*ALERT* Newsletter Portfolio Changes

*ALERT* Newsletter Portfolio Changes Image: The markets are selling off rather aggressively today, June 11, but it is important to keep things in context. Above, the NASDAQ 100 Index (NDX) just hit all-time highs recently, and some profit taking is to be expected. Though it will make for scary headlines, the move today isn’t out of the ordinary after such a strong run higher. — By Brian Nelson, CFA — We’re making a couple tweaks to the simulated newsletter portfolios today. It has been one of the strongest bull markets we’ve ever seen off the March 23 bottom, and while we continue to be optimistic about some of our favorite ideas, we are now re-positioning the newsletter portfolios after taking advantage of … Read more

Tweaking the Newsletter Portfolios for a Rising Interest-Rate Environment


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Many market observers are anticipating the Fed to accelerate the pace of interest-rate hikes in 2018. We’re making a number of changes to the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio and Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio as we consider what a higher interest-rate environment might look like. We’re also cognizant of the impact that higher interest rates may have on the High Yield Dividend Newsletter and its simulated portfolio, the first edition to be released January 1, 2018.