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Invest in This Alpha Dog of the Dow January 5, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Investing, U.S. Economy Things are hard to find these days. COVID tests and face masks are in short supply. And a shortage of bus drivers is affecting my local school district. Some things are hard to find in the stock market as well … especially for income investors. The yield on the S&P 500 is a measly 1.3%.The 10-year Treasury yield is only 1.67%.Factor in inflation and those figures drop into negative territory. Your income isn’t keeping up with rising prices. You can look for yield in riskier assets such as high-yield bonds. But the “risk premium” is near historic lows. You’re not getting paid enough to justify it. Finding a good yield is becoming more like a treasure hunt … with investors scouring over hard-to-read maps. That’s why it’s time to revisit one popular strategy for clues.
Big Picture, Big Profits: Predictions for 2022 January 4, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Education, Investing, U.S. Economy 2022 looks to be an interesting year for investors: a swift market rotation, continued inflation woes, volatility, midterm elections and at least three wild cards in the mix. To survive and thrive through it all, you must start with the big picture. Then you drill down to find the big profits. That's what Ted Bauman and Clint Lee do for you in this first 2022 edition of Your Money Matters. Watch now to hear what both expect of this year and the six exchange-traded funds they recommend.
Energy Will Be the Most Tradable Sector in 2022 January 4, 2022 Investing, Trading Strategies, True Options Masters One trend will define the volatility of 2022, and could have major implications for the energy sector — and your portfolio. 
AMD’s AMDelight, The Golden Arches Get Served, Tesla Terminates Targets January 3, 2022 Great Stuff AMD: All My Dogs? Always Make Dinner? Anyway, More Dollars! Woke up quick at about noon, just thought that I had to be on Wall Street soon… Wait, are we really starting out 2022 with … *checks notes* … Eazy-E? As I tell my kids, Great Ones: “You get what you get, and you don’t […]
Prepare for the Reversal of the Perpetual Motion Machine January 3, 2022 Big Picture. Big Profits., Economy, Investing “Active managers” are hedge and mutual funds that constantly trade in and out of stocks to outperform the market. The opposite of active management is (you guessed it!) passive management, also known as indexing. An index fund holds stocks from a specific segment of the market, or index. Each stock is held in exact proportion to its weight in that index. The most common form of indexing is exchange-traded funds (ETFs). If you want to invest in the S&P 500, for example, you buy the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY). As the index performs, so the fund performs. If active managers are supposed to be so good, why do they keep underperforming the market and passive index funds? And what could change that? The answer will surprise you…MEET OUR EXPERTS
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