Researches By Income
The unfortunate reality is that a deep chasm stands between investor income requirements and what conventional strategies can now yield. Alternative Income may help bridge the divide.
Topic: Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Income Blueprint: HIPS Income Replacement
13 October, 2020 | GraniteShares
The unfortunate reality is that a deep chasm stands between investor income requirements and what conventional strategies can now yield. Alternative Income may help bridge the divide.
Income is one of the most basic, yet important needs of any portfolio—the capacity to generate enduring cashflows to fund expenses. While searching for sustainable yield is never easy, over the last decade income investing become a most unpalatable cocktail — one part frustration and two parts despair (add bitters to taste). These were the difficulties that pervaded income investing before COVID-19 struck, an economic shock that redoubled the income challenge to near unimaginable levels.
Topic: Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Crafting Your Income Blueprint: Strategies with HIPS
10 September, 2020 | GraniteShares
Income is one of the most basic, yet important needs of any portfolio—the capacity to generate enduring cashflows to fund expenses. While searching for sustainable yield is never easy, over the last decade income investing become a most unpalatable cocktail — one part frustration and two parts despair (add bitters to taste). These were the difficulties that pervaded income investing before COVID-19 struck, an economic shock that redoubled the income challenge to near unimaginable levels.
Stocks, bonds and hedge funds: Can you guess which is which? Hint: hedge funds underperform.. #2and20problems
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Viewpoints
Guess The Index – Chart of The Week
28 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
Stocks, bonds and hedge funds: Can you guess which is which? Hint: hedge funds underperform.. #2and20problems
Just when you thought it was safe to buy guacamole again, Avocado prices surge 45%! Millennial purchasing power may never recover…
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Millennial Avocados- Chart of the Week
28 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
Just when you thought it was safe to buy guacamole again, Avocado prices surge 45%! Millennial purchasing power may never recover…
Mental accounting is a truly defining feature of the human condition. Find out how much of your income is mental, and how it may prevent you from acheiving your true income goals.
Topic: Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Overcoming Investing Fallacies, GraniteShares Perspective
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
Mental accounting is a truly defining feature of the human condition. Find out how much of your income is mental, and how it may prevent you from acheiving your true income goals.
Playing dirty? Recent OPEC production cuts are as large as total U.S. growth over the past 2 years…
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
U.S. vs. OPEC Crude Production – Chart of the Week
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
Playing dirty? Recent OPEC production cuts are as large as total U.S. growth over the past 2 years…
Chart of the week from Ryan Giannotto…. At current rate, will Jeff Bezos’ wealth surpass the GDP of the US? It could happen in ~30 years.
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Will Bezos Overtake U.S. by 2050? – Chart of the Week
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
Chart of the week from Ryan Giannotto…. At current rate, will Jeff Bezos’ wealth surpass the GDP of the US? It could happen in ~30 years.
If you thought achieving income yields was difficult, life will only get harder—the Fed that giveth can taketh away. Just as investors were getting accustomed to the taste of at least modestly non-zero rates, expectations have shifted swiftly.
Topic: Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Help! What Happened to My Income?
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
If you thought achieving income yields was difficult, life will only get harder—the Fed that giveth can taketh away. Just as investors were getting accustomed to the taste of at least modestly non-zero rates, expectations have shifted swiftly.
While generating sustainable yield for income investing has never been an easy task, the latest shockwaves to reverberate through interest rate markets have only compounded this challenge. The core of this problem for investors, whether retirees, long-term savers, or anyone looking to diversify their returns, is they are probably looking for yield in all the wrong places.
Topic: Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Seeking Yield: Finding 7% Income in Today’s Market
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
While generating sustainable yield for income investing has never been an easy task, the latest shockwaves to reverberate through interest rate markets have only compounded this challenge. The core of this problem for investors, whether retirees, long-term savers, or anyone looking to diversify their returns, is they are probably looking for yield in all the wrong places.
GraniteShares, a disruptive exchange-traded fund (ETF) company, debuted a revised methodology for the index underlying the GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (NYSE Arca: HIPS), a high alternative income-focused fund that invests in a diversified basket of pass-through securities.
Topic: Income
Publication Type: Viewpoints
GraniteShares Updates HIPS ETF Index Methodology
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
GraniteShares, a disruptive exchange-traded fund (ETF) company, debuted a revised methodology for the index underlying the GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (NYSE Arca: HIPS), a high alternative income-focused fund that invests in a diversified basket of pass-through securities.
Chart of the week from Ryan Giannotto…. A classic case for diversification? Investors had 5 times the chance of picking a stock in the S&P 500 with a 30% or greater loss in 2018 vs. 2017.
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Diversify, Diversify, Diversify – Chart of the Week
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
Chart of the week from Ryan Giannotto…. A classic case for diversification? Investors had 5 times the chance of picking a stock in the S&P 500 with a 30% or greater loss in 2018 vs. 2017.
In the shifting sands of today’s market, finding sustainable income may be one the most challenging, yet pervasive concerns for investors. More troubling yet, market watchers may think they are positioned in income or dividend-oriented strategies, only to realize these approaches may deliver only marginally more income than the broad market.
Topic: Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Are You Actually Set up for Income?
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
In the shifting sands of today’s market, finding sustainable income may be one the most challenging, yet pervasive concerns for investors. More troubling yet, market watchers may think they are positioned in income or dividend-oriented strategies, only to realize these approaches may deliver only marginally more income than the broad market.
2019 has introduced myriad new varieties of yield to investors, including familiar fan-favorites such as flat and declining yields. For investors seeking a more exotic flare, markets have debuted negative and even inverted yields. However, only true aficionados will be able to savor the ultimate pairing of yield flavors, such as negative speculative yields, a true Italian masterpiece. Ciao Bella!
Topic: Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
31 Flavors of Yield
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
2019 has introduced myriad new varieties of yield to investors, including familiar fan-favorites such as flat and declining yields. For investors seeking a more exotic flare, markets have debuted negative and even inverted yields. However, only true aficionados will be able to savor the ultimate pairing of yield flavors, such as negative speculative yields, a true Italian masterpiece. Ciao Bella!
GraniteShares is an independent, fully funded ETF company headquartered in New York City. GraniteShares’ ETF suite includes one of the lowest-cost physical gold ETFs (BAR), a broad-based commodity ETF (COMB), an ETF that seeks to exclude U.S. large cap companies most likely to suffer from technological disruption over the long term (XOUT), a high alternative income-focused fund that invests in pass-through securities (HIPS) and the lowest-cost* physical platinum ETF (PLTM). GraniteShares has experienced robust growth in 2019, recently surpassing $700 million in total assets under management.
Topic: Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
GraniteShares Announces Change in ETF Lineup
27 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
GraniteShares is an independent, fully funded ETF company headquartered in New York City. GraniteShares’ ETF suite includes one of the lowest-cost physical gold ETFs (BAR), a broad-based commodity ETF (COMB), an ETF that seeks to exclude U.S. large cap companies most likely to suffer from technological disruption over the long term (XOUT), a high alternative income-focused fund that invests in pass-through securities (HIPS) and the lowest-cost* physical platinum ETF (PLTM). GraniteShares has experienced robust growth in 2019, recently surpassing $700 million in total assets under management.
Climate intersects with investing on many levels- look no further than to agricultural commodities. Examining seasonal avocado prices is just one example of how changes in climate may be increasingly interconnected with investing: a confluence of science, economics and ethics.
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Climate and Avocado Prices: Chart of the Week
26 March, 2020 | GraniteShares
Climate intersects with investing on many levels- look no further than to agricultural commodities. Examining seasonal avocado prices is just one example of how changes in climate may be increasingly interconnected with investing: a confluence of science, economics and ethics.
Firm’s low-cost gold ETF, BAR, leads the way pushing over $430 million
NEW YORK– GraniteShares, a disruptive exchange-traded fund (ETF) company, has become one of the fastest-growing asset managers in the U.S. by accumulating over $500 million in assets under management (AUM), representing 1,180 percent growth over the last year alone.*
This surge is led by the GraniteShares Gold Trust (NYSE Arca: BAR), which has swelled past $430 million in AUM**, having already attracted $113 million in 2019. With an expense ratio of just 17.49 basis points, BAR is one of the lowest-cost ways to invest in gold.
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Viewpoints
GraniteShares AUM Surges by 1180% Reaching $500M in First Year
28 January, 2019 | GraniteShares
Firm’s low-cost gold ETF, BAR, leads the way pushing over $430 million
NEW YORK– GraniteShares, a disruptive exchange-traded fund (ETF) company, has become one of the fastest-growing asset managers in the U.S. by accumulating over $500 million in assets under management (AUM), representing 1,180 percent growth over the last year alone.*
This surge is led by the GraniteShares Gold Trust (NYSE Arca: BAR), which has swelled past $430 million in AUM**, having already attracted $113 million in 2019. With an expense ratio of just 17.49 basis points, BAR is one of the lowest-cost ways to invest in gold.
Specialty silicones are a growing business, and platinum’s catalytic properties are key to their formulation in a process known as ‘curing.’
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Viewpoints
Platinum’s Curative and Flexible Benefits
19 December, 2018 | Jeff Klearman
Specialty silicones are a growing business, and platinum’s catalytic properties are key to their formulation in a process known as ‘curing.’
There are two paths to becoming an entrepreneur. The first is the dream scenario: Have a great idea, set up a company, enjoy instant overnight success and become rich, famous or both.
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Viewpoints
How to Make the Leap from CEO to Entrepreneur
12 November, 2018 | GraniteShares
There are two paths to becoming an entrepreneur. The first is the dream scenario: Have a great idea, set up a company, enjoy instant overnight success and become rich, famous or both.
Commodities fuel the world’s economy. Raw materials like copper or crude oil are essential for industrial processes in all sectors of all markets, from Buffalo to Beijing. As such, commodities offer a unique opportunity to invest in economic growth at its most elemental level.
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Investment Cases
Commodities: Why Now? An Investment Case
12 November, 2018 | GraniteShares
Commodities fuel the world’s economy. Raw materials like copper or crude oil are essential for industrial processes in all sectors of all markets, from Buffalo to Beijing. As such, commodities offer a unique opportunity to invest in economic growth at its most elemental level.
The rise of social media and big data will vastly increase cloud-based data storage needs. Platinum, a key component of computer hard drives, will play a major role in enabling this connected future.
Topic: Commodities , Alternative Income
Publication Type: Viewpoints
Every ‘Cloud’ Has A Platinum Lining
09 November, 2018 | GraniteShares
The rise of social media and big data will vastly increase cloud-based data storage needs. Platinum, a key component of computer hard drives, will play a major role in enabling this connected future.
