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Monthly Income — “Preferred”

Last week, I told you how we assembled your DividendPro portfolio to balance different sources of income. This...

Making Money Alert: Don’t Fall For Europe Fatigue

Are you tired of hearing that Europe is about to implode? Most investors have heard enough about the...

On Summer “Blahs,” Roubini and Romney

The performance of your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio reflected the market's overall weakness. Your only gainer for the week was...

PowerTrend Brief: Markets Looking for Direction Amid a Sea of Earnings Reports

Last week, we waded deeper into 2Q 2012 earnings season as nearly 16% of the companies that comprise...

Booking Two Double-Digit Gains — and a Bet on U.S. Retail

Overall, it was a flat week in the markets with all the major averages ending the week within...

Booking 57.1% Gains in Omega Healthcare — in a DivPro Portfolio with a 10.34% Yield

Last week's Dividend Pro recommendation, Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (OHI), took off like a rocket, rising 4.83% in...

Making Money Alert: Is it a Breakout or a Fake Out?

There's been a whole lot of shaking going on in the equity markets through the first half of...

How To Assassinate a Stock

The broader markets ended the week flat, as the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 managed minuscule gains of...

Profiting From Obamacare

Founded in 1992 in Hunt Valley, Md., Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (OHI) invests in principally long-term healthcare facilities in the...

Markets Consolidate Recent Gains

It was a mixed week for your Alpha Investor Letter portfolio as global markets spent the week pulling...