Minibonds: PINES, QUIBS, PD’s, and More
Income investors, are always looking for new and different alternatives to the staid municipal bonds and utility stocks. One interesting alternative is the Minibond. This is a bond that is traded, just like a stock, on the New York Stock Exchange or American Stock Exchange for around $25 per share. They are almost like preferred [...]
BlackRock ETFs: Becoming more opaque than transparent a concern?
One of the benefits Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offer me, amongst many above their investment cousins, mutual funds, is their transparency. Part of this transparency is knowing what I own but also how much its costing me to own it. Its one of the reasons I started investing in ETFs a few years ago and [...]
Top Ethanol Stocks
The Neolithic people used ethanol as a beverage 9,000 years ago, according to some researchers. Ethanol was first used as fuel in 1840 as lamp fuel. With the price of oil bouncing way above $70 a barrel, fuel alternatives such as ethanol are receiving closer examination. For a list of all the stocks related to [...]