AI usage is booming. What does AI use? It uses energy. AI is a notable energy hog, so the local utility company was the ...

We’ve got an early start to the year-end tax-loss selling season to thank for this opportunity. Forget Year-End: The Best ...

There are hundreds of closed-end funds (CEFs) out there, and almost all of them have an investor they’re perfect for. I say “almost” because there are a few that are, in my view, not appropriate for ...

The market has served us up a tidy opportunity on a closed-end fund (CEF) yielding an eye-popping 13.1%. What’s more, this fund is oversold, at a 12.1% discount to net asset value (NAV). Before I name ...

We love it when a stock “pays us back” in dividends. The faster, the better! Most people don’t get this luxury. They’re stuck “grinding it out” with the S&P 500’s 1% payers. Not us. We’re hunting for ...

Today we’ll discuss a 5.4% dividend that actually annualizes to 7%. A 5.7% payer that really dishes 12.4%. And even a headline 15% yield that is understated because the company handed out 16.1% last ...

In three charts, we’ll show why monthly dividends are superior to even blue-chip payers. Plus, we’ll discuss five monthlies that yield between 9.7% and 13.5%. First, let’s talk about monthly dividend ...

I’d like to share my simple “Made for 2025” Dividend Plan with you. It’s a simple, safe strategy that identifies dividend stocks with payouts set to surge higher. As these divvies pop, so do their ...

In case you haven’t heard, the Federal Reserve is about to cut interest rates. That is big news for this trio of dividend payers, dishing between 11.1% to 12.6% per year. These stocks survived the ...

Most mainstream financial websites are not “smart enough” to include special dividends. The yields they display reflect plain ol’ quarterly or monthly payouts. For most stocks this does not matter.

Inflation continues to creep higher. Meanwhile tariffs are here, and more are on the way. Vanilla investors are rattled. The AAII (American Association of Individual Investors) Investor Sentiment ...

One week ago, money-printer-turned-inflation-hawk Jay Powell told the world he was going to keep hiking interest rates. And more than he thought his Federal Reserve needed just two months ago. Yes, ...