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Views from the Hill
Disappearing Dividends During the Year of COVID-19
Many investors view dividend payouts as a reliable source of income, and construct portfolios emphasizing stocks that pay above-average dividends. This strategy has become common among many conservative investors over the past decade as bank interest rates and returns on … Continue reading
Presidential Elections: What Do They Mean for Markets?
Investors and media habitually look for a connection between who wins the U.S. White House and whether stocks will go up or down. But predictions based on election outcomes are unlikely to result in consistently winning bets that provide excess … Continue reading
What History Tells Us About Elections and the Markets
While surprises can and do happen, voter surprises in America frequently lead to outcomes that investors and pundits don’t expect. Election Day here in the U.S. is coming the first Tuesday in November. For those needing a civics refresher, the … Continue reading
Taking Stock of Lump-Sum Investing vs. Dollar-Cost Averaging
Some investors favor a dollar-cost averaging (DCA) approach to deploying their investment capital. Unlike lump-sum investing, in which the full amount of available funds are invested up front, DCA spreads out investment contributions using installments over time. The appeal of … Continue reading
Long-Term Investors, Don’t Let Recessions Faze You
With activity in many industries sharply curtailed in an effort to reduce the chances of spreading the coronavirus, some economists say a recession is inevitable, if one hasn’t already begun.1 From a markets perspective, we have already experienced a drop … Continue reading
Why Stocks Act Good When News is Bad
Are you puzzled when the media broadcasts bleak economic or health reports from yesterday, only to be accompanied by upwardly surging stock market prices? You’re not alone. The last few months produced many examples of astonishing stock market performance and … Continue reading
Do Downturns Lead to Down Years?
Stock market slides over days or months may lead someone with investments to anticipate a down year for their portfolio results. Fear from a coronavirus-induced business downturn has resulted in the greatest and fastest fall of stock prices in American … Continue reading
Controlling What Matters Most in a Crisis
Markets globally are recovering more rapidly than you might expect after reading about today’s new Coronavirus deaths or how unemployment figures in the U.S are hitting record highs. Over the past two months, we’ve all experienced a roller-coaster of emotions—especially … Continue reading
Epidemics, Market Declines and Planning Strategy
Around the world a spreading coronavirus is raising distressing concerns. Will it be contained or become a pandemic? Uncertainty has been experienced globally, and it is unsettling both on a human level and for investors concerned how a spreading epidemic … Continue reading
Yields of Dreams: An Informed Look at Dividends
Many Investors in recent years have developed a preference for stock dividends to generate income needs. In today’s historically low interest rate environment, such stocks are more attractive than the familiar bonds or bank CDs they used to buy and … Continue reading