Marking the largest aggregate of dividends per share in at least a decade, DPS for the S&P 500 amounted to $43.90 for the trailing 12 months (TTM) ending in Q1. This represented a 7.5% year-over-year growth rate and a slight uptick from the dividend amount in Q4.

“How do I press a heavier bell?” That is one of the top questions I’ve been asked over my years as an RKC kettlebell instructor. And it’s not just asked by people who are preparing for a kettlebell certification where they’ll have to meet a heavy press standard.

Investors are always looking to get more for less, and there is no need to settle. Intense competition among brokerages resulted in a small handful of excellent dividend ETFs for investors to choose from.

Last month, the great investor Stan Druckenmiller gave a presentation that we think every serious investor should spend the time getting familiar with.

A reader recently asked if I could point him to a list of all the Yieldcos. The best I could do was point him to a couple presentations I’d made for Yieldco conferences, I’ve added a couple, and one has been bought out since then. I don’t think anyone has compiled a comprehensive list, until … More 24 Yieldco Stocks: High Dividend Income Without The Fossil Fuel Risk

When Netflix’s quarterly earnings announcement in April fell short of the consensus estimate of analysts, its share price surprisingly rose almost 18% on the announcement. An investor blackout? No.

Does Magic Formula Investing Work In Hong Kong Stock Market? We test the Magic Formula strategy of Greenblatt (2006) in Hong Kong stock market. We rank companies by their return on capital and earnings yield, and then to buy the stocks with the best combined rank.

Do you sell individual stocks short? If you do in this article I have put together a list of ratios and indicators that can help you find companies to short.

We have debunked the myth that gold-to-silver ratio should revert to its “true” level around 16. The predominant range for the ratio in modern times is rather well between 40 and 80. Moreover, the notion that the gold-to-silver ratio should revert to some historical average makes no sense.

I usually write about preferreds I am considering adding to my portfolio to further diversify. Because I am a primarily high yield preferred investor, I am basically limited to three or four sectors that meet my needs: mREITs, Oil E&Ps, shipping and some pharma R&Ds.