Michael Vodicka is the president and founder of the Vodicka Group Inc., a registered investment advisor (RIA) that specializes in providing customized investment solutions to individual and institutional investors. Before becoming a small business owner and entrepreneur, he developed fixed-income investment strategies for a multi-billion dollar brokerage firm and spent five years as an equity portfolio manager for a private investment research company. Mike graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in business communications and is a licensed investment advisor (Series 65). He loves sharing his passion for the market and investing with clients and readers alike.
Analyst Articles
2017’s Best-Of-The-Best Stocks
January 23, 2017
The Dow Jones had a great year in 2016. The leading index delivered a price return of 14% and paid a dividend yield of 2.7% for a total return of almost 17%. Any way you look at it that is an excellent year for U.S. stocks. However, you could have… Read More
A Dodd-Frank Re-Do Triggers This 4.5 Percent Yield
December 21, 2016
The financial services industry underwent a massive transformation on July 21, 2010, when the... Read More
The financial services industry underwent a massive transformation on July 21, 2010, when the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into federal law by President Obama.... Read More
Avoid the Bond Carnage With These Misunderstood High-Yielders
December 21, 2016
November was a scary month for bond investors. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Total Return... Read More
November was a scary month for bond investors. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Total Return Index fell 4% in November, shedding a record $1.7 trillion in value. That loss ranks as the worst... Read More
$50 Oil Will Fortify This Energy Giant’s 7% Dividend Yield
December 13, 2016
The energy sector was a brutal place to invest in 2014 and 2015. In the 18 months from July 2014 to... Read More
The energy sector was a brutal place to invest in 2014 and 2015. In the 18 months from July 2014 to January 2016, the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYS: XLE) fell nearly 50%. That decline was driven... Read More
Get 15 Percent Off The Leader In Online Romance
November 14, 2016
American singles bored with the bar scene are increasingly going online to find love. According to... Read More
American singles bored with the bar scene are increasingly going online to find love. According to a report from the Pew Research Center, the number of American adults that have used online dating... Read More
Record Sales Are Driving This Stock’s Price to New Highs
November 8, 2016
2016 is on pace to be another record year for gun sales in the United States. According to a recent... Read More
2016 is on pace to be another record year for gun sales in the United States. According to a recent report released by the FBI, gun sales hit a 17th consecutive monthly record in October, up 27% from... Read More
1933 was an important year for U.S. investors. That was the year the 18th amendment was repealed.... Read More
1933 was an important year for U.S. investors. That was the year the 18th amendment was repealed. This regulatory breakthrough accomplished two things. For one, it once again made it legal to drink a... Read More
This Market Leader Just Started A New Growth Spurt
October 28, 2016
Third-quarter earnings season has ushered in an important turning point for the S&P 500. With... Read More
Third-quarter earnings season has ushered in an important turning point for the S&P 500. With more than 25% of the index reporting, earnings are on pace to increase 0.1% from the same period last... Read More
Turn A Rate Hike Into A Gain With This Stock
October 20, 2016
The Federal Reserve has been teasing the market with an interest rate hike for most of the last... Read More
The Federal Reserve has been teasing the market with an interest rate hike for most of the last five years. Finally, it looks like the most powerful central bank in the world is finally ready to make... Read More