Five years ago, I gave Orchid Island Capital (NYSE: ORC) an “F” rating for dividend safety. Two months later, the company cut its monthly dividend from $0.40 per share to $0.064 (adjusted for a 1-for-5 reverse stock split).
Then,...
“You have bigger cojones than me.”
That’s what one of my buddies told me this past August as the market was sliding. He and I were discussing investing, and I mentioned that I had put some money to work.
“I...
Editor’s Note: From nationally televised debates watched by millions to heated arguments at the dinner table, America feels more divided than ever.
In times like this, sometimes we can’t help but worry about the direction of our nation (and...
Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) has made a big splash in the data world.
The company’s cloud-based platform helps companies store, manage, and analyze their data. Think of it as a digital warehouse for all your business information. Snowflake’s magic lies...
Shares of NextEra Energy Partners (NYSE: NEP) came under a ton of pressure last September when the company said it would slow its annual distribution growth from an expected 12% to 15% per year to around 6%.
Skeptics, including...
A recent Wall Street Journal poll found that nearly three-quarters of Americans no longer believe in the American Dream, defined as “if you work hard, you’ll get ahead.”
A good reason so many feel that way is that inflation...
Marc Lichtenfeld
Marc Lichtenfeld has studied the markets for more than 22 years. After getting his start on the trading desk at Carlin Equities, he moved over to Avalon Research Group as a senior analyst. Marc was also a...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the tech giant known for its Windows operating system, Office suite, and Azure cloud platform, has been a dominant force in the software industry for decades.
Looking at its stock chart, we can see Microsoft shares...
The Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE: BXSL) is a business development company, or BDC, that lends money to private firms. It is a subsidiary of the trillion-dollar asset manager Blackstone.
The company has $11.3 billion in assets, 99% of...
The Federal Reserve will almost certainly lower interest rates tomorrow – even though I argued vehemently against it last week. (Like my children, the Fed will probably ignore my sage advice.)
So, if we do enter a rate-cutting environment,...
