Monthly Archives - January 2017

Sheaff Brock perspectives on investing for retirement dividend income and growth
27 Jan

Not Your Grandfather’s Retirement Portfolio

“We are living in an interesting time,” says Sheaff Brock Director and National Sales Manager, Jim Murphy, “and three factors are going to make all the difference when it comes to retirement planning.” Those factors are: Longevity Low capital market expectations Low interest rates (with the threat of ‘rising interest rates’ looming) Murphy believes that, “The idea of basing your sole retirement income on dividends and interest [from your investment portfolio] can be a challenge for investors facing retirement. Investors [...]

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Sheaff Brock | Mid-Cap stocks may be just right asset category; just like Goldilocks' chair
13 Jan

Could Mid-Cap Serve as the Goldilocks Asset Category?

Remember the story of Goldilocks and how the little girl tried sitting in each of the Three Bears’ chairs? After rejecting the first two chairs because they were the wrong size, she tries the third: “Ahhh, this chair is just right,” she sighs. Most investors look at small stocks (they’re exciting) or large cap stocks (they’re familiar). But midcap stocks can be the “forgotten” asset class that may turns out to be “just right,” points out Sheaff Brock portfolio manager [...]

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Sheaff Brock's perspective on whether the bull market will continue in 2017
06 Jan

Sumthin’ or Nuthin’ – What’s the Verdict on the Market?

“For next year, no strategist at a top Wall Street firm forecasts that the bull market will end,” writes Akin Oydele in Business Insider prior to the end of 2016. In fact, Oydele adds, “many expect America’s largest companies to return to earnings growth.” To put it in the vernacular of Dave Gilreath’s brother-in-law, market performance in 2017 looks to be a real “sumthin’.” (Gilreath, a Sheaff Brock Managing Director and its Chief Investment Officer, has a brother-in-law who rates [...]

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