Global Income Edge Aggressive Portfolio holding, wealth management and investment bank UBS (NYSE: UBS), was recently upgraded by credit rater S&P Global Ratings on its successful strategy to reduce its debt that has increased its credit rating. UBS was raised from a BBB+ to A-, the seventh-highest investment grade, according to a… Read More
Analyst Articles
I’m doubting more and more that the Federal Reserve knows what it’s doing. The central bank had to abruptly reverse course on a planned rate increase in June after the May jobs report came out Friday. It showed a measly 38,000 jobs were added, the lowest monthly jobs gain since… Read More
Utility M&A can offer higher dividend growth, but investors should always scrutinize these deals. Read More
Longtime Conservative Portfolio holding Vodafone (NSDQ: VOD), stock price popped more than 4% since late May. The European global telecom company increased its earnings forecasts for the next three years while beating analysts’ earnings expectation for its fourth quarter. Vodafone’s earnings per share for its fourth quarter of 2016 were 75… Read More
The Real Estate Investment Trust sector is holding up well against potential headwinds of more Federal Reserve rate hikes, and it continues to be a top safe haven investment as markets become increasingly volatile.U.S. REITs outperformed the broader equity market through the first four months of 2016, with the benchmark… Read More
#1 REIT Portfolio Best Buy HCP (NYSE: HCP) bounced back to meet analysts’ expectations in the first quarter after struggling late in 2015. The performance of HCP is indicative of the outperformance by healthcare REITs this year.The year-to-date total return for health care REITs is 7.56% with a 5.46% dividend… Read More
A potential Fed rate hike and uncertainty over a British exit from the European Union could create buying opportunities. Read More
- May 12, 2016
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Healthcare stocks displayed new vigor in the last quarter as earnings for the sector improved. In fact, according to J.P. Morgan, the earnings growth rate for the healthcare sector stands at about 5% year-over-year, compared with a roughly 6% decline for overall corporate earnings. We’ve been heartened by the renewed… Read More
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Unilever and Philips boost profits with “reverse innovation.” Read More
Some market experts are putting forth an off-the-wall policy known as “helicopter money” to generate economic growth. But it could compromise the integrity of the Federal Reserve and other central banks, and possibly spark runaway inflation. And with runaway inflation interest rates would go sky high and future growth would… Read More