As promised in my last post, I want to address the concern that MLPs at today’s prices may be overvalued. There is no doubt that investing in MLPs has received increasing attention this year. This has been true of all income investments particularly bonds in the face of such low Read more…
MLPs, or master limited partnerships, are a type of company structure that was created by an act of congress in 1986 to encourage investment in the natural resource and energy sector. They are income pass-through entities, i.e. they pay no corporate tax and pass most of their profit on to Read more…
I mentioned in a previous post on my macro investment outlook of another lost decade for stocks, i.e. that 10 yrs from now the S&P 500 would be at the same level it is today. This investment outlook is based on my thoughts for overall economic growth, which drives profit Read more…
On Thursday, Market Folly ran a piece summarizing the latest newsletter from Trapeze Asset Management, a hedge fund, called ‘Stocks vs Bonds and Risk vs Reward’. I thought the piece was quite interesting in regards to the way a top hedge fund thinks about stocks vs bonds with respect to Read more…
My primary investment strategy to generate income and grow my portfolio in retirement is dividend investing. In this post I’ll discuss why dividend investing makes up the fundamental leg of my strategy. It basically boils down to history. Historically, dividends have generated upwards of 45% of the average annual total Read more…
The primary theme of this blog is how to live off your retirement assets. But first one needs to accumulate enough assets to retire. So, for my inaugural post, I’ll address how to determine how much you need to retire. This can be quite a complex topic which I’ll come Read more…