Looking for Dividends? Start in the Energy Sector
Many of you know me as the dividend guy. I literally wrote the book on dividends. (In fact, I just did it again….
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Dude, Where’s My Yield?
A few weeks ago, I received an interesting email. Hello FireCracker & Wanderer, I’m an investment workshop alumni and longtime blog follower, but…
Marc’s Most Important Lesson: What Is Compounding?
Basic financial skills are not taught in schools. And it’s a problem. Reading, writing and arithmetic are important, no doubt. But if…
The One Stock to Buy Amid the Banking Panic
My highest-conviction investment idea during the COVID-19 crash was the American banking sector, specifically the SPDR S&P Bank ETF (NYSE: KBE). American banks…
Report Shows Social Security Expansion is Affordable
Congress Can Strengthen Medicare and Social Security Without Cuts “Today’s reports show once again that Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust…
Kaiser Health News: Congressman Seeks to Plug ‘Shocking Loophole’ Exposed by KHN Investigation
A U.S. lawmaker is taking action after a KHN investigation exposed weaknesses in the federal system meant to stop repeat Medicare and Medicaid…
Why This “Dividend Guy” Relies on Bonds
If you’ve read my Safety Net column or my other work on Wealthy Retirement, you know I’m the dividend guy. I believe so…
Why Cutting Costs Beats Getting Rich Quick
Some of the emails I receive are heartbreaking. They typically read something like this… It would be easy for me to say, “Sign…
Retiree Group Cautiously Applauds Law that Expands Medicaid in North Carolina
Raleigh – Members of the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans (NCARA) applauded the expansion of Medicaid into law on Monday. NCARA is…