SARINYAPINNGAM Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VGLT) is an ideal way to buy longer duration U.S. Treasury Bonds and lock in a yield of about 4.5% (SEC 30-day yield). This yield is close to what money market funds currently offer, but investors who remain in money market funds are likely to see yields…
PM Images The market continues to rally in 2024 as the S&P 500 is up 7.42%, and the Nasdaq has climbed 7.15% YTD. While the bears think the Nasdaq above 16,000 and the S&P above 5,000 are unsustainable, we could very well be in the early innings of a multi-year bull cycle. Corporate earnings continue…
PM Images In October, we called for a buy in The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV) for reliable dividend growth and capital gains. The stock, like the company, is a reliable slow grower and was in our opinion attractively valued. We liked it because insurance is a requirement in most states and a must-have for many…
Bulgac Co-authored with Treading Softly. I was recently reading about how the average American believes in at least one conspiracy theory. I’m not saying that the average American is a conspiracy theorist wearing a tin hat. But the average American believes, at least in one conspiracy theory, largely because they don’t believe that their government…
photobyphm Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is suffering a new period of stock price weakness which, in my view, is a compelling opportunity, particularly for passive income investors, to gobble up some shares for their portfolios. Verizon just fell through its 50-day moving average line and some investors are having doubts, unjustifiably, about the company’s dividend…
Bytmonas/iStock via Getty Images The headline figures for AMMO’s (NASDAQ:POWW) first quarter 2024 results looked pretty bad. AMMO saw a massive YoY drop in revenue from $60.8 million in the prior quarter to $34.3 million in the current quarter. Just taking this at face value may lead one to think that the company is in…
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