HELOCs and home equity loans are up. Why are more people borrowing against their homes?
Both home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and home equity loans are up in numbers, their originations rising in Q3 2024 by 6 ...
Madison Diversified Income Fund Q4 2024 Investment Strategy Letter
For the first time in a quarter century, the S&P 500 Index turned in back-to-back calendar year returns greater than 20%.
abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. (AEF) Announces Expiration And Preliminary Results Of Cash Tender Offer
February 21, 2025 / abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE American:AEF), a non-diversified closed-end fund, announces today the preliminary results of its cash tender for up to 10,150, ...
US equity funds attract inflows on inflation relief, earnings optimism
U.S. equity funds attracted inflows for the first time in three weeks in the seven days to February 19, buoyed by easing ...
Is the Fidelity Yield Enhanced Equity ETF's Promise Too Good to Ignore? Understanding the Risks of This Fidelity Options Income ETF
The Fidelity Yield Enhanced Equity ETF paid a dividend of $0.508 per share in the fourth quarter of 2024. Annualizing the ...
QBE Buoyed by Higher Premium Rates and Investment Income
QBE Insurance is an international property and casualty insurance company with over USD 22 billion of annual gross written premiums. It writes about 25% of its annual premiums in its home region of ...
7 Best Vanguard Bond Funds to Buy
On Feb. 11, the firm unveiled two new bond ETFs designed to provide exposure to the short end of the U.S. Treasury yield curve – the Vanguard Ultra-Short Treasury ETF (ticker: VGUS) and the Vanguard 0 ...
Madison Covered Call & Equity Income Fund Q4 2024 Investment Strategy Letter
The Mag 7 stocks rose more than 67% in 2024, allowing S&P 500 to post a 25% return, its second consecutive year of 20%+ gains ...
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State Officials Say They’re Shut Out of Billions of Dollars for Energy Programs
At-risk funding includes $20M for infrastructure upgrades at Dillard, $56 million for disaster resilience for United Houma ...
This Simple Dividend ETF Could Turn $1,000 a Month Into More Than $232,000
The ETF currently has a trailing-12-month rolling dividend yield of 9.9%, and as you can see below, it has a consistent ...
Two stock-sector funds for investors who want high dividend income
The benchmark index for the Westwood Salient Enhanced Midstream Income ETF is the Alerian Midstream Energy Select Index. The index is tracked by the Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF ENFR, which has a ...