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Cushion Your Falls With This Stage Three Put Option

Martin Hutchinson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:19:48 +0000

Cushion Your Falls With This Stage Three Put Option Alert #50 Dear Reader, The market was strong this week, but our Alpha Bulldog investments and Play-Money Commodities Portfolio both outperformed it. With the market at such highs, I think it’s time to enter into a further protection strategy against a big decline. When we started the Permanent Wealth Investor [...]

Stock Up on Alpha Bulldogs in Telecom

Martin Hutchinson — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:09:01 +0000

Stock Up on Alpha Bulldogs in Telecom Alert #49 Dear Reader, The market was moderately strong this week, and our Alpha Bulldogs followed it, with the oil partnerships Encore Energy Partners LP (NYSE:ENP) and Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) showing particular strength. The Play-Money Commodities Portfolio did well too, largely due to a stellar performance by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF), which [...]

An Alpha Week for Earnings and Dividends

Martin Hutchinson — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:16:35 +0000

An Alpha Week for Earnings and Dividends Email – #47 Dear Reader, This has been a newsworthy week for our Alpha Bulldogs and a remarkable one for our Play-Money Commodities Portfolio. Frontier Communications (NYSE:FTR) and Windstream Corporation (NYSE:WIN) both declared their regular 25 cent dividends. Keep an eye on both of these companies. Their earnings and cash flow are [...]

Two Near Misses, But We Keep Looking…

Martin Hutchinson — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:08:36 +0000

Two Near Misses, But We Keep Looking… Dear Reader, The drop in stock markets over the past few weeks has made our search for Alpha Bulldogs quicken – yields have risen, so there are somewhat more of them about. In addition, the sale of Cherokee Inc. (Nasdaq: CHKE) has given us some cash, which would be good [...]

Alpha Bulldog Alert – Sell CHKE

Martin Hutchinson — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:59:22 +0000

Alpha Bulldog Alert – Sell CHKE Email – 45 Dear Reader, The market fell out of bed last week, though it recovered on Monday to close slightly down on the week. Traders seem to have become less convinced that the global economic recovery was for real. That meant that gold and commodity stocks got knocked down particularly badly. [...]

What All of Last Week’s Events Really Mean

Martin Hutchinson — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:29:57 +0000

Alpha Bulldog Alert – What All of Last Week’s Events Really Mean Email #44 Dear Reader, Politically and in the market, a lot changed last week. Scott Brown’s win in the Massachusetts Senate election removed the 60th vote necessary to overcome a filibuster from Senate Democrats. Thursday, President Obama proposed a bank restructuring plan favored by former Fed Chairman (1979-87) [...]

Time to Bid an Alpha Bulldog Goodbye

Martin Hutchinson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:41:07 +0000

Email – #42 **Time to Bid an Alpha Bulldog Goodbye Dear Reader, As new Alpha Bulldogs come along, it’s time to say farewell to old ones that maybe have not quite fulfilled their true potential. Nisource (NYSE:NI) has been part of our portfolio since we began last April and has given us a total return of around 50%. [...]

A Look at the Decade Ahead

Martin Hutchinson — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:36:17 +0000

Email – #41 **A Look at the Decade Ahead Dear Reader, Happy New Year and new Decade! The 2000s was a decade of improvement for Alpha Bulldog investors. In 2000, the dividend yield on the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index was around 1%, and the general view was that dividends were irrelevant in the new tech age. Then, [...]

Good News — and a Near-Miss Alpha Bulldog

Martin Hutchinson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:02:10 +0000

Email – #40 **Good News — and a Near-Miss Alpha Bulldog Dear Reader, There was more good news on the income front this week. The Chile Fund (NYSE:CH) declared a 36-cent dividend, which it will pay on January 15 – it has already gone ex-dividend. Meanwhile Prospect Capital (NYSE:PSEC) has increased its dividend marginally again, to $0.40875 per [...]

Your January Permanent Wealth Forecast

Martin Hutchinson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:50:20 +0000

Email – #39 Your January Permanent Wealth Forecast Dear Reader, The January Permanent Wealth Report is online now. In this month’s issue, you’ll find out why our portfolio is primed for profits in 2010. As you’ll see, investing in Alpha Bulldogs will be the smartest way to grow your money over the next 12 months. Good Investing, Martin Hutchinson Read [...]