijuana ETFs To Buy For Safer Cannabis-Based Gains

3 Marijuana ETFs To Buy For Safer Cannabis-Based Gains

These marijuana ETFs make investing in the space easy There’s no denying that marijuana stocks are hot these days. And for good reason. As cannabis continues to move into legal status for both medical and recreational purposes, the potential is huge. Depending on what study you look at, the global legal marijuana market size is […]

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3 Materials ETFs To Help Build Your Portfolio

3 Materials ETFs To Help Build Your Portfolio

Not all materials ETFs are created equal There are 11 sectors represented in the S&P 500 with weights ranging from 2.81% at the bottom to 21.45% at the top. Guess which group resides at the bottom? Materials. That is not the only point underscoring the materials sector’s diminutive status. The Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA:XLB), the largest materials […]

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3 All-American ETFs To Consider Buying

3 All-American ETFs To Consider Buying

These All-American ETFs could be defensive plays While U.S. stocks have recently been decked by trade jitters and renewed recession fears, the U.S. remains the place to be for equity investors. Even with its May struggles, the S&P 500 is higher by 11.80% year-to-date, outpacing the MSCI EAFE Index by 340 basis points and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by […]

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