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- Short Term Still Bumpy for MLPs
- Avi Morris submits: October was the worst month ever for stock markets, and that applies to stock markets around the world. The Dow Jones Industrials fell 15%, saved by an even worse decline after recovery in the last couple of weeks. Overseas markets did even worse, where declines...
- External links 2008-11-04
- Tough Times for High Yield Securities
- Avi Morris submits: High yield sectors have had a truly outstanding year in 2009. Junk high yield bond funds are up over 50%, from a time when their yields were at record levels (above 25%). Back then, risk was being punished, and risk aversion became the driving force...
- External links 2009-11-05
- S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats: Two More Investment Candidates
- Avi Morris submits: Dividends and capital gains are the 2 ways for earning money when investing in stocks. With stocks experiencing one of their best years in history, dividends are being ignored even though they can be helpful earning a steady rate of return. The S&P 500 Dividend...
- External links 2009-10-30
- Junk Bonds Roar Ahead
- Avi Morris submits: We are approaching the one year anniversary of the market meltdown last September. Since then junk bonds have gone through an unforgettable 12 months. After plummeting during the first two months, junk bonds have roared back in 2009. Many funds have recovered their market...
- External links 2009-08-18
- Will REITs Lag Along with the Recession?
- Avi Morris submits: The first six months of 2009 have been a very good time for the high yield sector. They had fallen sharply in 2008, especially in Q4, when investors sold yield high yield securities to buy Treasuries. In 2009, they rebounded sharply as investors decided to...
- External links 2009-07-02
- Entertainment Property: Long-Term Outlook Remains Favorable
- Avi Morris submits: I purchased Entertainment Property Trust EPR over 10 years ago (not too long after their founding in 1997) and have done quite well with the stock even though it is down over 65% from its peak in 2007. When I bought, the stock was low providing a...
- External links 2009-05-11
- Junk Bond Funds in Q2: Large Bumps Ahead
- Avi Morris submits: Stocks have had one of their best rallies ever during the last 7 weeks as risk and caution have been thrown to the wind by buyers. Many low priced stocks have more than doubled. The best example is Citigroup C: it's hard to believe that...
- External links 2009-04-28
- MLPs in Q2: As Strong as Q1?
- Avi Morris submits: This has been an unusual year for MLPs. When it began, the Dow was dropping and MLPs went up. The Alerian MLP Index started 2009 with a 12 point gain on the first trading day and then continued in the 190-200 trading range while stocks began another...
- External links 2009-04-16
- Outlook for MLPs Ahead of April Earnings
- Avi Morris submits: MLPs are one of the very few winning groups in 2009 for those long in the markets. After beginning the year at 172, the Alerian MLP Index at 177 is still up. While MLPs have gained as the Dow was dropping over 20% YTD, selling sentiment has...
- External links 2009-03-04
- Junk Bonds Today: Realistic Levels?
- Avi Morris submits: In the last six months high yield junk bonds have gone through the most violent period in their history. Last September the financial markets ran into a brick wall; stocks had a sharp sell-off, mirroring the collapse of the economy. Bond financing for companies and...
- External links 2009-02-18
- MLPs Performed Well in January
- Avi Morris submits: The stock market got off to a very bad start in 2009. The Dow has been in a trading range (roughly 8-9000) for the last 3 months. But January was the worst January in history. The Dow dropped almost 800 to close at 8001. ...
- External links 2009-02-03
- MLPs: Past, Present and Future
- Avi Morris submits: MLPs just came through a terrible year, mirroring stock market averages, even though their long term record of growth has excellent. Their pipelines move energy products, primarily oil and gas, around the US, a national priority. In more than a dozen years, they've grown from...
- External links 2009-01-04
- High Yields with REITs and Junk Bond Funds
- Avi Morris submits: Rodney Dangerfield was probably best known for asking about why "he can't get no respect?" Today, that question applies to high yield securities. I have written a lot about MLPs. Here I'll talk about REITs andd junk bond funds with extraordinarily high yields pretty much record yields....
- External links 2008-12-21
- My Take on Year End Investing
- Avi Morris submits: Going into the final trading days, history tells us that tax loss selling & other year end adjustments (i.e. selling) can be leading forces driving markets. However, this year, lessons from history have been thrown out the window. With the economy being caught up in...
- External links 2008-12-09
- 2009: Already a Record Year for MLPs
- Avi Morris submits: Master limited partnerships MLPs are completing a record year of gains. The previous record year for the Alerian MLP Index was 2003, when the index gained 35% and the comparable index with reinvested income was up almost 45%. This year the index began at...
- External links 2009-11-17
Additional Resources
- Why Buy MLPs?
- Avi Morris submits: Master Limited Partnerships MLPs are a new type of investment with an excellent record of high rates of stable growth & mostly tax-free until the ultimate sale high yields. Despite this performance, they are still little appreciated & understood partially due to poor investor relations by the...
- External links 2008-09-04
- Why Buy High Yield Bond Funds?
- Avi Morris submits: I've been investing in high yield more commonly known as junk bonds for years, which has taught me a lot about their ups and downs. I hope this information can be used to give guidance for future investing. History In the 1980s, a few junk bonds...
- External links 2008-09-15
- Why Buy MLPs? Part II
- Avi Morris submits: Since my article on MLPs, published just a few days ago, they have fallen to new lows. Let me comment. My interest began last year because of the high yields (at that time around 6%) along with their track record of growth. The Alerian MLP...
- External links 2008-09-17
- Buying Gold: What is High and What is Low?
- Avi Morris submits: There is nothing like the recent activity in gold, going up over $100 in just a couple of days, to reactivate interest in buying gold. People have been interested in buying gold since the beginning of time. A simple, direct way is to buy gold and...
- External links 2008-09-24
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