Bryan Perry’s Cash Machine is all about combing the hundreds of income-generating ideas that are available to invest in and crafting a portfolio that will pay a reliable stream of income even during the worst of times. Market volatility will wreak havoc with day-to-day valuations, but if the business or underlying assets that generate the income are […]

As a “step up” from Cash Machine, Premium Income features the strategy of covered calls: Selling (writing) call options against the long-term stock positions we hold in our Cash Machine portfolio. We sell calls against long-term holdings in dividend stocks with the intent that the call expires worthless… And we bring in,  or collect, the option premium as additional income to […]

It was a milestone week for stocks, and particularly stocks in the NASDAQ Composite. The tech-heavy index closed at a new all-time high Friday, as solid earnings from stalwarts such as Amazon.com (AMZN), Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) propelled the NASDAQ Composite 3.25% higher for the week. Although the Dow and S&P 500 have enjoyed […]

The Numbers Don’t Lie Very few things in life are as irrefutable as numbers. Sure, statistics can be manipulated to support all sorts of claims (witness the political realm). But when it comes to pure numeric performance, well, the numbers don’t lie. This week, I ran some numbers on the performance of some of the

Very few things in life are as irrefutable as numbers. Sure, statistics can be manipulated to support all sorts of claims (witness the political realm). But when it comes to pure numeric performance, well, the numbers don’t lie. This week, I ran some numbers on the performance of some of the biggest exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

One of the many uses of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is that they let investors conveniently and accessibly invest assets in markets that trade less frequently. In the search for stability, the bond market stands out as an obvious way to produce income without gaining exposure to volatile fluctuations in share price. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

“If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.” –Baruch Spinoza The brilliant philosopher offers us a simple, yet elegant, prescription for success in any walk of life. Applied to your investment decisions, Spinoza’s history lesson can save you from financial loss — and likely make you a lot of

What goes up, must come down. Those famous song lyrics are appropriate for this week’s action in financial markets—not just in the US, but also in Europe and China. As the week began, there seemed to be a definite sense of optimism over the potential for strong bank earnings, and a continuation of upside in […]