As regular readers know, every month we post the top dividend stocks from the S&P500. Then, a few days later we send out a newsletter (you can sign up for it free) which takes a deeper look into those stocks in order to get not the highest dividend stock but the one that shows the most promise in terms of long term passive income.

August was another good month for My Options Portfolio. The portfolio gained 15.6% for the month and is now up 74.2%, or $20,392.50 since its inception back in early May 2010. You can see all the trades directly from my ThinkorSwim account on the  Options Portfolio page of the website.
If you look at the trades [...]

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When we go on vacation, we book a hotel. We are sort of taught that’s where you stay. By instinct we book a hotel. We go online, shake our head at the high price, and book it anyways, wishing there was a better way.

Are you swamped with high interest debt and looking for a solution? The airwaves are filled with ads for debt consolidation, but do you really need someone to do it for you? Why not do your own legwork and roll your debts into one low(er) interest loan?

One option for consolidating your debt is rolling it into a HELOC. But first… You might have some questions.

The high yield bond rally seems to be slowing.  (EconomPic Data, research puzzle)

The state of asset class momentum.  (The Capital Spectator)