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The Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (NYSEARCA:SPHD) tracks a dividend-yield-weighted index that is comprised of the least volatile, highest-dividend-yielding stocks in the S&P 500. SPHD cherry-picks the U.S. equity market, rather than delivering the whole basket. It includes the 50 least volatile names chosen from a shortlist of the S&P 500’s 75 […]

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The market has come under severe selling pressure, and nothing has told us that more than the price action since last Thursday, when stocks began to plummet on a combination of hawkish “Fed speak” and global growth concerns. Now, in early Wednesday trading, markets have rebounded a bit, but that isn’t much consolation for the […]

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I’m a horseman, and I own several of these gorgeous creatures along with a small ranch in Southern California. I love my animals, and I take pride in learning about myself from one of the best teachers on Earth — the horse. You see, the horse is a herd animal, and one that has evolved […]

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Even a cursory look at stock market history can tell anyone that buying the largest U.S. companies by market capitalization have been a strong investing strategy over the years. After all, growing into one of the largest companies on the U.S. stock exchanges requires an organization to be well managed and experience a long trend […]

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The energy market is facing what is popularly called a “Catch-22.” While the worldwide desire to shift to cleaner sources of energy to preserve the standard of living that people have grown accustomed to has put pressure on energy stocks, the global supply-chain shortage caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine and new outbreaks of COVID-19 […]

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Sometimes, remembrance of things past can serve as an excellent tool to help illuminate a current situation. This is true not only for our personal lives, but also for the life of those organisms we call the financial markets and the economy.  Today, I wanted to present you an excerpt from the April 12 edition […]