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W. P. Carey (WPC - yield 5.90%) W.P. Carey owns a diversified net lease portfolio that consists of 720 properties. The well-balanced portfolio consists of office, warehouse/logistics, industrial and retail properties. The portfolio has 234 tenants that lease over 85 million square feet of space. Unlike many peer triple-net REITs, Carey’s sound...

Weatherford International (WFT) Weatherford International (WFT) management indicated that the firm’s planned divestments are on course for completion in the second half of the year and that the onshore rig business would go public in the first quarter of 2015. The company would use the proceeds, along with free cash flow...

Four days ago, I returned from a fabulous 10-day vacation in Ireland and Northern Ireland with my wife.

Today, gold hovers around $1,268—about midway between its lows and highs for the year.

A covered call is an options strategy whereby an investor holds a long position in a stock.

One index that represents what’s happening with the market is the S&P 500.

The current stock market is frustrating, but you can pursue strategies that will lead to better performance.

J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc. (JBHT) is known as a container rather than a trucking company. Today cargo is moved seamlessly by transferring a container between trucks, trains, and ships in order to achieve door-to-door delivery. It’s a complex process that is being refined and J.B. Hunt is on the cutting...

Alibaba will be making its much-heralded entrance into the U.S. market later this summer.

Canada’s reliable dividend payers and natural resources companies look pretty appealing.