Joey Frenette

Calgary

Writer and Columnist at Freelance

Business columnist covering the Canadian and U.S. equity markets 🃏📈💸 ~ #Canucks fan in 🐄 town ~ Views are my own.

Articles

I Owe $30,000 to Social Security After Going Back to Work - Is My Life Over?

1 week ago | 247wallst.com | Joey Frenette

Personal Finance It’s shocking and horrifying to get a surprise tax bill from the IRS, especially if it’s in the five figures. In this piece, we’ll look at the case of a Reddit user who was receiving Social Security benefits but went back to work, complicating things and resulting in a big, fat IRS debt.
Why Settle for 4%? These Monthly Payers Yield Double That

1 week ago | 247wallst.com | Joey Frenette

Investing The “4% rule” can keep many income investors safe, especially with all the double-digit percentage yielding dividend traps out there that lure yield-hungry investors into a one-two punch of pain (dividend cuts and capital depreciation).
Wall Street Expert Calls For Another 50% Gain For Apple Stock

1 week ago | 247wallst.com | Joey Frenette

Investing Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock has been one of the biggest laggards in the Magnificent Seven in recent years. The company is playing it slow and steady with Apple Intelligence, and as it opens up its wallet to move a portion of iPhone manufacturing to India, there isn’t much to get excited about.
Wall Street Expert Calls For Another 50% Gain For Apple Stock

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Joey Frenette

NowBitcoin Suddenly Braced For $37 Trillion Fed Price Earthquake As Trump Suddenly FlipsBitcoin has surged over the last year, helped by U.S. president Donald Trump’s prediction that “massive” bitcoin and crypto investment is coming.
3 Popular Stocks Billionaires Bought Up in the First Quarter

1 week ago | 247wallst.com | Joey Frenette

Investing It can pay substantial dividends to follow the smart money billionaires in certain stocks. And while some hedge funds may get things wrong, I do think that investors should be on high alert if there are several big names plowing considerable sums into a handful of names.
Is It Time to Invest in Pfizer? Exploring its 7% Dividend Yield and Growth Potential

1 week ago | 247wallst.com | Joey Frenette

Personal Finance Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) stock is a biopharmaceutical firm that had a magnificent breakout in 2021 as the worst of the pandemic sent COVID vaccine demand through the roof. Since that peak, it’s been a painful descent for shares of PFE, with the name now down around 60% from its all-time high.
I’m 28 and Getting a $400,000 Check - What Should I Do With It?

1 week ago | aol.com | Joey Frenette

Anyone who's lucky enough to score a six-figure windfall in their 20s or 30s should think about steering into the fastest, left-most lane of the retirement highway. Undoubtedly, that means prioritizing saving and investing and resisting most of the urge to blow the windfall on luxury goods or a ton of upscale travel experiences.
2 Dividend Stocks to Buy on the Cheap During Tariff Turbulence and Hold Forever

1 week ago | fool.ca | Joey Frenette

Tariff turbulence had markets reeling earlier this year, but there’s hope that a deal can be made in time to avoid a potential fall into recession. And while inflation could still run rampant from here, there are a number of dividend stocks out there that can provide investors with a bit of relief as they look to continue raising their payouts at a respectable rate over time, even as the economy and consumers experience a new slate of challenges.
2 Lower-Volatility Stocks That'll Let You Sleep Easy for the Next 25 Years

1 week ago | fool.ca | Joey Frenette

With the broad markets finishing last week with increased turbulence, Canadian investors may wish to rotate back into some of the lower-volatility defensive names as we move towards a choppy end of June. Indeed, with Trump’s tariff war and the Israel-Iran conflict going on, investors had better get used to more days like Friday.
2 Ridiculously Cheap Stocks Trading Near 52-Week Lows

1 week ago | fool.ca | Joey Frenette

The 52-week low list is worth checking every so often in case there’s a name that comes up that you’ve been meaning to buy but have forgotten to keep tabs on. Undoubtedly, a wide range of factors can cause a stock to plummet to 52-week lows — perhaps a company-specific issue that’s caused the fundamentals to decay a bit or a few quarterly earnings results failed to meet expectations.