Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) reported Q4 2011 earning results on Feb 25, 2012. Being the largest MLP my market cap I think its important to look at their results and more importantly their outlook. Details of the earnings can be found here. In short, EPD does not only continue to Read more…
Today I want to look at a few simple ways to increase your odds of making money from selling options. Option selling, i.e. selling cash secured puts, is my primary strategy to generate income from my trading portfolio. I talked about the details of my strategy in this post. The Read more…
Time for guide #2 to the blog. This post lists what I think is a good introduction to dividend investing and some of the nuances behind it. Enjoy! Core strategy: dividend investing – why dividend investing makes up the core of my investment strategy. Simple really. Better long term returns. Read more…
Here are the updates for the income investor dashboard and the IVY timing model for the end of January 2012. The income investor dashboard for January 2012 is below. First a few changes for the dashboard from last year. Most importantly I am only listing investable products in the dashboard. No more Read more…
In past posts I’ve discussed how a timing system, based on ETFs, works to lower risk, preserve capital, and at worst match long term market returns. This system use commonly available ETFs such as VTI, SPY, IEF, etc… Also, in the past I’ve loosed into whether timing high dividend stocks Read more…
Over the past year or so I’ve received many comments from readers that it is a bit difficult to find items on the blog, especially for new readers. The search function, categories, and tags are meant to help this but they don’t do a good job of providing an overview Read more…
Kinder Morgan announced Q4 2011 earnings after market on Jan 18, 2011. Being one of the top 3 MLPs by size, having the most diverse business, and being one of the best managed MLPs I think its illustrative of what is going on in the MLP sector to look at Read more…
In this post I want to take a look at the 5 year performance of the IVY market timing portfolio that I’ve discussed on the blog several times before (here and here or search the blog for ‘timing‘). For investors that are not inclined to pick investments for themselves, and Read more…
It’s a good time to update the valuation for one of my favorite sectors for income investors and retirees, MLPs. MLPs had another great year in 2011, especially during Q4. The sector returned 14% for the year vs 2% for the SP500. I’ll spare everyone the suspense buildup of the Read more…
I don’t know why I feel the need to do an outlook post. I don’t pay any attention to market forecasts. I don’t invest in indexes. So, why the need for an outlook post? Well, over the years I have to come to the opinion that it is quite helpful Read more…
It’s that time of year again. Time to put on the accountant’s hat, tally up the wins and losses for the year and see if my 2011 goals were met. In this post I’ll take a look at the performance of my portfolio in 2011 as well as some of Read more…