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The Easy Way to Boost Your Income

Income is not dead.

I know that the Federal Reserve has worked hard to convince Americans that income is dead with near-zero interest rates for years and the excruciatingly slow crawl higher from zero.

Not only is income not dead, but it should continue to be a critical part of your overall portfolio along with domestic and foreign stocks, gold, commodities and even rare tangible assets.

That’s why I want to show you an easy way to boost your income in your portfolio that doesn’t require the use of options and is as easy as buying a stock…

An Easy Way to Boost Your Income

Earlier this week, I talked about the importance of rebalancing your portfolio at least once a year following sharp movements in the market. And we’ve certainly had that.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained more than 20% this year. It broke through yet another record level as it surged past 24,000 this week.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is up roughly 19%. Even the small-cap Russell 2000 Index has rallied 12%.

In the commodity space, oil has tacked on 7%, and gold has grown an impressive 12% despite strength in stocks.

But while high-flying stocks can produce some solid growth for your wealth, it’s important to dedicate a portion of your portfolio to income.

And while Janet Yellen and the rest of the Federal Reserve have lifted rates several times — and are likely to do it once again later this month — we’re still far off from interest rates that are regarded as normal.

Yet, there is still an easy way to boost your income.

A Hidden Income Gem

A steady flow of income is something that most of us are searching for when it comes to growing our portfolio, particularly as you get closer to or enter retirement.

The stocks of the S&P 500 Index aren’t exactly wowing investors, as it returns on average a 1.93% dividend yield.

Fixed income is still struggling under low interest rates managed by the Federal Reserve. The U.S. 10-year note is yielding just 2.34%.

Utilities have long been a go-to for many investors with their long history of dividend payments. But even utilities are averaging a yield of only 3.31%.

But Matt Badiali, editor of Real Wealth Strategist, has uncovered an amazing collection of stocks within the natural resources sector that issue a steady stream of income to shareholders.

In fact, he’s selected five stocks for his Real Wealth Strategist subscribers that average an annual yield of more than 7.4%. And these five stocks will pay out in the form of 44 checks over a year.

Matt calls them freedom checks.

I want to show you a great avenue for adding income to your portfolio. This is the easy way to boost your income. As it turns out, income is out there.

Of course, Matt didn’t choose these stocks just because they have a high yield. He’s also expecting to see their share value grow over time due to strength of the company and growing demand in the industry.

Achieving Portfolio Balance

Achieving the right balance for your portfolio is more than just loading it up with a bunch of high-flying stocks and the occasional blue chip.

The right balance means that you are not only growing your wealth, but protecting it against fluctuations within the market. It’s rare when all sectors are rising at the same time and at the same rate. It’s also rare for all sectors and investment types to fall at the same time and rate.

With the right balance, you are able to cushion any losses that you might experience in one group or sector with gains in another. And by adding a nice mix of natural resources and income to your portfolio, you’ll be one step closer to getting that mix.

Regards,

Jocelynn Smith

Sr. Managing Editor, Banyan Hill

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Bear

How to Survive the Next Market Collapse

My father has a green thumb. He comes by it naturally through his father. With me, it skipped a generation.

But that doesn’t mean that I don’t love wandering around my father’s property as he points out his various plants and new projects.

From spring through fall, nearly every time I visited, he would have something new to show me as we walked the yard. Or “toured the lower 40,” as he calls it.

“Why all the moving around?” I asked him when he pointed out a set of hostas that had been split and spread to a new shaded bed.

“It’s about balance, Joce.” The giant blue hostas had spread and were threatening to take over their previous flower bed so that nothing else could grow.

While my father might have been talking about rebalancing his green space, that same idea can be extended to your own investment portfolio. And it’s more critical than you might realize. Rebalancing could mean the difference between surviving the next market collapse…

Your Gains Have Changed the Game

The stock market has put in a solid performance in 2017 despite endless talk of stocks being overvalued (which they very likely are) and bubbles expanding in several sectors (and they are).

The fact is that if you stuck with stocks in 2017, you are sitting on some nice gains.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 20% this year, and the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite is up roughly 19%. Even the small-cap Russell 2000 Index has rallied 12%.

In the commodity space, oil has tacked on 7%, and gold has grown an impressive 12% despite strength in stocks.

But those nice gains have created a serious problem within your portfolio, and it’s important that you address it sooner rather than later before a market collapse. It’s a good time to take a hard look at all those eggs you’ve gathered and figure out exactly how you’re going to redistribute them across many baskets.

It’s called rebalancing, and it’s going to be the key to keeping your wealth growing in the new year.

Rebalance and Stay Safe During a Market Collapse

We’ve all heard the old adage time and time again: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”

And you haven’t.

You’ve wisely distributed your investments across a variety of sectors, investment vehicles, and possibly even countries and currencies.

Ted Bauman, editor of The Bauman Letter, has addressed the proper distribution of your investing portfolio across stocks, currencies, commodities and even rare tangible assets on numerous occasions in his newsletter. (He has also given tips on different asset protection strategies you can use for unique ways to grow your retirement nest egg. Don’t miss out!)

But the problem that occurs when you have different investments growing at different “speeds,” is that your distribution across many baskets becomes more lopsided than you intended.

Let’s look at an example.

Say you started with a portfolio of $100,000, and you distributed as follows:

  • Aggressive tech stocks — 50% ($50,000).
  • Blue-chip stocks — 20% ($20,000).
  • Foreign stocks — 20% ($20,000).
  • Gold bullion — 5% ($5,000).
  • Commodities — 5% ($5,000).

Now keep in mind, I’m not saying this is how you need to distribute your portfolio. I’m just using nice, round numbers to keep the math easy. You should really check out The Bauman Letter for tips on how to balance your investments.

But let’s assume that you’ve had a great year of stock picking and your tech stock positions are up 65%, your blue-chip stocks are up 20%, gold is up 12% and commodities are up 7%. Foreign stocks struggled a bit for you and are flat.

That means your portfolio is now worth $137,450.

  • Aggressive tech stocks — $82,500, or 60% of your portfolio.
  • Blue-chip stocks — $24,000, or 17.5% of your portfolio.
  • Foreign stocks — $20,000, or 14.6% of your portfolio.
  • Gold bullion — $5,600, or 4.1% of your portfolio.
  • Commodities — $5,350, or 3.9% of your portfolio.

As you can see, by just being a great stock picker and riding the rally in the various sectors, your portfolio has shifted over the past year to favor aggressive tech stocks more than you had intended. What’s more, your exposure in safe haven areas such as blue-chip stocks and gold have shrunk significantly. That could put your portfolio in dangerous territory should the market collapse in 2018 with tech stocks once again leading the way lower.

A Time to Explore New Investments

The end of the year is a great time to step back and examine your investment portfolio. If you’ve enjoyed some stellar gains this year, then you might need to take some money off the table and move it to other investments so that you remain protected against an unexpected turn in the market.

Rebalancing your portfolio keeps you in the game longer. It also gives you a chance to explore new investment avenues that maybe you didn’t have the capital to invest in a year or two ago.

Is it time to potentially move some of your funds out of stocks and into rare tangible assetssuch as stamps, art or rare coins?

Is it time to look in to real estate as a way to protect and grow your wealth?

Or maybe you need to add more income to your portfolio? Matt Badiali has just released a special report that offers an easy way to add a steady flow of income to your portfolio without using options. (You can check out his special report here.)

As we head into the final month of 2017, closely examine your portfolio. Take the time to rebalance. Don’t let it run wild. Prune it back in the right places and reap the benefits year after year.

Regards,

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Energy

Global Demand Is Surging for Renewable Energy

Health care. That’s the market that’s going to explode.

When I first started working in the financial industry a couple decades ago, that was the refrain I heard constantly.

All eyes were on the baby boomers. Numbering nearly 75 million, there were growing worries about their increased health needs.

We would need more doctors. More nurses. More physical therapists. More home health aides. More personal care aides.

And they were right.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that job growth for home health aides will swell by 46.7% from 2016 through 2026. Jobs for personal care aides are forecast to grow 37.4% during that same time frame.

 But there is one industry that is growing even faster, creating even more job opportunities. And more opportunities to profit…

Renewable Energy: The Booming Industry

Whether you believe that climate change is an important issue or a complete hoax, the fact remains that renewable energy is a growing market all around the globe.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that solar panel installers were projected to see job growth of 105.3% from 2016 to 2026.

There are approximately 260,000 Americans working in the solar industry.

As prices drop and technology continues to advance, more companies and even residents are going to flock to renewable energy.

In 2016, solar installations accounted for 39% of all new electricgenerating capacity, beating out all other tech for the first time ever. And for the first half of 2017, solar has accounted for 22% of all new capacity, coming in second to natural gas.

The U.S. has more than 47 gigawatts of total solar capacity now installed. This is enough to power 9.1 million homes.

Part of this phenomenal growth has come from the price of solar panels dropping. Since 2010, the cost to install solar panels has plunged more than 70%.

As prices drop and technology continues to advance, more companies and even residents are going to flock to renewable energy.

As installing solar panels has become more affordable, more residents have turned to it as a viable way to slash their energy bills and utilize a cleaner form of energy.

But solar isn’t the only renewable energy that’s creating a buzz of opportunities.

Wind Power Soars

Wind power is seeing significant growth as well. Wind turbine service technicians are expected to see job growth of 96.1% — double that of home health aides.

At the start of the month, WindEurope reported that European wind energy set a new record on October 28 after roughly 24.6% of the EU’s electricity demand was met by wind power. This was up from the previous record set earlier this year of 19.9%.

The late-October storm that sent German wind turbines spinning resulted in the creation of 39,409 megawatts. That’s the equivalent of 40 nuclear reactors.

In July, Scotland broke a record by generating the equivalent of 118% of the nation’s electricity for six days.

And New York is considering a plan for adding up to 40 turbines across 60 square miles with the expectation of generating 124 megawatts. That’s enough power to 20,000 homes.

New York’s wind power generation has grown from 48 megawatts in 2005 to 1,827 megawatts in 2017. However, it still lags behind Texas with its wind power capacity of 20,320 megawatts and Iowa’s 6,911 megawatts of wind power capacity.

The key thing is that there is still ample room for growth.

The Next Gem for Your Portfolio

As prices drop and technology continues to advance, more companies and even residents are going to flock to renewable energy as a source of power.

We are seeing more and more stories pop up regarding renewable energy farms and plants fueling our energy needs despite the falling prices of oil and natural gas.

Solar and wind power are on the rise.

But while wind and solar power frequently capture all the headlines, there is another source of renewable energy that is available just about everywhere around the globe and could see a massive boom in demand.

Profits Unlimited Editor Paul Mampilly has identified a key renewable energy technology that he believes could skyrocket investors to massive gains. Click here to read his special report.

When looking for new opportunities to grow your wealth, the renewable energy sector continues to provide excellent upside potential … and a lot less uncertainty than health care.

Regards,

Jocelynn Smith
Sr. Managing Editor, Sovereign Investor Daily

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