Did you see where Bill Gates just scooped up another massive parcel of farmland for a cool $13.5 million? The purchase (made through one of the Microsoft co-founder’s various trust entities) involved 2,100 acres of prime potato-growing land in North Dakota. Gates isn’t just dabbling in farmland. He has… Read More

I love our local meteorologists. They are friendly, charismatic, and always show up for charity fundraisers. They just aren’t too great at predicting the weather. I can’t tell you the number of times they’ve warned of monsoon storms that turned out to be false alarms. Or worse, planned outings ruined… Read More

“OK, we won a game yesterday. If we win today, it’s called ‘two in a row.’ And if we win again tomorrow, it’s called a ‘winning streak’… It has happened before!” — Lou Brown, Major League 2 Between May 25 and May 27, the S&P 500… Read More

It’s a well-known fact that America’s largest publicly-traded companies are collectively sitting on close to $2 trillion in cash. I’ve cited the statistic myself on more than one occasion. For the record, that’s an increase of about $500 billion since the pandemic struck. June 2022 Issue It’s Time To Look… Read More

It’s official. As you probably know by now, the Federal Reserve announced a half-point interest rate hike last week. It was a foregone conclusion that borrowing costs were headed up — the only question was how much. The central bank has been way behind the curve from the start, casually… Read More

My boss should probably have made last month’s paycheck out to Bass Pro Shops. If you’ve read my bio, then you know I’m an avid fisherman. And there’s no better time to cast a line in the water than during spring spawning season. So March is always the time to… Read More

310. That’s how many dividend “paychecks” we stand to collect this year. At the moment, we’ve got 48 holdings in our High Yield Investing portfolio spread across five different sub-portfolios. 32 of those holdings make regular quarterly dividends, 15 pay dividends on a monthly basis, and one of our U.K. Read More

It was March 10, 2020. I was sitting at my favorite sports pub enjoying a cold beverage and watching college basketball when some deeply unsettling news scrolled across the bottom of the screen. April 2022 Issue Go Outside And Play… The $50 Billion Boat Business, And A High-Yield Pick To… Read More

These are crazy times for anyone actively trying to buy or sell a home. You may have heard stories about hordes of eager buyers racing to newly-listed properties and offering thousands (often tens of thousands) of dollars above asking price. They’re true. While some cities (like Phoenix, AZ and Tampa,… Read More

What goes up, must come down. March 2022 Issue I Warned About Being ‘Overweight’ In Tech… Telecom Stability, Tech Rebound Exposure, And A 10% Yield… Dividend Raisers & Special Dividends Portfolio Updates: QSR, FNF, AGM, DEM “Buy First” List Now, that old adage doesn’t… Read More