Today’s market is dominated by uncertainty, surrounding the trade war, recession risk and what the Fed will do next. Find out the best defensive and cyclical dividend stocks to buy now, no matter what actually happens with the economy or stock market.
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On Friday Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak at the Jackson Hole economic symposium. Here is what Wall Street hopes to hear from the Fed Chair, and why this creates a lot of short-term volatility risk for investors.
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Stock market volatility has increased due to trade war recession fears and inverted yield curves. Here are the best defensive and cyclical dividend aristocrats and kings to buy today, no matter what happens with the economy.
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Goldman Sachs now doesn’t expect a trade deal to be reached through 2020 and Moody’s estimates just a 20% probability of a deal in that time. With trade war news dominating the markets and creating wild and frightening swings, here are the best defensive dividend stocks you can buy right now, to help you sleep well at night while enjoying generous, safe and growing income, while still locking in likely double-digit long-term returns.
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The market can get crazy bullish on companies from time to time, which makes shorting those stocks seem like “easy money.” But in truth, there are three reasons why this is a high-risk strategy best avoided by most investors.
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With the trade war getting steadily worse many Apple shareholders are worried about the company’s short-term future. Discover how badly higher tariffs could hurt Apple’s fundamentals and how low Apple could realistically fall during a trade war correction.
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Discover why one of these five dividend stocks has the safe yield, strong growth potential, and mouth-watering valuation and total return potential to be my next retirement portfolio buy.
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In this podcast interview, I go over my investing philosophy, explain the short-term risks to watch out for, and offer several timely defensive investing ideas (including three top bond ETF picks).
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Last week the financial media went into an uproar over the yield curve inversion, and stocks once again tanked 3% in a single day on rising recession risk. Find out the truth about the largest recession risk we actually face.
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3M is a legendary dividend king, with 61 consecutive years of payout hikes in all economic, market and interest rate environments. Thanks to trade war recession fears today is literally the best time in years for long-term investors to buy it. In fact, today 3M is the most undervalued and highest yielding dividend king, and also offering realistic 12% to 19% CAGR long-term return potential.
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Despite mounting trade tensions and the highest recession risk in a decade, I still bought $4,000 worth of two companies over the past few weeks. Find out what I’m buying to my retirement portfolio, what it looks like today, and how I’m managing risk in these uncertain times.
Continue Reading ...The US/China trade war is the #1 risk that investors are focused on. Here’s how I learned to stop worrying about this major risk and learned to love the short-term volatility created by our president’s numerous trade tweets.
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The worst August start for stocks since 2002 has a lot of investors worried about what the rest of the month will look like. Here are the best dividend stocks to buy right now, based on a great mix of quality, valuation, and long-term total return potential.
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Pfizer’s latest mega-deal might lead to a dividend cut, but also a much more profitable and ultimately faster-growing company. Here are three things investors need to know about this high-yield defensive blue-chip.
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The dividend aristocrats are famous for both raising their dividends for 25+ consecutive years and beating the market over time with lower volatility. But today this group of legendary blue chips is 10% overvalued collectively. So here are the best dividend aristocrats to buy in August, to fit the needs of four kinds of investors.
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