Monthly Archives - December 2018

Dividend Stocks could take the Baton from Growth Equity Stocks for Income | Sheaff Brock

Dividend Stocks Could Take Baton from Growth Equities

“High dividend stocks appeal to many investors living off dividends in retirement because their high yields provide generous income,” simplysafedividends.com observes, almost stating the obvious. Why, exactly, is it that some dividend-paying stocks offer much higher yields than others? There are several possible answers, the authors explain: a high yield reflects a company’s mature status (think utilities and telecom companies) some companies have unique business structures that require them to distribute cash flow to investors some stocks use financial [...]

Selling puts on the SPY to help offset market volatility | Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors

Sheaff Brock Sells Puts on the SPY

It has a long name, but the Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors Index Income Overlay portfolio strategy has one simple goal: seeking additional income that is incremental to (meaning on top of) a high-net-worth investor’s existing portfolio. For those investors comfortable with taking additional stock market risk for the opportunity to generate added (net of fees) cash flow, the Income Overlay portfolio is a long-term, bullish play on stock investing using a the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (symbol SPY). This strategy [...]