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FeedPosted Mar 17th 2010 11:40AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy
For a stellar yield of 8.8%, superb track record and a healthy exposure to sovereign debt, it's hard to beat the AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (
AWF)," says income expert
Amy Calistri.
The editor of
The Daily Paycheck -- an advisory that monitors an ongoing $250,000 portfolio of yield-oriented stocks, the advisor explains, "And when it comes to income, AWF is as steady as they get, having spewed out monthly paychecks for nearly 17 years. Since its 1993 inception, this closed-end fund has delivered an average annual return of +12.0%."
Continue reading Dependable Dividends: AllianceBernstein Global High Income (AWF)
Posted Sep 25th 2009 11:10AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Stocks to Buy
"If you focus on stocks that pay you to own them -- you'll get your cut over and over and over again as you really won't have to worry or care what happens to the general market; and that will be true today, tomorrow, next month and next year," says Neil George.
In his income-focused Stocks that Pay You, he says, "I have found seven picks that will pay you 7% or more to own them and are perfect for retirement income as well as just building up your portfolio's value.
"The seven fall into three categories: funds, minibonds and preferreds. But what makes them all fit together is that they have proven themselves to keep paying regardless of what the economy or the markets might throw at them -- even the fiascoes of the past several months.
Continue reading Seven over 7: Seven picks paying 7+ percent
Posted Sep 26th 2008 6:00PM by Melly Alazraki (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), General Electric (GE), General Motors (GM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD), Bank of America (BAC), Boeing Co (BA), , Wells Fargo (WFC), Stocks to Buy, Stocks to Sell

Another volatile week had passed over Wall Street, but by the end of it investors started breathing a sigh of relief in anticipation of the bailout plan. Those hopes were shattered Thursday night. Many believe that if the bailout plan doesn't get approved soon, the landscape on Wall Street will be very different, changing even more than it already has. The consequences of a financial meltdown would reverberate throughout the economy, here and globally.
Once again, BloggingStocks bloggers have looked at different stocks, trying to find the ones you may want to consider during these troubled times should you find yourself with some extra cash. Nerves of steel are a requirement for any investor these days.
Here are some picks from the past week:
Johnson and Johnson (NYSE:
JNJ) - not only do
Ron Rowland and Brandon Clay remind us that Johnson and Johnson was rated the world's most respected company,
Cramer says that JNJ "is a super stock. Well managed, great earnings, good pipeline ..."
Monsanto (NYSE:
MON) - as the undisputed leader in the genetically modified (GM) seed industry, Yiannis Mostrous and Roger Conrad think long-term-oriented investors will be
rewarded handsomely with Monsanto.
Bank of America (NYSE:
BAC) and
JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:
JPM) - Joe Lazzaro thinks these banks' sizes may be what would save them as the they are simply
too big to fail.
Cramer agrees both banks stand to gain much and will do very well if the bailout is approved. With the recent acquisition of
Washington Mutual Inc. (NYSE:
WM), Jon Berr thinks John Pierpont Morgan
would have been proud of Jamie Dimon.
Continue reading Stock picks and pans for troubled times: Buy Johnson & Johnson, Monsanto, JPMorgan and closed-end funds
Posted Sep 24th 2008 10:30AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy
"With the government set to bail out a trillion dollars in debt, what should you buy?" asks Neil George, editor of Personal Finance. "Bond funds are the foundation that steadies your portfolio."
"While the Fed and the Treasury work to bail out a trillion dollars in debt, other governments around the planet seems to be jumping on board this train; similar deals are being cut from the UK to Russia to Japan and beyond.
"The result is a big surge of short-covering and rampant buying as the markets trade and party like it's 1999 again. But is this a good thing?
"Although it might satisfy the political agendas of government leaders, these moves do pretty much nothing to restore normal risk and reward characteristics that make for a productive free market system.
"Meanwhile, bonds are what continue to perform. The rally in stock might continue for a time, but when more and more serious investors and traders begin to figure out the ramifications of the government's heavily expanded role in the formally private sector, it won't take long for another selloff to materialize.
Continue reading Bailout blues? 'Buy closed-end bond funds'
Posted Mar 21st 2008 9:45AM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Newsletters, Mutual Funds, Stocks to Buy, Recession
"Buy bonds," says income expert Neil George, adding "More and more folks are heading for the door on stocks and are moving toward quality."
The senior editor of Personal Finance explains, "This means bonds-but not just any bonds: government and upper-tier corporate bonds." Here's a trio of favorites.
"We start with AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (NYSE: AWF). This fund owns a collection of government and government agency bonds, along with some selected high-quality domestic and foreign corporates that add to our stability.
"We aren't just locked into the US and the US dollar; we have exposure to the best of Europe, Asia and elsewhere, too. The average duration (measurement of price against changes in yield) is a conservative but attractive 7.4 years.
"The fund generates a yield just shy of 8% and has given us a positive performance of near 100% during the past five years. It trades at a discount of more than 6% to meltdown value.
Continue reading Income expert bets on trio of closed-end bond funds