A couple of years ago, I talked about preferred shares. At the conclusion of that post, I had said: You’d have to be fairly certain that the central bank is no longer raising rates. Are we reasonably sure that the central bank is no longer raising rates? Seems like it, right? In one of the…
I watch a guy on YouTube, Ben Felix, who talks about investments. Ben is very research-focused, and each of his videos delves into some long-term study on investing that has some exciting results. Much of that still goes over my head, and I wish someone Explained It Like I Am Five. His latest video shows…
This is frustrating. Today, I transferred some money from my checking account to my investment account, sold some of my money market funds, and pushed the money into the market. I thought it was a lot of money. On dollar terms, it was a lot of money. But when I look at my “percentage” of…
About a year ago, I became interested in closed-end funds (CEFs). They offered relatively high dividend returns but also had some risk. It was a rather complex calculation that I was making, but I figured that holding on to the best quality closed-end funds for a couple of years would be pretty lucrative. Most of…
A couple of years ago, I had to close out all of my stock/investment positions to become highly liquid. I was buying some real estate (with plans to sell some shortly after), and so I figured my life would be easier being in all cash for that time. Easier to get the down payment for…
There are 100 different examples of “financial things breaking” this year, but one that isn’t often discussed is how the bond market and the stock market rarely (if ever) crash simultaneously. The S&P 500 is down nearly 24% year-to-date, and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index has surrendered about 16%. Should both indexes finish the…
I’m a bit impulsive sometimes. I am reading a book that talks about closed-end funds (CEFs) for income (“How to Retire on Dividends: Earns a Safe 8%, Leave Your Principal Intact“) and the idea makes sense to me. I started digging into the details even more, and I found a few that look appealing. What…
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