Dividend stocks as a hot play into fall due to Fed and interest rates

Dividend stocks as a hot play into fall due to Fed and interest rates

It appears more investors are eyeing dividend stocks ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision in September. Paul Baiocchi of SS&C ALPS Advisors thinks it is a sound strategy because he sees the Fed easing rates. “Investors are moving back toward dividends out of money markets, out of fixed income, but also importantly toward … Read more

Oil stocks should be popular like semis, but no one cares: VanEck CEO

Oil stocks should be popular like semis, but no one cares: VanEck CEO

Investors may want to consider putting money to work in a lagging part of the market. According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, oil stocks are getting a raw deal. “The [oil] supply is there. The companies are arguably the next best cash flowing companies [compared to] the semiconductors,” he told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this … Read more