ETF Battles: BND vs. TLT – Which Bond ETF is Better?
This is an excerpt of ETF Battles between TLT vs. BND on ETFguide TV – it’s a showdown between two ETFs focused on the U.S. bond…
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ETF Battles: NOBL vs. VYM – Which Dividend ETF is the Better Choice?
This is an excerpt of ETF Battles between NOBL vs. VYM – it’s a tussle between two dividend focused ETFs. Who wins the battle? NOBL…
Sexy vs. Boring: Who’s Winning?
Higher investment risk leads to higher investment returns, right? It’s a Wall Street axiom that we’ve heard so many times it’s become ingrained in us.…
Why the Debt Ceiling Deadline Isn’t That Scary
On Oct. 15, the sitting U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew sent his warning letter to Congress to increase the U.S. debt ceiling “or else.” Should bond…
What’s Your Income Plan?
For just the fourth time in 50 years, the S&P 500’s (NYSEARCA:IVV) dividend yield was briefly more versus 10-year U.S. Treasuries (ChicagoOptions:^TNX). It’s another testament…
A Boring Sector with Spectacular Results
“If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring,” observed George Soros. Which sector of the…
Is Your Investment Portfolio a One-Trick Pony?
One-trick investment portfolios are everywhere. Â Do you have one? What is a one-trick pony portfolio? It’s the kind of investment mix that is over-weighted or…
Warren Buffett is Once Again Doing the Opposite of the Crowd
The disdain for cash is nearly universal. Cash instruments like money market funds are yielding around 0%. And nobody needs or wants cash because stocks…
Portfolio Report Card: A $512,000 One-Trick Pony
Diversification means different things to different people. In some cultures, diversification means having large families to diversify so that when mom and dad get old,…
Don’t Let the ‘Great Yield Slide’ Punch You in the Nose
At the beginning of the year, the yield on 10-Year U.S. Treasuries was just shy of 3% and appeared ready for takeoff into the stratosphere.…
3 Steps to Beating the Retirement Income Shortage
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. This is an apt description of retirement income…
Beating the Dividend Income Drought
Will dividend yields test 1999 lows? That was the title of my post from a few weeks ago in which I explained to readers how…
$17.41 Trillion in U.S. Debt, like Stocks, at Record Levels
The Russell 2000 small cap index (NYSEARCA:IWM) just made a new all-time high, but stocks aren’t the only thing topping. U.S. public debt is at…
Will Dividend Yields Test ’99 Lows?
The past six years have been brutal for dividend and income investors. Zero percent interest rates have depressed bond yields (NYSEARCA:BOND) and with major stock…
Are Covered Call Funds a Smart Income Play?
What’s better? A covered call options strategy executed by the individual investor or a covered call ETF or fund that proposes to do the heavy…