If you're an avid trader, you might be pursuing--or thinking about pursuing-- a strategy involving frequent, intraday trading. Investors who actively trade securities, including stocks or options, throughout the day might attempt to profit from small price movements, typically re
If you're an avid trader, you might be pursuing--or thinking about pursuing-- a strategy involving frequent, intraday trading. Investors who actively trade securities, including stocks or options, throughout the day might attempt to profit from small price movements, typically re
sitox/E+ via Getty Images Investment Thesis As the stock market has been hitting all-time highs, driven by the race for Artificial Intelligence (AI) superiority and the impending flurry of initial public offerings (SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks), I took some time to analyze the best funds for income. While the majority of my recommendations stayed intact from previous months, a...
sitox/E+ via Getty Images Investment Thesis As the stock market has been hitting all-time highs, driven by the race for Artificial Intelligence (AI) superiority and the impending flurry of initial public offerings (SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe, and Databricks), I took some time to analyze the best funds for income. While the majority of my recommendations stayed intact from previous months, a few funds dropped off the list due to premium valuations. The following model portfolio is focused on income with a guardrail of total return. I do not recommend high-income funds with eroding net asset value (NAV). For most interested investors, this portfolio will serve as a base for retirement or withdrawing to live on immediately. I recommend a mix of BDCs, MLPs, CEFs, Option Income funds and REITS, which I’ve researched extensively and have in some cases owned for years. Within the portfolio, some investments pay out a consistent monthly or quarterly income, and some are chosen to grow the dividend over time. The result is an income flow that can be withdrawn monthly and will continue to grow, adjusting for inflation. Assume investing the same amount (5%) in each security. For a $100,000 portfolio, that’s $5,000 in each position. For a higher conviction portfolio, choose 10-15 investments. Criteria for Funds in Portfolio: Minimum required return of 8% annually Top-tier investment companies with sophisticated research and knowledge. 20 securities with a weighting of 5% each to ensure diversification, avoid idiosyncratic risk. A mix of quarterly and monthly distributions, assuming an investor will want to withdraw monthly. Proven investments with history, unlikely to surprise investors. Liquidity, easy to trade, given the size and volume of trading. Have ratings of Hold to Strong Buy with the majority of analysts. Focused on income as a priority. Many of the securities are tax efficient, but it is not the focus. Total return is important in selecting quality securities ...
Every era has a number that stops making sense, a figure so large the brain just files it next to "infinity" and moves on. For most of my career, that kind of number lived in government budgets, the sort of sum you nod at without really feeling. Lately it has migrated somewhere stranger. It now ...
Every era has a number that stops making sense, a figure so large the brain just files it next to "infinity" and moves on. For most of my career, that kind of number lived in government budgets, the sort of sum you nod at without really feeling. Lately it has migrated somewhere stranger. It now ...
Barry sits down with Chris Davis, Chairman and Portfolio Manager at Davis Funds. They discuss his approach to managing risk and the key elements changing the economy. Chris and Barry also discuss Chris's mentors including Charlie Munger, and how he settled into the family business. (Source: Bloomberg)
Barry sits down with Chris Davis, Chairman and Portfolio Manager at Davis Funds. They discuss his approach to managing risk and the key elements changing the economy. Chris and Barry also discuss Chris's mentors including Charlie Munger, and how he settled into the family business. (Source: Bloomberg)
US President Donald Trump’s drive to reassert US supremacy in Latin America has already squeezed China’s interests in Cuba, Panama and Venezuela. Now, Nicaragua could be shaping up as the next economic battleground between the two powers, a scholar has warned. The American leader has yet to target Nicaragua since returning to office, but that could change if China revives an ambitious project to b...
US President Donald Trump’s drive to reassert US supremacy in Latin America has already squeezed China’s interests in Cuba, Panama and Venezuela. Now, Nicaragua could be shaping up as the next economic battleground between the two powers, a scholar has warned. The American leader has yet to target Nicaragua since returning to office, but that could change if China revives an ambitious project to build a canal cutting across the country to connect the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, said Zhang...
Teenagers will now serve time in response to surging gang crime, but head of country’s largest jail has misgivings Inside H block, staff at Sweden’s largest jail are preparing for the arrival of the first child prisoners in the institution’s 60-year history. New furniture has been ordered, extra beds have been removed from what were previously double-occupancy adult cells and classrooms are under ...
Teenagers will now serve time in response to surging gang crime, but head of country’s largest jail has misgivings Inside H block, staff at Sweden’s largest jail are preparing for the arrival of the first child prisoners in the institution’s 60-year history. New furniture has been ordered, extra beds have been removed from what were previously double-occupancy adult cells and classrooms are under construction. There are plans to repaint the walls from red to a shade of light green. In a matter of weeks, Kumla, a high-security prison on the edge of a small town in central Sweden, is expected to start receiving boys as young as 13. The Swedish parliament has already voted through plans for 15- to 17-year-olds convicted of serious crimes to serve their sentences in prison, which will come into force in July. And in June, it is expected to also vote to lower the criminal age of responsibility from 15 to 13 for crimescarrying a minimum sentence of four years’ imprisonment. Continue reading...
2026 tournament will be the biggest, longest and most expensive – and the most intricately refereed – ever seen The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest, longest and most expensive. It will also feature a hefty number of rule changes. New responsibilities for video assistant referees, new red card offences and a number of initiatives to speed up the game will be put into effect. Here are the rule ch...
2026 tournament will be the biggest, longest and most expensive – and the most intricately refereed – ever seen The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest, longest and most expensive. It will also feature a hefty number of rule changes. New responsibilities for video assistant referees, new red card offences and a number of initiatives to speed up the game will be put into effect. Here are the rule changes for the US, Canada and Mexico and why they have been implemented. Continue reading...
Oil tankers may be stuck behind strait of Hormuz, but holding the Iata AGM in Brazil defies warnings of impending shortages Nothing says jet fuel crisis, as one prospective attender put it, like flying everyone to Rio de Janeiro. Aviation leaders will converge in Brazil this weekend for the Iata AGM, the annual global airline summit, with the industry still, for the most part, looking resolutely s...
Oil tankers may be stuck behind strait of Hormuz, but holding the Iata AGM in Brazil defies warnings of impending shortages Nothing says jet fuel crisis, as one prospective attender put it, like flying everyone to Rio de Janeiro. Aviation leaders will converge in Brazil this weekend for the Iata AGM, the annual global airline summit, with the industry still, for the most part, looking resolutely skyward. The oil tankers may still be stuck behind the strait of Hormuz as the conflict between the US, Israel and Iran flickers on, but for now, airlines continue to defy dire warnings of impending shortages which had stoked fears of a summer of chaos for European holidaymakers. Continue reading...
Lawyer for British women attacks ‘extraordinary spectacle’ of Tate’s arrival in Moscow British women who have accused Andrew Tate of rape, assault and coercive control have questioned why the self-professed misogynistic influencer has appeared in Russia as UK authorities continue to hold off on seeking his extradition. Tate admires Vladimir Putin and amplifies Kremlin propaganda online. He arrived...
Lawyer for British women attacks ‘extraordinary spectacle’ of Tate’s arrival in Moscow British women who have accused Andrew Tate of rape, assault and coercive control have questioned why the self-professed misogynistic influencer has appeared in Russia as UK authorities continue to hold off on seeking his extradition. Tate admires Vladimir Putin and amplifies Kremlin propaganda online. He arrived in the same week that Russian authorities welcomed US rightwing figures at an annual conference described as Russia’s answer to Davos. Continue reading...
The Amandaland actor on her statue phobia, what she’d like to say to her mum, and lusting after Keanu Reeves Born in Dublin, Philippa Dunne, 44, trained at the Gaiety School of Acting and co-founded a comedy group called Diet of Worms. Her TV work includes Derry Girls and This Is Going to Hurt. Since 2016, she has played Anne Flynn in the BBC sitcom Motherland and its spin-off, Amandaland, now in ...
The Amandaland actor on her statue phobia, what she’d like to say to her mum, and lusting after Keanu Reeves Born in Dublin, Philippa Dunne, 44, trained at the Gaiety School of Acting and co-founded a comedy group called Diet of Worms. Her TV work includes Derry Girls and This Is Going to Hurt. Since 2016, she has played Anne Flynn in the BBC sitcom Motherland and its spin-off, Amandaland, now in its second series; her performance won her a Bafta nomination this year. She is married with a daughter and lives in London. When were you happiest? Any time I’m in rehearsals. Continue reading...