Stocks That Pay You

Letter from China

by Neil George on June 12, 2011

China is neither a sure thing for retirement riches – nor is it a bubble ready to burst or a money pit of stock scams. Instead, it’s an evolving and rapidly developing market and the second largest economy on the planet that should be part of everyone’s retirement accounts.

I’ve been traveling to and working in China going back many, many years starting back when the nation was just beginning its massive and highly successful transformation.

Along the way, I’ve had the privilege to work with, teach and lecture at [Read the full article →]

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Who is in Charge of Your Retirement?

by Neil George on May 29, 2011

May has been mayhem for many retirement accounts – here’s how to pull out of the dive before it’s too late.

So, you’ve just finished your after dinner cognac and perused the movie list for your seatback entertainment. You’re just about to turn off your reading light and catch some needed shuteye – as you close the book on your successful business meetings in Brazil, and begin to think about your favorite brasseries in Paris… [Read the full article →]

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Debt That Pays You Well

May 25, 2011

Municipal bonds are rallying for a reason – they pay well. The market is finally realizing that they aren’t all doomed. Imagine…getting paid 7 percent in monthly checks coming into your retirement portfolio and getting a pass on the tax owed to Uncle Sam next year.

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Foreign Stocks are Your New Choice for Retirement Income

May 10, 2011

With yields lower, good bonds are getting scarcer – and stocks will become the go-to segment for the dividend herd. by Neil George I love bonds. I’ve always loved bonds. And the bonds I love most have the two core necessities for any investor – high cashflows and gains over time. Now, for all too [...]

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Wall Street’s “Garage” Sale

April 8, 2011

Last summer, CNN ran a story of a Fresno, California, commercial painter who learned that what was in a couple of boxes he paid $45 dollars for a decade ago could be worth more than $200 million. According to CNN, “Art, forensic, handwriting and weather experts teamed up to conclude the 65 glass plates in [...]

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A Retirement Stock to Buy — and One to Sell

April 8, 2011

The best retirement income stocks aren’t found on Wall Street’s buy lists. There’s a reason for this – most of the stocks that Wall Street keeps dishing out for their customers do little for shareholders while providing business for brokers. But my “Pay Me” stocks tend to be focused on the exact opposite. They tend [...]

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The Emerging New Strategy for Retirement Wealth

November 30, 2010

Why wait for the next crisis to hit the major markets when you can move on to the best-performing markets of the future now? by Neil George The past month has seen major markets do yet another round of the slip and slide. In the US, the Dow Jones has given up another 1 percent [...]

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Post Election Profits

November 7, 2010

Now that the election celebration and commiseration parties are over – you need to keep your portfolio profitable regardless of any new direction government takes. by Neil George The seemingly never-ending election season provides a prime time soapbox for both stock pitchmen and market curmudgeons alike to blather on about how to either cash in [...]

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Retirement Investments That Work Harder for You

October 25, 2010

by Neil George Remember when all folks had to do to pay for their retirement was to simply go along with the working crowd and their pension and social security would take care of them? Pensions were the norm. If you showed up on time, kept your head down and did a reasonable job – [...]

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There’s No Bubble in Bonds

September 19, 2010

by Neil George Wall Street doesn’t want you to own bonds. In fact, they hate the whole idea of bonds – especially for individual investors who are trying to pay for their retirements. Bonds, of course, force companies to actually pay investors – and pay them on a regular schedule. Unlike stocks, where dividends can [...]

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