Whitepapers
People are living longer, and your current retirement plan may not be enough. Ideally, you want to hold assets with growth potential that can keep up with essential costs, such as gas, healthcare, and food. Blue-chip stocks are one of the few assets that can pace inflation. It's not too late to review your portfolio and create a conservative dividend growth strategy.
Blue-chip stocks like Johnson & Johnson, a solid healthcare company, have a proven track record. Johnson & Johnson has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Similar stocks, when properly balanced, can help power your retirement income. A diversified portfolio of blue-chip stocks across core industry groups is essential for long-term success.
Weekend Edition: Wall Street Doesnʼt Want You to Do This
Chris Mayer explained his successful “coffee can portfolio.” The idea is simple: Buying great businesses and holding them for 10 years will likely make you a lot of money. Today, Chris takes it a step further. What if you hold stocks for even longer? The results will probably surprise you. If you want to learn more how you can plan for retirement and make good long-term investments click to download the full whitepaper.
Paper vs. Hard Assets Trade
We believe that inflation versus deflation is underappreciated as a determinant of sector selection success. In the past century, stocks and commodities have alternated leadership in regular cycles averaging 18 years. During commodity deflation, stocks rose 11.6% per year, but during inflation, stocks rose 3.4% per year. Our research suggests a new 18-year stock cycle (aka Secular Bull Market) began May 2013.
