The recent indiscriminate market plunge has driven Iron Mountain’s (IRM) price sharply lower and its dividend yield sharply higher. Despite broad market actions, Iron Mountain has its own unique set of risks, such as the capital intensive nature of its business and management’s efforts to transition the company’s strategy...
The 10-year US treasury just set a new all-time closing low of 0.92%. And for income-hungry investors, that makes select REIT investments increasingly attractive. For example, consider the big healthy monthly dividend payments of the preferred shares of industrial/office REIT Gladstone Commercial Corporation (GOOD). Not only did market wide...
Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests opportunistically in upper scale full-service hotels. The company’s common stock took a hit in mid-2019 when management proactively reduced the dividend. However, this action was positive for the 8.5% yielding cumulative preferred shares, and so too...
Oxford Square Capital Corp (OXSQ) offers a big 14.8% yield, but you need to be a brave contrarian if you’re going to invest. This business development company (BDC) invests in syndicated bank loans and both equity and debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (CLO); and the shares have been...
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TNP) is a leading provider of seaborne transportation services to the crude oil and petroleum products industry. In this article, we analyze its business model, dividend potential, growth prospects and finally conclude with our opinion on whether the company’s preferreds offer an attractive balance between...
BP Is an integrated oil and gas company, and the dividend yield has risen to a well-above-average 6.6%. This article reviews the reasons the yield has gotten high, the strengths of BP’s investment portfolio (upstream and downstream), financial position, cash flows, valuation and risks. We conclude with our opinion...
Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B) has a consistent history of paying dividends despite swings in oil and gas prices. The company has successfully used balance sheet and cost containment to sustain dividends during difficult times. This article provides a background on the company, analyzes its cash flow generation, dividend potential...
New Residential continues to pay attractive big dividends, but its share price is down more than 20% from its recent highs. After a brief review of how NRZ makes money, the big risks it faces, and why the business is attractive, we provide details on why the share price...
Energy Transfer (ET) offers a big 9.5% yield, and it trades at a very attractive EV-to-EBITDA relative to peers. However, if you’re going to invest, you may want to consider the big risks ET is currently facing (i.e. the price is low and the yield is high for a...
Main Street Capital (MAIN) is a popular income-investor Business Development Company (“BDC”) because it offers an attractive 6.8% yield, and both the dividend payments and the security price have been strong in recent years (despite the share price sell-off in recent weeks). Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc This article...
The S&P 500 has declined over 14% since the start of October as fearful investors have been selling, in many cases indiscriminately. Fear mongering media narratives are usually based, in part, on some truths, such as tariffs, declining oil prices and the fed. Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc At...
This article reviews an attractive high-yield opportunity that we originally shared with our members back in June, but we did NOT buy (we only added it to our watch list because we were waiting for some "price weakness"). In light of the recent market wide sell-off, we believe now is...
As the 10 year treasury yield hit a 7-year high on Thursday, the market got jittery. Specifically, many investors fear the fed’s increasingly hawkish monetary policies will put the brakes on the 9-year bull market rally. As a result, stocks sold-off. However, not all stocks are created equally, and...
Triton is an intermodal shipping container company (i.e. the ubiquitous steel boxes on ships, trains and trucks), and it offers a tempting 6.3% dividend yield. But before you consider owning shares (or hanging on to the shares you already own), you might want to consider a couple big risks. Q3...
This week’s Weekly highlights an increasingly attractive high-yield, oil & gas, small cap that began trading earlier this year. It’s a case where some investors gave up very big long-term income in exchange for upfront cash via an IPO. It pays monthly, and the shares just sold-off, as shown...
Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP) is a marine shipping company (mainly crude oil) that offers an array of high-yield equities including 5 series of preferred shares with dividend yields from 7.9% to 9.5% and common shares offering a 5.8% dividend yield. But before you start trying to decide which of...
With the bull market running for over nine years now, not a day goes by where someone doesn’t claim the end is near. Nonetheless, the economy continues to strengthen, and no one knows for sure when the next bear will arrive. However, we do know that not all stocks...
The Market Rover is all about idea generation. Each week we screen the market, focusing on a different investment theme, in search of interesting investment opportunities. We then highlight a few of our favorites from the list. This report is intended to be a resource for investment idea generation. Check out our...
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