A REIT worth owning should reward investors with regular dividend rate increases. The typical REIT announces a new, higher dividend once a year, followed by four quarterly payouts at the new rate. Across the REIT world, increases happen every month
December 4, 2015
It has long been our contention at Hennion & Walsh that, for income oriented investors, bonds can provide for a dependable and consistent stream of income, and principal protection when held to maturity. Bonds, whether they are Municipal, Government or
There’s one piece of market-related data that I check faithfully – and I believe all serious investors should do the same. It’s the monthly survey of fund managers from around the world, conducted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The
The final meeting of the Federal Reserve on Dec 16 is sure to cook up a storm as it will likely result in an interest rate hike for the first time in almost a decade. Notably, in a speech
ECRI’s WLI Growth Index which forecasts economic growth six months forward – improved but remains in negative territory. This index had spent 28 weeks in negative territory, then 15 weeks in positive territory – and now is in its 16th
Rampaging bulls were corralled – initially by expected limited follow-through to start-off Wednesday’s session; all inline with a phony upside December start. So in-line with our suspicion that Tuesday’s upside romp was likely a one-day-wonder short-squeeze; we moved to the short-side, notably with just a
Over the past week my core market health indicators held steady as the market whipped back and forth. The lack of movement in the indicators while the market was falling sharply on Wednesday and Thursday indicates internal strength. None of
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (MPAA – Snapshot Report) is seeing record sales as America’s auto fleet ages and needs repair. This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) is expected to see double digit earnings growth in both Fiscal 2016 and Fiscal 2017. Motorcar
QUESTION: Marty, it is amazing how these markets gravitate to your number like the 1043 in gold and 10530 in the Euro. You said at the conference we should watch the gold benchmarks like bookends and the bounce into the first
Exports and imports are both down again this month. Exports decreased more so the result is a widening of the trade deficit. The Bloomberg Econoday Consensus was for a balance of -40.6 billion. The actual number was -43.9 billion, at the top
