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How To Grab Growth And Solid Income From The Small-Cap Sector
Can you notch up profits and earn solid, steady income at the same time?
Usually, the two don’t go hand-in-hand – especially not in the small-cap sector.
But that doesn’t mean to say that it’s impossible to grab the best of both worlds.
If you’ve read my columns here or in our monthly Xcelerated Profits Report newsletter, you know that I focus on the small-cap space – both in my specialist areas of healthcare and biotech and other sectors, too.
Typically, these small-cap stocks are ripe for big gains more so than income through dividends. But I’m actually a big fan of dividends, too.
So what…
17Aug2009 | Smart Profits Report | 1 comment | ContinuedThree Stable Dividend Plays For Volatile Markets
As recently as February, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) had hopes of maintaining its dividend payout.
"We’ve got the cash flow to pay the dividend," GE Chief Executive Officer Jeffery Immelt said in a Feb. 5 interview with The Wall Street Journal.
But by the end of the month, Immelt’s resolve had collapsed under the weight of the global financial crisis and his company announced its first dividend cut since the Great Depression. GE slashed its payout by more than two-thirds, from 31 cents to 10 cents per share.
GE is not alone. Companies typically abhor dividend cuts, as they are widely viewed…
22May2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Patient is Etherized: Consume the Preferred Organ
You know something’s up when the market keeps rising in the face of pitiful economic and corporate earnings news. That’s precisely what happened last week when consumer confidence was smashed, GDP shrunk and yet the Dow charged ahead nearly 15%.
Some might call it a bull market. Others would say that was heresy: “What, with the dollar on its way to becoming worthless? How dare you speak of a bull market!”
And yet that’s exactly what it is.
On the 10th of October, when the Dow Industrials fell briefly below the 8000 level and the panic was general, 93% of all stocks…
5Nov2008 | Oxbury Research | Comments Off | ContinuedInvesting In Dividend-Paying Stocks: A Strong Buy Since 1935
Fear and greed dominate the stock market. While they’re always prevalent, they become magnified in times of great stress – like now. Smart investors know better than to base their investment decisions on emotions like these.
When it comes to investing, the ability to play solid defense can ease you through turbulent times much better than most ordinary investors.
And the concept here is simple: Defensive investing means having some strong, dividend-paying stocks in your portfolio. Forget running to cash as a “last resort” because of negative market performance.
Instead, it’s better to look for long-term drivers – like earnings growth, cash and the…
31Oct2008 | Investment U | Comments Off | ContinuedThese Dividend Stocks Keep On Giving… Even As The Market Keeps Falling
There are several interesting correlations between sports and investing.
One of the truest is also one of the most fundamental rules: If you want to be successful, it starts with playing solid defense.
Sadly, this is a concept lost on my favorite English soccer team, Everton, who’ve shipped a league-high 18 goals in just eight games this season. It’s also lost on the Denver Broncos, whose defense has more holes than the Old Course at St. Andrews and who got walloped 41-7 by New England on Monday night.
When it comes to investing, the ability to play solid defense can ease you through…
23Oct2008 | Smart Profits Report | Comments Off | ContinuedEnergy Utilities: Buy Exelon Corp. (EXC:NYSE)
Here’s a news story I bet you haven’t heard. It’s created a nearly catastrophic economic environment in one of our nation’s state capitals, but few folks are talking about it. Maybe it is because they are scared to raise the subject.
Just a few weeks ago, an avalanche took out Juneau, Alaska’s power supply. Nearly two miles of high-power transmission lines from a nearby hydroelectric plant were destroyed. It will take more than three months to fix the problem. Meanwhile, the entire city (including all the government offices, mind you) is forced to get its energy from a handful of huge…
16May2008 | Guest Contributor | Comments Off | Continued
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