Buy These 5 High Yield Stocks to Replace Income ETFs

If you’re an investor whose goals include earning a decent income from the money you have accumulated, following the Wall Street herd will cost you money: possibly a lot of money.

The investing advice you see, read or are told may not be well aligned with your long-term goals and success. Individual investors who are counting on their portfolios for long term income needs will be best served by learning how to pick a path away from the herd.

There are two themes in play that make it difficult for investors to realize success. The first is the short term focus of the financial news industry. That group focuses on providing entertaining news bites based on data points that change every day. It is a good idea to remember that what you see or read in the financial news is much more about the entertainment part of infotainment than it is about useful information.

The second factor that effects investors are the challenges faced by financial advisors. The typical financial advisor (I know there are exceptions) has a lot on his or her plate besides researching individual investments to discover the very best investments for each individual client. A common practice for full service investment firms is to put client money into portfolios made up of a selection of ETFs that are expected to meet a client’s stated investment goals.

Consider the case of investors who want to draw an income from their portfolio. With this goal, an investor would likely see several popular dividend income ETFs in a portfolio put together by a financial advice firm. Here is a list of those popular income ETFs and their current yields:

  • Vanguard REIT Index Fund (NYSE: VNQ) with $35 billion in assets. Current effective yield: 3.86%.
  • Utilities SPDR ETF (NYSE: XLU) is the largest utilities ETF with $8 billion in assets. Current yield: 3.07%.
  • iShares Select Dividend ETF (NYSE: DVY) is a common stock ETF which as $17 billion in assets. DVY yields 3.1%.
  • Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSE: VYM) is another stock ETF focused on high-yield common stock shares. VYM has $29 billion in assets. The fund has a current SEC yield of 3.06%.

As you can see, a strategy of using popular income stock ETFs to build a portfolio with produce an average dividend income yield of 3.3%. That means an investor would get just $33,000 per year in income off a $1 million portfolio. I am pretty sure someone living off a million-dollar portfolio would like to receive quite a bit more than $2,750 per month.

The alternate solution for more income is to own a portfolio of individual stocks. There are hundreds of stocks with yields of 6%, 8%, and up into the teens. For my Dividend Hunter service, the primary focus is on the safety of the dividend payments. Yet the current recommended stocks list has an average yield of 8.0%. To illustrate, here is a list of five stocks that are diversified across different financial sectors with very attractive yields:

  • Reaves Utility Income Fund (NYSE: UTG) is a utilities sector closed end fund that currently yields 6.1%.
  • Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company providing capital to growing technology companies. HTGC yields 9.7%.
  • Macquarie Infrastructure Corp (NYSE: MIC) owns energy product terminals, power generation facilities and private aviation fixed base operations. This stock yields 7.8%.
  • Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD) is a mortgage lender for commercial properties and yields 8.8%.
  • InfraCap REIT Preferred ETF (NYSE: PFFR) is a new to the market ETF that only owns preferred shares of equity (property owning) REITs. The preferred shares have a higher safety level when compared to the bulk of the preferred shares market which are issued by lending institutions. PFFR yields 5.6%.

With just five stocks, you have a decently diversified portfolio and an average yield of 7.5%. That is double the average yield of the income focused ETF list above. I do recommend that investors own about 20 stocks for adequate diversification, but the list above gives you a graphic example of how if you learn about income stocks on your own, you can literally double the dividend income you earn off your investment portfolio.

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The Coming Bitcoin Bust

The bitcoin mining company’s owner looked back one last time…

Behind him were row upon row of modified PCs, thousands of them, still neatly mounted in their racks. How many times had he walked in, greeted by a wave of heat and the blast of noise from thousands of fan motors inside those machines, straining to keep their microprocessors cool?

It was the sound of digital money being created as each machine’s chip strained to solve another piece of an elaborate cryptographic puzzle — the very basis for the cryptocurrency — and unlock just a little more bitcoin.

It was all gone now. The room had a funereal silence.

The great cryptocurrency boom had gone bust.

No one could explain why, at first. Bitcoin mysteriously plummeted in value for weeks, then months. But news leaks had finally identified the root of the problem…

“Damned quantum computers,” muttered the man as he shut off the lights and walked out for the last time.

Quantum Computing: The Next Step in Cyber-Insecurity

All of that’s made up, of course. But could quantum computing really launch us into a new era of cybersecurity — and spell the end of the cryptocurrency boom to boot?

First, a little explanation: Quantum computing technology is based on the mind-bending aspects of quantum theory.

In “classical” digital computing, information is processed in a binary fashion as a series of ones and zeroes.

With quantum computers, we get bits of information that can coexist in multiple states at any one moment in time. So everything is processed much, much faster.

Big Data problems that take a half-hour to solve with today’s supercomputers can be finished in a mere second — yes, one second — by a quantum computer.

Back in 2014, one of the least-noticed, most earth-shaking aspects of the Edward Snowden affair was the disclosure of documents proving that the National Security Agency was racing to build “a cryptologically useful quantum computer.”

Today, the advances come at a monthly pace…

Could quantum computing really launch us into a new era of cybersecurity — and spell the end of the bitcoin boom to boot?

Perhaps most stunning of all, the world’s first commercially sold quantum computer — the 2000Q, manufactured by Canada’s privately held D-Wave Systems — went on the market in January. (The price tag is $15 million.)

What’s the point? Cybersecurity investors need to pay attention because quantum computing holds great investment potential. It’s no longer the realm of theory and primitive computer-lab mockups. It’s in the real world, today, right now.

Can you imagine what a quantum computer might do to a cryptocurrency — unlocking its blockchain-based cryptographic puzzle a lot faster than its creators thought possible and dumping thousands of units of it on the market?

And then there’s the challenge — and promise — of using quantum computing for cybersecurity.

How do you keep secrets in a world where even the longest, most random password can be figured out in a few seconds?

Fortunately, if quantum computing were a ballgame, we’re still at the part where some muckety-muck gets up and throws the ceremonial first pitch (that promptly bounces into the dirt just before home plate). But the technology is both a threat and a safeguarding tool at the same time.

Kind regards,

Jeff L. Yastine
Editor, Total Wealth Insider

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3 Renewable Energy Stocks Up Double Digits

Here is one item that surprised me a bit in the course of research project called the Singularity… After years of a lot of hype and false starts, the shift to renewable energy has finally begun to move ahead at a pace that has taken many by surprise.

2016 was a banner year for the sector. In a report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that renewables represented almost two-thirds of new net electricity capacity additions last year, with nearly 165 gigawatts (GW) coming online.

The IEA added that solar power was the fastest growing subsector, with generating capacity soaring by 50% in 2016 to over 74 GW. China accounted for almost half of the gain. The forecast from the IEA calls for another 660 gigawatts of solar power capacity to be added by 2022.

Even the biggest oil company in the world – Saudi Aramco – has taken notice. It called this disruptive macro trend a “global transformation” that is “unstoppable”.

These unstoppable macro trends are just the type of situations that spell profit opportunities for you. But before I get into some specific places for you to invest, let me fill you in more on what is driving the accelerated move into renewable energy.

Driver #1 – Corporations

One reason for the recent growth in renewable energy power generation is that major global multinationals are demanding it.

Just two weeks ago, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) agreed to buy all the electricity produced from a new wind farm in Ireland for the next 15 years. The wind farm is being built by General Electric (NYSE: GE) and will power Microsoft’s cloud computing services in the region.

This move will take Microsoft’s direct global procurement of renewable energy worldwide to nearly 600 megawatts. But it is hardly the only company taking such measures. Three weeks ago, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB)announced its plans for a new data center in Virginia would include power supplied by solar power facilities built by Dominion Energy (NYSE: D).

So far in 2017, U.S. companies have announced purchase agreements for two gigawatts of power. This number is sure to rise as over 100 (40+ in the U.S.) multinational companies have committed to make their electricity supplies 100% renewable.

Driver #2 – Emerging Economies

However, the real driver behind the rapid acceleration in renewable energy power generation comes from the emerging economies, led by China. As with telecommunications and financial services, the emerging world is bypassing the old technologies and moving straight into new technologies.

In many cases, renewable energy is now the cheapest form of new power generation for these countries. A study from Morgan Stanley pointed to the fact that the cost of solar power panels has fallen by more than 50% in less than two years, thanks largely to China. It added that in countries with favorable wind conditions, costs for wind power can be as low as one-half to one-third of natural gas or coal-fired power plants.

The leading alternative source of energy in the developing economies is solar power. Moody’s estimates that, by the end of the decade, emerging markets will be home to 353 gigawatts of solar power capacity – an increase of 2.6 times the 2015 levels.

While China will account for the majority of this increase, other developing regions of the globe are also participating. Moody’s says that, by the end of 2018, Latin America is scheduled to have installed 14 gigawatts of capacity (nearly five times more than 2015), the Middle East and Africa will also have installed 14 gigawatts (a seven-fold increase from 2015) and India will have added 28 gigawatts of solar power capacity (a jump of nearly six times).

The bottom line, according to the IEA, is that in 2022 renewables will have 30% of the global power market with a total growth in capacity of 920 gigawatts, again led by China, which has already accounted for 40% of the overall growth in renewable energy.

3 Ways to Invest in Renewable Energy

Unfortunately, some of the very best companies that are at the center of the renewable energy industry do not trade in the U.S. For example, the Danish firm Dong Energy (soon to be named Ørsted) is the world’s largest builder of offshore wind farms.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t make money with some U.S.-listed investments. For very broad exposure to the sector, there is the VanEck Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (NYSE: GEX). It is up a very nice 21% year-to-date and over 17% the past year.

The fund holds 31 securities across a broad spectrum of industries related to renewable energy. The companies in the fund must obtain at least half their revenues from the renewable energy industry. So, for example, Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) is in the fund. GEX does have a global flavor with about 57% invested in the U.S. and the rest globally.

For single stock exposure to solar power, a good choice is First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), which is also in GEX’s portfolio. The stock has gained nearly 48% year-to-date. The company is the leading global provider of solar energy solutions with more than 10 gigawatts of installed capacity.

The company’s revenues are split almost 50-50 between sales of solar modules (using its proprietary thin-film semiconductor technology) and services that provide complete solar power systems solutions including project development, construction, along with operation and maintenance. The latter is a source of recurring revenues.

While the U.S. market accounted for 83% of its revenues in 2016, First Solar is moving toward where the growth is. Almost 90% of its project pipeline in the latest quarter – 3 GW of mid-to-late-stage opportunities – comes from overseas. The geographic diversification is wide with orders from India as well as Latin America, Africa, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Another possible way to play the rush to renewable energy is through a utility that is involved in the sector. One such example is NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG), which is the second-largest U.S. power producer and is expanding its renewable energy operations. Its stock has soared 113% year-to-date and is up 123% over the past 12 months. So even more than the double digits promised in the headline.

I like the fact that its CEO, Mauricio Gutierrez, gets it. He said in February that utility companies failing to change their business model would become “obsolete” thanks to the “unprecedented disruption” in the industry.

In the second quarter of 2017, NRG revenues from renewables came in at $126 million. That sounds small but the growth rate was impressive – up 22.3% year-over-year. In the third quarter, NRG signed a contract to sell power for 22 years from three solar projects to Hawaiian Electric.

The company is also involved, together with Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Gas, in Petra Nova. This is the world’s largest post-combustion carbon-capture system. The unit is capable of capturing more than 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide daily. That is the equivalent of removing over 350,000 cars from the road.

Renewable energy is definitely a sector you want to invest in as it has finally moved past the hype stage and on to becoming a growing source of power in the real world. It’s just one part of a transformation in technology, society, lifestyle, and even life itself that’s happening all around us. I call this the Singularity.

The Singularity presents investors with the opportunity for a piece of the over $100 trillion growth over the next seven years from all of these changes. Growth for companies like First Solar and NRG mentioned above as well as many others you’ve probably never even heard of but will soon.

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Railroads Are Still A Good Investment. Here’s Why and Where to Put Your Money

Let me tell you about an exciting new transportation technology. It’s ground-breaking. It’s game-changing. The entire face of shipping could be altered. It’s… er… railroads. Okay, so maybe not so exciting. Or new.

In fact, since the first major railroads were built around 200 years ago in the US, not much has changed. Trains are now powered by diesel or electric locomotives instead of steam – but the basic operation is essentially the same. More importantly, railroads are probably still the most cost effective way to transport raw materials and heavy goods on land.

Of course raw materials are then turned into construction materials or sources of fuel (which then also may be transported by rail). It’s these materials which help the economy function and expand. Without railways, the cost for these materials could be much higher – which would be passed on to the buyers.

As such, railroads tend to do well when the economy is doing well. They also can be a decent gauge of future economic activity. If an investor believes the economy is going to improve, one way to capitalize from the scenario can be investing in railroad companies.

In the US, the largest railroad company is Union Pacific(NYSE: UNP) with a market cap of $90 billion. UNP was founded all the way back in 1862. With its long history, it’s probably not a surprise the company’s rail network consists of over 32,000 miles.

If you want to invest in a growing US economy, investing in UNP is a reasonable way to do so. Moreover, at least one trader is placing a massive options bet on the company thriving over the coming year.

The trade I’m referring to is a January 2019 call spread, which traded a whopping 60,000 times. The trader purchased the 130 strike and sold the 160 strike for a total cost of $3.56. That means the trade breaks even at $133.56 by January 2019 expiration.

With the stock around $111 at the time of the trade, this is very clearly a bullish bet on UNP. In fact, the trader spent $21 million on the massive spread. Of course, max gain on the spread is also $158 million, so there’s definitely some serious upside to be had.

Personally, I like using UNP as a proxy for the economy. And, there are plenty of reasons to believe the economy is going to continue to grow. However, I’d recommend a more affordable trade.

The June 2018 125-145 call spread is a bit cheaper at $2.50 and is closer to the current stock price. You are sacrificing 6 months of time, but there’s still plenty of upside available. Breakeven occurs at $127.50, so only about $15 higher than where we are now. Plus, you can still earn $17.50 at max gain.

Buying very long-term options is nice if you can afford it, but you definitely pay up for the time. By choosing an expiration six months earlier, we can do a similar trade for $1 cheaper and 5 strikes closer to the stock price.

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How My Algorithm Beat the Market 10 Times Over

On October 19, 1987 — 20 years ago last Thursday — the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) lost nearly a quarter of its value in a few hours.

Back then, that was 508 points. A similar drop today would be almost 6,000 points.

Imagine that, if you will … if you dare.

On that day, traders watched in horror as wave after wave of selling ratcheted the index downward. Like a ball bouncing down a hill, each wave seemed faster and bigger than the last.

They looked at each other blankly, since none of them seemed to be doing any of the selling. They weren’t … computers used by big institutional investors were executing automated trades based on incoming price data.

In 1987, market technology was in its infancy. Today’s computerized trading is as far ahead of that as an F-35 Lightning II is ahead of the Wright Brothers.

Should you be worried? Yes … or no … it all depends on how you use today’s technology.

Do you do it the market’s way … or my way?

Warning Signs

On Wednesday, October 14, 1987, the DJIA dropped 3.8%. It fell another 2.4% the next day. On Friday, the DJIA fell another 4.6%, on record trading volume.

All eyes were on Monday.

Now, a 10% drop in three days is significant. But it’s always worse when markets end the week down. Depending on how after-hours options trading goes … and events over the weekend … traders are often poised to sell on Monday morning.

Black Monday began with a wave of selling in the Hong Kong market. Normally, London-based bargain hunters might have counteracted this, but the Great Storm of 1987 had led London’s markets to close early on Friday; most traders were told to stay home on Monday. With nobody on watch, the London FTSE 100 had fallen over 136 points by 9.30 a.m.

That was all the newfangled computers installed at large U.S. investors needed to initiate selling orders. “Portfolio insurance” algorithms started short-selling U.S. stocks and index futures.

As other computers detected this, they started selling automatically as well. The few algorithms that were programmed to suspend trading did so, decreasingly liquidity and increasing the speed of price drops.

U.S. markets soon recovered, but those who had sold in a panic on Black Monday lost a great deal of money.

Lessons Unlearnt

Black Monday wasn’t the last time algorithms have been blamed for sudden market drops. Here are some of the more prominent examples:

  • The August 7-10 “quant quake” of 2007. Funds specializing in algorithmic investment strategies suffered massive losses.
  • In the “flash crash” of May 6, 2010, the Dow dropped 9% and the S&P 500 fell 7% in just 30 minutes, as bids and offers for stocks moved far away from previous levels — in some cases leaving bids down as low as a penny and offers as high as $100,000.
  • On August 24, 2015, the S&P 500 plummeted 5% and the Dow dropped by 6.7% in just five minutes after the opening.

How Now?

In every one of these cases, researchers have blamed the “stampede effect” of automated algorithm-based trading systems. Unattended programs designed to cut losses reinforced each other in a downward spiral that only ended when humans intervened.

Such systems now account for more than 75% of U.S. stock market volumes. One reason is that much trading now occurs in penny intervals.

That makes trading less lucrative for market makers, who profit by playing the “spread” between the highest bid to buy and the lowest offer to sell. As they have retreated from the market, algorithms have stepped in to replace their essential liquidity-providing function.

The shift to automated trading now includes actively managed mutual funds. In March, BlackRock announced it would fire human traders and rely more on stock-picking algorithms, triggering other traditional asset managers to follow suit.

Not All Algorithms Are Created Equal

Computers now manage trillions of dollars in global stock markets. But there are two ways to use them.

The first way is as I’ve described above. Big institutional investors use automated algorithmic systems because they reduce costs and the time-wasting “friction” of human decision-making. Trades can be executed in milliseconds by the millions, generating tiny profits from each that add up to a lot.

The other way is the way we use algorithms in trading services such as Alpha Stock Alertand the Smart Money portfolio in my Bauman Letter.

In those services, we use algorithms to remove only one part of the human role in trading: emotion. We make a zen-like commitment to let the rules call the shots. Empirical back testing shows that this a true market-beater — excess gains of 600%, even 900% are possible over time.

But the Alpha and Smart Money algorithms incorporate three things that the big boys don’t.

One is a hedging strategy that tells us to short the market before it corrects.

The second is algorithms that include fundamental and sentiment analysis at the company level. Using those, we don’t sell just because a stock goes down along with the market. We keep otherwise healthy positions because we know they will rebound, as markets always have after a crash.

But the third feature of our systems is the most important: Computers running our algorithms may make the calls, but we — humans, not computers — push the button to trade. Always.

That way, when a true “black swan” event arises … one that no algorithm can possibly predict … we can step in before it’s too late.

Consider it the best of both worlds.

Kind regards,

Ted Bauman
Editor, The Bauman Letter

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How to Collect $3,000+ in Dividends per Month, Every Month

Most investors with $500,000 in their portfolios think they don’t have enough money to retire on.

They do – they just need to do two things with their “buy and hope” portfolios to turn them into $3,279 monthly income streams (or much more):

  1. Sell everything – including the 2%, 3% and even 4% payers that simply don’t yield enough to matter. And,
  2. Buy my 8 favorite monthly dividend payers.

The result? $3,279.69 in monthly income every month (from an average 7.6% annual yield, paid every 30 days). Withupside on your initial $500,000 to boot!

And this strategy isn’t capped at $500,000. If you’ve saved a million (or even two), you can just buy more of my elite eight monthly payers and boost your passive income to $6,349 or even $12,698 per month.

Though if you’re a billionaire, sorry, you are out of luck. These Goldilocks payers won’t be able to absorb all of your cash. With total market caps around $1 billion or $2 billion, these vehicles are too small for institutional money.

Which is perfect for humble contrarians like you and me. This ceiling has created inefficiencies that we can take advantage of. After all, in a completely efficient market, we’d have to make a choice between dividends and upside. Here, though, we get both.

Heck, This Grandma Makes $387,000 Last Forever

Recently I was chatting with a reader of mine who manages money for a select group of clients. He’s using my No Withdrawal Portfolio to make a client’s modest savings – a nice grandmother with $387,000 – last longer than she ever dreamed:

“She brought me $387,000,” he said. “And wants to take out $3,000 per month for ten years.”

“Well she’s already withdrawn money for eight months (at $3,000 per month) and her balance has actually grown to $397,000. If the portfolio continues yielding 7% per year plus 2% per year in capital gains, and she withdraws $3,000 per month, it will pay my fees and still last her 27 years!”

Now many retirement experts pitch real estate as the best way to bank monthly income. But this grandma isn’t hustling to collect rent checks, or fix broken light bulbs. She’s simply collecting her “dividend pension” every month, which is 100% funded by her stocks and funds.

Actually her monthly salary is more than 100% financed – which is why her portfolio has grown by $10,000 as she’s withdrawn $3,000 per month.

How is This Possible? With “B-List” Monthly Payers Like These

Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE)
Dividend Yield: 6.2%

I wonder how many investors researching Apple (AAPL) have accidentally come across this lesser-known real estate investment trust, only to quickly punch in the correct ticker and get back to reading about iPhones.

Anyone who had missed out on a gem.

Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) owns 236 hotels across 33 states for a capacity of roughly 30,000 guestrooms. The REIT’s properties are spread between two upscale hotel families – Hilton (HLT) and Marriott (MAR) – which includes their namesake brands, as well as the likes of Fairfield Inn, Embassy Suites and SpringHill Suites.

APLE has delivered an impressive growth story over the years, ballooning its top line from less than $400 million in 2013 to more than $1 billion last year. However, while the company has been rapidly expanding, management is fiscally responsible and has given the dividend a wide safety net.

Through the first six months of 2017, the company posted 90 cents per share in modified funds from operations (MFFO) – a tweaked version of FFO, which itself is an important gauge of a REIT’s operational performance and dividend health – against six dividends of 10 cents each. That equates to a payout ratio of just 67%, meaning it would take a catastrophe to keep Apple Hospitality from ponying up what it owes shareholders.

You Won’t Have to Worry About Apple Hospitality’s (APLE) Payout

Global Net Lease (GNL)
Dividend Yield: 9.6%

Global Net Lease (GNL) would seem to be a prime monthly dividend payer for several reasons.

For one, GNL is a “triple-net lease” REIT. Unlike many REITs that take responsibility for things such as taxes, insurance and maintenance, triple-net leasers instead push all those expenses onto the tenants. The tradeoff here is that they don’t charge lessees as much, but what they do bring in should be much more predictable.

GNL also has a couple other plusses, such as international diversity – it owns commercial properties not just in the U.S., but also the U.K., Germany and a few other European countries. Moreover, it doles out nearly 10% in dividends at the moment. And better still, it’s growing; Q2’s revenues, for instance, soared by more than 14% year-over-year.

However, Global Net Lease is externally managed, which requires it to pay a great many fees for property management and other services – fees that cramp the company’s funds from operations to a dangerous extent. GNL paid out 97% of its adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) as dividends last year, and through six months of 2017, this REIT has actually paid out a little more than its total AFFO.

Worse, GNL investors have watched shares decline 5% year-to-date amid a broad up-market, eating up much of their gains from income.

Global Net Lease’s (GNL) Dividend Is Merely Subsidizing Your Losses

EPR Properties (EPR)
Dividend Yield: 5.8%

EPR Properties (EPR) is a play on one of my favorite themes of the past few years: the “experience economy.”

In short, people have started to put less value in merely amassing things, stuff and junk, and instead are increasingly spending their money doing things. That – along with the rise of Amazon.com (AMZN) and other e-commerce operators – have torn a hole through a number of retail REITs – but has benefitted a handful of properly positioned companies, including EPR.

Do you go to the movies? Ski? Have you ever spent a few hour in one of those state-of-the-art TopGolf driving ranges, complete with high-tech games and swanky bars? If so, chances are you’ve helped pad the pockets of EPR, which boasts 378 properties across the U.S.

That said, EPR is much more than entertainment – it also holds properties used for things such as public charter schools and early childhood education centers.

This extremely diversified REIT delivers a monthly payout that just got more than 6% sweeter earlier this year. Better still, the dividend is just 82% of AFFO, so EPR has plenty of ability to meet its obligation.

EPR Properties (EPR) IS Part of a New Generation of High-Performance REITs 

SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK)
SEC Yield: 5.7%

It’s not widely practiced, but a few exchange-traded funds (ETFs) do dole out income monthly instead of quarterly. Better still, some of these monthly ETF payers even pay a fairly consistent amount of income every month.

The SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) does just enough to qualify, and in fact is a generally popular ETF. But I say stay away.

The JNK is a portfolio of nearly a thousand different junk issues – corporate bonds that are below investment grade, which means they have a higher risk of default, but also means that they have to yield more to compensate for that risk. Because SPDR’s junk ETF is so diversified (and so cheap), though, it has become a very common way for investors to gain exposure to this high-income bond class.

However, the JNK doesn’t hold a candle to a number of junk-focused closed-end funds (CEFs).

SPDR’s JNK Isn’t Junk, But It’s No Treasure, Either

These funds tend to charge more in expenses because of their active management, and they’re not nearly as talked about, but on average they offer much higher yields and have delivered much better performance than this merely “OK” exchange-traded fund.

Don’t buy into JNK’s junky payouts.

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Netflix and Amazon Have Plenty of Growth Ahead

Watching television in the ‘80s was easy.

Most of America has had just three broadcast channels to choose from — four if you were either really lucky or had someone stand next to the TV and hold the antenna.

Where I grew up in rural Kentucky, we were fortunate to get the Big Three: NBC, ABC and CBS. With only three channels to choose from, there was little need for a remote control, especially if you had a younger sibling you could make get up and turn the nob.

Until the late ‘80s to early ‘90s, when cable TV became mainstream, the Big Three ruled the American living room uncontested. They controlled everything you watched, from your mother’s soap operas to the nightly news to Saturday morning cartoons to late-night television. And they controlled when you watched them.

Commercials were king then, just as they are now, only the revenue they generated was considerably higher than today’s standards. After all, they had a captive market of consumers divided only three ways.

With their oligopoly in place, the Big Three grew fat, happy and complacent with their dominance of the TV market. So much so, that when cable TV finally rose to the mainstream, the Big Three still controlled the vast majority of channel offerings.

But while there were more channels, that didn’t necessarily mean more content. With only two other networks offering any real competition for American living rooms, the Big Three began recycling content across all the cable TV channels they controlled. As Bruce Springsteen so eloquently put it in the early ‘90s: “There’s 57 channels and nothin’ on.”

In 2007, 15 years after Springsteen’s lamentation of the state of American home entertainment, Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) dropped a bomb that would forever change the landscape of American television: online video streaming.

And here we are, a decade later. The cable TV industry is dying, NBC, ABC and CBS viewership is in decline, and a new Big Three is emerging in the online world of streaming TV.

The New Big Three

A new era of American TV is rising from the ashes of the broadcast model, and a new Big Three has emerged to take the place of NBC, ABC and CBS. Investing in these companies now will get you in on the ground floor of not only the revolution in American living rooms, but global living rooms as well.

The cable TV industry is dying, NBC, ABC and CBS viewership is in decline, and Netflix and Amazon are taking over the online world of streaming TV.

Share of consumers who have a subscription to an on-demand video service in the United States in 2016 and 2017.
(Source: Statista)

Netflix — The Godfather of Online Streaming

No one should be surprised by the fact that Netflix is at the top of the current online streaming market. After adding 5.3 million subscribers last quarter, Netflix now has roughly 109.3 million subscribers around the globe.

Netflix currently dominates online streaming stateside, and is present in about 75% of all streaming households. Because of its market dominance, analysts are concerned about market saturation. After all, Netflix only added 850,000 U.S. subscribers last quarter. However, it’s important to point out that only one-third of American households currently stream online TV and movie content.

So, while Netflix may have saturated the current available market, that available market is set to grow by leaps and bounds as the rest of America wakes up to the online TV revolution.

What’s more, Netflix is already following in the early footsteps of broadcast TV pioneers. Founded on providing access to content produced elsewhere — Walt Disney comes to mind — Netflix is poised to spend $8 billion next year alone just to create its own original content. As with all things, the initial cash outlay is more than a bit off-putting. But once Netflix has a solid catalog of original content, spending is sure to fall more in line with the former kings of cable TV.

So, while NFLX stock is a bit on the pricey side right now (partly due to the stock market’s run-up on easy money), the shares still have plenty of growth ahead of them.

Amazon — The Jack of All Trades

With the amount of cash Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) has to throw around, it could easily topple Netflix and become the No. 1 streaming service. But that’s not Amazon’s business model. Amazon is a retailer, first and foremost — a task the company does extraordinarily well.

While Netflix gets the credit for being the first major online streaming company, Amazon actually launched its streaming service as Amazon Unbox in September 2006, about four months ahead of Netflix’s online launch. With its hands in several pots at once, Amazon didn’t really get serious about its streaming service until a few years ago.

After several name changes and service iterations, Amazon Instant Video was christened in February 2011 and bundled with Amazon Prime, giving the service an instant subscribership in the millions. How many millions remains unclear to this day, however, as Amazon has never released subscription numbers for either Prime or Instant Video, which was renamed again in September 2015 to simply Amazon Video.

Current estimates place U.S. Prime subscriber numbers at about 79 million, but there is still no way to tell whether or not every Prime member utilizes Amazon Video. Still, the estimated subscriber numbers are more than enough to put Amazon in the No. 2 spot behind Netflix as part of the new Big Three.

Clearly, Amazon isn’t content to let things rest at that. The company has launched Amazon Studios and is spending $4.5 billion this year on original content. Amazon is clearly getting serious about its Amazon Video service, and should come out swinging next year.

The cable TV industry is dying, NBC, ABC and CBS viewership is in decline, and Netflix and Amazon are taking over the online world of streaming TV.

(Sources: The companies, JPMorgan)

That said, AMZN stock is not a pure play on online streaming. The company brings with it considerable baggage and heavy spending across the board — not the least of which is Amazon’s move into the grocery market with its acquisition of Whole Foods Market.

For these, and a multitude of other concerns, I’m considerably less bullish on AMZN stock than I am on NFLX. In fact, I believe that Amazon Video will play more of a spoiler for Netflix than a real benefit for Amazon for the time being.

Hulu — The Broadcast Industry’s Frankenstein

It’s not fair to say that the original Big Three of broadcast television have no presence in online streaming. Hulu is, in fact, the old model trying to keep pace with the new.

The company is owned by a collaboration of “last generation” broadcasters and content creators, including Walt Disney (ABC), 21st Century Fox (Fox Entertainment), Comcast (NBC Universal), Time Warner (Turner Broadcasting System) and Japan-based Nippon TV.

But there are key differences that give Hulu a considerable advantage over both Netflix and Amazon. For one, Hulu gets first-run TV shows the week they air — which should come as a no-brainer since the companies producing the content are Hulu partners. That also means Hulu has considerably less overhead costs for content acquisition.

That said, Hulu has also moved into the realm of original content, spending $2.5 billion this year … with considerable success. In fact, Hulu upstaged both Netflix and Amazon this year by sweeping the awards at the Emmys.

That said, subscriber numbers are impossible to pin down on Hulu. The company stopped releasing subscriber figures last year when it said it had 12 million U.S. subscribers in 2016, compared to Netflix’s 47 million.

While Netflix now reports more than 52 million domestic subscribers, Hulu will only state that it has 47 million unique viewers, which it claims means more to advertisers. This metric is also convenient for diverting comparisons with Netflix’s subscriber base.

In case you missed it in the last paragraph, Hulu also has commercials in addition to its monthly subscription fees. It seems that some habits die hard where the former Big Three are concerned.

Finally, it is all but impossible to directly invest in Hulu. The collaboration is not publicly traded, and even investing in all the companies involved would be difficult, costly, and subject to more pitfalls and distractions than trying to make an online streaming trade out of Amazon.

A Final Note

For investing purposes, Netflix remains the best direct trade on the future of online streaming, with Amazon a close second.

These two giants are also international. No longer are just American living rooms in play, but Indian, British, Australian, Japanese and a host of other venues around the globe. For Hulu, it’s just America and Japan.

This is the real key difference in the new “TV” networks, and it’s why Netflix and Amazon are far from hitting the top of their current growth curve.

Until next time, good trading!

Joseph Hargett
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Sell These 3 High Yield Stocks Before Earnings

Quarterly earnings release time is the real news make or break time for most publicly traded companies. For investors in many publicly traded companies, these once-every-three months information dumps are the only time actual business results can be reviewed and analyzed. All the stuff you read in the 90 days between release dates are just speculations, projections and guesses. When the actual earnings numbers come out, the market often is not kind to share prices when the earnings report or management statements include bad news or negative business projections.

If you regularly follow how a company’s business operates, it is possible to get an idea what may come out in the next earnings reports. With some companies, the economic conditions in their business sectors will provide a preview of what may happen when earnings are released. For example, energy companies are affected by changing values for crude oil, natural gas and fuels, depending on what they do in the broader energy market. With other companies the potential benefits and dangers are subtler, and unless you follow the companies very closely, you could get blindsided by a negative earnings report.

High yield shares are especially subject to falling share prices if the market reads the financial reports and decides there is potential for a dividend reduction. Nothing scares the market more than the fear of a dividend cut from a big dividend stock. Here are three high-yield stocks with significant probability of a negative earnings surprise.

Ship Finance International (NYSE: SFL) owns a diverse fleet of commercial vessels. These ships are leased on long term contracts to shipping operators. Ship Finance gets a significant portion of its revenue from Seadrill Limited (NYSE: SDRL) which is going through a bankruptcy like reorganization. Ship Finance has worked out a new payment scheme with Seadrill, and in late August the SFL dividend was reduced by 22%. Contrary to what you would expect, after the initial price decline following the dividend announcement, the SFL share price has gained over 14%. I think the market is wrong about Ship Finance doing better after the dividend cut. I reviewed the company’s two must recent earnings reports and there are negative headwinds in several of the shipping sectors. I recommend against holding SFL shares through the earnings release in late November.

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is a high-yield, agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) owning REIT. In its 2017 first quarter earnings report the company owned $74 billion worth of agency MBS. The company owns $10 billion of other assets, including $5 billion of commercial property mortgages. This large pile of assets is held aloft by a total of $72 billion of debt. In the quarter, Annaly reported an average asset yield of 2.93% and an interest cost of 1.74% leaving a net spread of 1.19%. This spread is down from the second quarter and almost half of the 2.28% spread reported in the first quarter of 2016. Long term rates as indicated by the 10-year Treasury bond remain stubbornly in the 2.25 to 2.3% range. The Fed plans to continue to increase short term rates. Last quarter, NLY just covered the $0.30 per share dividend. If the company does not cover the dividend this quarter, the share price will fall. This company’s profits are being tightly squeezed and the next Fed rate increase is going to significantly tighten the noose.

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE: KREF) is a very new commercial mortgage REIT. The company came to market with a May 4 IPO. The shares were priced at $20.50, and now, are trading at $21.35. The company had $838 million dollars of committed capital at the end of 2016. The IPO raised another $200 million, which went into the KREF asset base. The prospectus lists a book value per share of $19.91 following the IPO. The public float after the IPO is 21.5% of the total shares. As of March 31, 2017, the company had originated $1.08 billion dollars of targeted assets. These asset types are senior real estate loans, mezzanine loans, and commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) “B pieces”. The third quarter earnings report will be KREF’s releasing of its first full quarter results. The danger with this stock is that it appears to be overpriced with a current 6.9% yield. Other, much larger, more established commercial mortgage REITs yield 7.9 to 8.8%. If KREF does not come out with very spectacular earnings then I expect that the market will start to price this stock like its peers, which means a 14% to 20% share price decline.

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3 “Internet of Things” Stocks Wall Street Is Missing

You often hear buzzwords like the Internet of Things (IoT), but may wonder what the heck it really means. Probably the simplest definition for it is that the IoT describes a growing network of connected “things” that contain sensors, chips, processors and the ability to interact with other “things” on a network.

With each day that passes, more and more “things” become connected to the internet. Today, these include not only your computer and smartphone, but very possibly your car and your home appliances. Last year, there were an estimated 18 billion devices capable of receiving and sending data. That number is expected to soar to more than 75 billion in 2025, according to research firm IHS.

In fact, the home market for smart devices is forecast to be a $125 billion one by 2022. But the much bigger opportunity for you as an investor will reside in the business applications of the Internet of Things, which goes by the name of the Industrial Internet of Things or Industry 4.0.

The number of connected devices here is growing exponentially. According to the research firm Gartner, there were 2.4 billion connected devices being used by businesses in 2016 and a forecast 3.1 billion in 2017. That number is expected to more than double by 2020, to 7.6 billion.

Industrial Internet

The reason behind the growth is simple. IoT sensors in devices constantly gather data, which businesses can crunch using machine learning to discover more about their customers, machines and supply chains. In theory, this should lead to better decisions and more efficiency and profits.

The pace of spending by businesses on IoT varies depending on whose research you read. Technavio believes the market value of the IoT will be $132 billion in 2020. Gartner says more than $440 billion will be spent on IoT in 2020. The Boston Consulting Group forecast that annual spending on IoT will hit nearly $300 billion by 2020. And IDC says global spending on IoT will reach $1.29 trillion in 2020.

 

While the numbers vary widely, the takeaway is as Bill Ruh – chief digital officer for General Electric (NYSE: GE) – told the Financial Times, “It’s a huge opportunity for all industrial companies.”

It is also a huge opportunity for the established cloud computing giants like Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN)Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG). They are the biggest providers of Internet of Things platforms.

But I question whether industrial companies will want to become too dependent on the tech companies with whom they may become competitors someday soon. The auto companies are already in a battle with Silicon Valley for future control of the vehicle market.

And I’m sure companies like GE do not like the fact that tech firms are offering predictive maintenance technology that competes directly with its Predix Industrial Internet of Things platform designed specifically to interpret industrial data.

Choosing the Right 3 Stocks

There are a number of ways you can approach investing into the IIoT. Here are just three of them, approaching the future of the Industrial Internet of Things from three different angles.

First, of course, there is more to the Internet of Things story than all the good things. There is the dark underside of having billions of connected “things” – increased hacking and cyberattacks.

This past summer, there was a report about a casino that got hacked through a fish tank! Hackers gained access through an Internet-connected aquarium, which had sensors connected to a PC that regulated tank conditions such as temperature, the amount of food and cleanliness.

So at the top of my Internet of Things list to buy is something related to cybersecurity. A good, broad-based choice is the ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF (NYSE: HACK).The fund’s portfolio consists of 35 stocks and an expense ratio of only 0.60%. The ETF is up nearly 15% year-to-date.

Among the top positions in HACK’s portfolio are leading companies including FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), which is currently helping Equifax, Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) and Check Point Software Technologies (Nasdaq: CHKP).

Next on my list is an industrial company that is hitting on all cylinders and a major player in the Industrial Internet of Things – Honeywell International (NYSE: HON). Its stock has climbed about 24% so far in 2017. While Honeywell recently announced the spinoff of its home heating and security business as well as its turbocharger unit, the company currently is divided into four divisions:

Aerospace (36.5% of revenues) is a major global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, military, space and airport operations.

Performance Materials and Technologies (22.2%) offers technologies and high-performance materials such as hydrocarbon processing technologies, catalysts, adsorbents, equipment and services.

Home and Building Technologies (27.1%) offers environmental and energy solutions, security and fire, and building solutions.

Safety and Productivity Solutions (14.2%) includes sensing & productivity solutions and industrial safety, as well as the recently acquired Intelligrated business, leader in warehouse and supply chain automation.

Specifically related to IIoT, Honeywell offers sensors and automation control products as well as process solutions similar to GE’s Predix. It is also working with companies like Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) to expand its IIoT offerings.

On the technology side, I’d feel comfortable owning another company hitting on all cylinders, Microsoft. Its stock has jumped 25% so far in 2017.

Its CEO, Satya Nadella, is well on the way to restoring its former glory. As mentioned before, it is a growing powerhouse in cloud computing and is deeply involved in the Internet of Things with its Azure IoT Edge for industrial applications. Its new technology delivers artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and advanced data analytics via the cloud to local computing devices.

And Microsoft is among the early leaders in field of quantum computing. Nadella describes quantum computing this way in a Financial Times interview: If you think of computing problems as a corn maze, a conventional computer would tackle each possible path, turning back when blocked. A quantum computer will take all the paths at the same time, making even the most complex problem solvable quicker.

Whichever of three paths you choose to invest in the Industrial Internet of Things, I believe, will be a profitable one. But if you’re interested in my top recommendations in the sector, I reveal those in Growth Stock Advisor.

You’ve probably already heard about the Internet of Things, however as we’ve discussed above it’s the Industrial Internet of Things where the real investing opportunities are. Sure, networked fish tanks, baby monitors, and iPhone connected doorbells are interesting, but the truly groundbreaking – and profit making – application of the Internet of Things will happen in industry. In fact, it’s already happening but if you don’t work in a modern factory then you’re probably not witnessing it. And that’s where early investments can pay off… placing where most people aren’t looking and getting in before the Wall Street crowd and financial news organizations start jawboning investors to pile in. And it’s how my readers and I are already making money from our Industrial Internet of Things portfolio.

It’s part of a bigger movement. One that will change how you work, where you live, what you eat, how you communicate, how you get from A to B, even how you sleep. And it will pressure governments and society to adapt quickly or fall by the wayside and risk irrelevance. I call this monumental shift “The Singularity”: the convergence of everything – all driven by the rapid ascent of technology and profit motive.

The Singularity presents investors with the opportunity for a pieces of the over $100 trillion growth over the next seven years. Some of that will derive from the Internet of Things, some from other sectors. That’s why I’m so actively uncovering every investment I can with this space. I’ve recently completed research on The Singularity that lays everything you need to know to get started… the technologies of the future, the pace of change, and the investments you can make right now – today – for a very profitable future. Click here now for access.

Author: Tony Daltorio.

Tony is a seasoned veteran of nearly all aspects of investing. From running his own advisory services to developing education materials to working with investors directly to help them achieve their long-term financial goals. Tony styles his investment strategy after on of the all-time best investors, Sir John Templeton, in that he always looks for growth, but at a reasonable price. Tony is the editor of Growth Stock Advisor. 

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This Aerospace Company Is Ready to Blast Off

Twenty years ago, we arrived on the surface of another planet. This marked one of the most important moments in space exploration history. It was 1997: the first successful touchdown on Mars via the Pathfinder rover.

Now, space exploration has expanded beyond our own government program, NASA. It has become the passion of some of the most revered, forward-thinking minds in the world.

In 2000, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos began a side project called Blue Origin. Although most of its activities are kept somewhat secret, Bezos has stated that its near-term goals involve space tourism and satellite TV. Then, in 2002, Elon Musk began a company called SpaceX. This company was started with the sole purpose of colonizing Mars, even before Musk founded Tesla.

Right now, a main goal of NASA is to be the first to have a manned Mars mission. And now, there is increased competition from private companies, SpaceX in particular, as well as a multinational race, similar to that of the race to the moon.

It would be great to be able to invest in a company with such a unique and monopoly-like focus as SpaceX and Blue Horizon, but unfortunately that’s not an easy option; these companies are not publicly traded. However, I believe the next best option is investing in the systems that make these companies’ rockets “go.”

Rocketing Into History

About 98% of the material that’s launched into the sky during liftoff is related to propulsion. And it doesn’t just get the rocket off the ground. Complicated propulsion systems are also necessary to maneuver the ship once it’s in space.

With this being said, I believe I’ve found the best investment in the space industry right now.

It’s a relatively small aerospace and defense company here in the United States. Its specialty is propulsion systems, which comes in handy when working with rockets and other space-traveling vehicles. In fact, it’s the largest producer of space propulsion and power systems in the U.S.

The company also has a huge client for whom it does most of its business: NASA.

In the past, most of the business it has done for NASA involved the space shuttle. This includes 30 trips to and from the International Space Station; it also supplies the batteries used to keep the station running. In fact, the propulsion system that it designed and built guided the shuttle for 135 missions with a 100% success rate, making it the world’s most reliable rocket ever built.

But going forward, one of the major reasons for demand will be American-manned space launches. Although we have not had a manned space launch since 2011, this activity will be revitalized with the goal of making it to Mars.

This will be done via NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which is expected to take off for the first time in 2019. But the SLS is just the launching vehicle; the crew capsule that will carry the passengers is called Orion, and the company I’m recommending today is making the propulsion system for just about every component for both of these crafts.

It really is making history with this project, as no manned spacecraft has ever been designed to take humans into deep space, potentially to Mars and even the asteroid belt.

Another project this company has been selected to work on is the propulsion system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Experimental Spaceplane. In this project, it is collaborating with Boeing to make a hybrid airplane/traditional launch vehicle that will be used to send military satellites into space.

The Defense Department’s goal is to have this vehicle fully functional and tested by 2020. So, while this is a smaller project, it is still something coming up within the next few years.

A Sudden Growth Phase

Of course, any company can sound like a great investment, but it still has to be financially stable to actually be a great investment.

That’s why I believe Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) is on the verge of newfound growth in revenue due to the revitalized space program.

This year, its first-half sales increased by 13% after just 4% growth over the previous two years combined. And over the past year, expectations for revenue have grown from $1.78 billion to $1.9 billion. A year ago, Aerojet wasn’t supposed to make $1.9 billion until 2020.

You know a company is in a sudden growth phase when its expected revenue is accelerated by three years. And Aerojet has already booked $4.3 billion worth of future projects.

Lastly, when a company enters a growth phase, it’s important to make sure it has enough cash to fund its future operations. Over the past two years, Aerojet has brought in over $350 million in cash from operations, essentially doubling its cash position in anticipation of its projects ahead.

Looking at Aerojet’s stock price, it’s obvious that the market has discovered the company’s growth potential. The stock has gone up about 100% over the past year. But I still believe it has plenty of room to grow going forward.

As a company, Aerojet is still valued at only $2.4 billion, which is less than 1.5 years’ worth of revenue. And soon enough it’ll be making more than that in just one year.

Overall, in the aerospace and defense industry, it is the seventh-cheapest company in terms of valuation out of 28 companies, and that’s after its price went up 100% in the past year.

Clearly, as Aerojet continues to grow, more and more investors will realize its potential and buy into its stock.

Regards,

Ian Dyer
Internal Analyst, Banyan Hill Publishing

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