Today I wanted to touch on another common behavioral issue that most investors fall prey to, anchoring. I’ve commented previously on the behavior gap, how behavioral issues lead to investor under performance and specifically how more information often leads to worse investment performance. Anchoring is another behavioral pitfall for investors. Read more…
Today I wanted to present an alternative way to generate income using options. In a previous post I discussed selling options as a great way, and my preferred way, to generate income. In my Investing for A Living retirement model this is the predominant strategy I use for the ‘trading’ Read more…
May has come to a close. It was certainly and interesting month for income investments. Here is the beginning of June Income Investor Dashboard updated with prices as of the close of trading June 1, 2011. As usual the green highlights are for the sectors that became cheaper during the Read more…
The 4% rule of thumb for retirement savings is under threat. After 10 years of retirement, through the end of 2009, individuals who retired at the beginning of the year 2000 are potentially on a path to run out of money before the end of their 30 year retirement period. Read more…
I am a contrarian investor by nature. When there is too much fanfare around an investment, be it a stock or whole asset class, I usually find myself wanting to run for the exits. The hair on the back of my neck literally stands on edge sometimes. Most value investors Read more…
Well, the MLP correction I discussed earlier seems to have run its course for now. I thought this would be a good time to see what this correction has done for MLP valuations relative to history. I last did this back at the end of Q1 2011 and was planning Read more…
Just when you thought it was safe to back in the water…here comes the shark again…in this case muni bond ultra bear Meridith Whitney. Whitney is back in the spotlight again renewing her call for massive defaults in municipal bonds. Absolute Returns (AR) did a great screencast the other day Read more…
In several previous posts on mortgage REITs (mREITs) I have discussed the basics of understanding them, that there could be a good investment opportunity in them, and I presented an economic model that breaks down their sources of earnings and dividends. Now, its time to address the very important topic Read more…
Enterprise Products (EPD) reported Q1 2011 results on May 10. 2011. All in all I can’t say or do much except stand up and extend EPD a hearty golf clap. Results were impressive to say the least. I’ll let them do the talking. The full press release is here. “Enterprise Read more…
Energy Transfer Partners reported Q1 2011 results last week on May 4, 2011. The press release is here. The high level summary of the results; Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ETP) today reported Adjusted EBITDA, Distributable Cash Flow, and net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Adjusted EBITDA for Read more…
As I mentioned in this earlier post I think there is an good investment opportunity in mortgage REITs (mREITs from now on). Its one of the the few remaining relatively undervalued sectors in the market and offers a compelling dividend yield of about 16%. In this post I’ll provide a Read more…