Nicholas Vardy
Profiting from a Short-Term Bounce
Last week was by far the worst week of the year for markets in 2012. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 3.52%, the S&P 500 dropped 4.30%, and the NASDAQ plummeted 5.28%. Emerging markets fared even worse, tumbling 6.71%. Not even the hoopla surrounding the Facebook initial public offering (IPO) could change the market’s […]
Upping Your Bet on High-Yield, Red-Hot U.S. Mortgage REITs
High-yielding U.S. mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have been among the market’s top performers in 2012. You already have exposure to this sector through Two Harbors Investment Corp. (TWO) — which not only boasts a 15.5% dividend yield, but also has held up remarkably well during the recent market correction. This week’s Dividend […]
Investors Pull in Their Horns
Thanks to the combination of J.P. Morgan’s $2-billion trade debacle and heightened political uncertainty in Greece, last week was the worst week for global markets in 2012. The Dow ended the week 2.32% lower, and now has dropped 10 out of the last 12 days. The S&P 500 fell 2.42%. Global markets fared even worse […]
Playing Defense with the “Hedge Portfolio”
The recent sharp sell-off in global financial markets has put the fear of God into many investors. The election of a socialist president in France; the rejection of austerity by voters in Greece; and prospects of recession in the European Union have resulted in pulling the U.S. S&P 500 back to levels it last hit […]
Locking in 92.73% Gains; And Betting on the Top-Performing Global Stock Market of 2012
It was another tough week for global stock markets this week. The S&P 500 dropped 1.67%, the Nasdaq dipped 1.15%, and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell by 3.36%. You were also stopped out of Companhia de Bebidas Das Americas (ABV) and Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (ASPS). Your holding in Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) moved […]
Pausing For Breath
With the Dow down six consecutive days for the first time since last August, it has been a rough-and-tumble week for your Dividend Pro portfolio. You were stopped out of Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NMM) yesterday — though the stock did pay out a 44-cent dividend on May 8. With the sell-off in the […]