Note from Editor Elyse Andrews: Last month, you heard from Chloe Lutts, editor of Dick Davis Digest and Dick Davis Income Digest, for the first time. She’s back writing again, this time about America’s obesity epidemic and a company that’s working to build a healthier America. Enjoy!
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Last month, First Lady Michelle Obama launched a campaign [...]

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One of the reasons for holding falling financial stocks like BAC, WFC and UBS so long was their dividends.  And I understand–regular dividends often cushion the blow from falling prices.  But just last month, Wells Fargo chopped its quarterly dividend from 34 cents to five cents.  Bank of America’s quarterly dividend has been slashed from [...]

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One of things I like best about writing Cabot Wealth Advisories is that it allows me to get outside my comfort zone–all week long I’m working within the growth stock system we follow at Cabot.  But occasionally, like any investor, I also look for alternative investments that I can use to grow my wealth.  That, [...]

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Plummeting prices last year brought many stocks down 50% or more, so that their yields now look extraordinarily high.  My database now shows 63 stocks with annual yields of 20% or more.
Allied Irish Banks is yielding 88.7%.
Ashford Hospitality (a REIT) is yielding 54.9%.
Atlas Pipeline is yielding 68.9%.
And those are just a few of the A’s.
But [...]

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