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Quoted from Barron’s: The 10-year U.S. Treasury Note recently was yielding about 4%, up from around 2% a year ago—thanks to the aggressive rate-boosting regimen of the Federal Reserve, aimed at getting inflation under control. Dan Genter, the CEO of Genter Capital Management, doesn’t expect a wave of payout cuts, though he foresees dividend growth […]

Quoted from The Wall Street Journal: Contrarian investment strategy outpaced the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the first time since 2018 By Hardika Singh Investors’ Best Friend in 2022: The Dogs of the Dow Jan. 5, 2023 8:00 am ET The Dogs of the Dow broke away from the pack in 2022.  The popular contrarian investment

Quoted from Barron’s: Bond ladders work best for investors who don’t worry so much about market gyrations, says Dan Genter, CEO of Genter Capital Management, which offers muni ladders. “They’re suitable for someone who says, ‘All I care about is getting income; I don’t really care if it goes up or down, as long as

Quoted from The Wall Street Journal: Oct. 13, 2022 Earlier Thursday, new data from the Labor Department showed that a reading of U.S. consumer inflation excluding volatile energy and food prices accelerated to a new four-decade high. The so-called core measure of the consumer-price index gained 6.6% in September from a year earlier, the biggest

Quoted from Barron’s: There has been a sea of red in municipal bonds, down 11.6% this year, on average. Investors have fled. Muni funds had net outflows of $77.6 billion through August this year, compared with a net inflow of $85.6 billion over the same period a year earlier, according to Morningstar. “The selloff has been

Quoted from Reuters: Data showed new orders for U.S.-manufactured goods increased more than expected in May, showing demand for products remains strong even as the Fed seeks to cool the economy. Separately, business growth across the euro zone slowed further in June and European natural gas prices surged again, reigniting worries of a recession in

Quoted from THE NEW YORK TIMES: Stocks are dropping now because companies and consumers face rising costs nearly everywhere they turn and investors fear that the Fed will clobber the economy as it tries to get inflation under control. The central bank has already raised interest rates twice this year, and Wall Street is bracing for interest

Quoted from InvestmentNews: “Like back then, the Fed told you this was coming 1,000 yards away. Frankly, the only surprise in all this is that people seem to be surprised about the market’s reaction. And as the Fed exits the market, we will go back to picking stocks based on hard value, true value.” Dan

Quoted from The Wall Street Journal: Stocks have come under pressure due to concerns about the Fed’s pullback of easy monetary policies as it combats the recent bout of high inflation. Consumer prices rose in April at a slower pace than the previous month, but still faster than economists had expected, data released Wednesday showed. That fueled more worries

Quoted from Kiplinger: The principal attraction of muni bonds, which are issued by state and local governments in the U.S., is that interest income is free from federal taxes – and for bonds issued in your state of residence, free from state and local taxes as well. Interest rates tend to follow movements in the