Investing in Dividends

Sure, stocks carry plenty of risk. But that risk is known. What’s more, it’s easily counteracted with inverse ETFs.
On the other hand, many so-called “safe” investments come with all kinds of hidden risks.
Let’s start with one of the most blatant examples — the fact that America’s oldest money market fund recently told its investors, “NO [...]

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If you’re an income investor holding dividend stocks, you face a big problem in volatile markets like we have today. Even if you’re holding Dow stocks that have long histories of steadily rising dividend payments — stocks that are perfect long-term core income holdings — you run the risk of watching share prices plummet during [...]

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This latest bear market officially began on July 9, when the S&P 500 index closed 20.5% lower than its high made on October 9, 2007.
How low can stocks go based on history?
The average bear market in the S&P 500 has seen an average loss of 34.1% over 20 months. That would take us to 1031.49, [...]

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Keep Crashes in Perspective
As a stock investor, it’s hard to watch massive daily drops in the Dow and other benchmarks. They affect every single one of us with money parked in investments.
However, just for a little perspective, take a look at two charts.
The first chart shows you what the Crash of 1987 looked like during [...]

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