Industry
& Specialty Portfolios
Includes 18 different portfolios, each containing
from two to 20 stocks or funds. These are our choices for the
best securities in each category. All are individually researched and
continuously monitored by D.D. analysts, and are rated "buy," "sell," or
"do not add." In normal times, our buy/sell ratings are updated monthly,
between the first and fourth of each month.
Specialty Portfolios
Preferred Stocks:
For investors seeking a steady income
stream.
Preferred Speculators:
Preferreds too volatile for our
Preferred Stocks portfolio.
Dividend Speculators:
picks too risky to qualify for other portfolios, but too tempting to
pass up.
ETF Monthly Income:
Exchange-traded-funds
paying monthly dividends.
ETF Growth Opportunities:
Dividend paying ETFs focusing on growth sectors.
CEF Monthly Income:
Close-end funds holding fixed-income securities that pay monthly dividends.
CEF Growth
Opportunities: Closed-end funds primarily
holding dividend-paying growth stocks.
Corporate Bonds:
12 corporate bonds in four different risk categories.
Industry Portfolios
Ten portfolios focusing on major U.S.
business sectors, plus another covering Canadian stocks.
Business Development
Corporations (BDCs): BDCs lend
money to, and often take equity positions in mid-sized companies.
High Tech - High Dividends:
Here's how dividend investors can participate in the sizzling tech
sector.
Insurance Industry:
Insurance companies and
insurance brokers.
Manufacturing &
Services: Industrial Firms &
Service Providers
Energy Partnerships:
Master Limited Partnerships
(MLPs) and Limited Liability Corporations (LLCs) that operate in the
energy field.
Oil Industry:
Drillers and Integrated Oil Companies
Partnerships Excluding
Energy: MLPs and LLCs
outside the energy industry.
Real Estate Investment
Trusts (REITs): Property Owners
and Mortgage Investors
U.S. Banks:
Regional Banks
Utilities:
Natural Gas & Electric Utilities
Canadian Stocks:
Manufacturing &
service companies
Risk Ratings: All
holdings in our Industry & Specialty Portfolios have risk ratings that looks like
this: a/b, where 'a' and 'b' are numbers ranging from '1' to '5.' The
first number (a) represents "debt risk,"
which is the risk that higher interest rates would depress earnings. The
second number (b) is dividend cut risk, which is the risk of a dividend
cut triggered by a business slowdown. The ratings go from one to five,
where one is the lowest risk, five is the highest risk, and three is
average. The ratings are developed by Dividend Detective and may not
agree with other published ratings.
E-Mail Updates:
When conditions require an immediate change to existing buy/sell
ratings, we mail updates to all subscribers. However, we only send them
when immediate action is required and in normal markets, that rarely
happens.
