One of the most common mistakes income investors make is to look solely at yields. With the current yield on a 10-year U.S. Treasury Bond barely over 2% and most bank deposits earning… Read More

Just a few weeks ago, we released our newest piece of research — “The Top 5 Income Stocks for 2012.” These five high-yield stocks represent our favorite income ideas for the new year, and they pay dividend yields of 7.0%… 8.8%…… Read More

It pays a yield of 10.5%. And it’s one of the most unique dividend payers on the market. It’s not a regular business — it doesn’t… Read More

Big-picture risks dominated markets in 2011, and stocks across most markets and sectors tended to move as a herd in response to news events. For example, when the yield on Italian debt spikes, European banks sell off because many have significant… Read More

More investors are finding out about them every day. Or I shouldn’t say they are finding out about them — most investors have known about these “lifetime income generators” in one form or another for decades. Instead, what’s actually happening is more investors are putting their trust… Read More

It’s one of the best investing strategies I know… and brokers hate it. Brokers are in the business to make money. Every time you make a trade, they collect a fee. This means they like it when you make as many trades as possible. Read More

The stock market volatility has been unprecedented. For years now we’ve seen the market rise one day… only to fall the next. Meanwhile, events considered to be “once in a generation” — credit crises, sovereign-debt downgrades and bailouts — are… Read More

Without a doubt, it’s our most popular piece of research. Each year we publish our annual “Top 10 Stocks” list. Put simply, these are the 10 stocks my research staff and I think have the best chance of beating the market in the coming… Read More

He might be one of the most unheralded investors of modern times. The Globe and Mail newspaper called him “Canada’s ‘Hidden Billionaire.'” Others have referred to him as the “Warren Buffett of Canada.” No matter what you call him, Eric Sprott has no… Read More

The venerable TV investigative journalism program 60 Minutes recently blew the lid off a story we’ve been tracking for months. And you absolutely won’t believe it when you hear about it. Congress can trade on insider information — and it’s 100% legal. Here’s… Read More