Category Archives: Edgemoor Insights

Tweet At Edgemoor Investment Advisors, we look broadly across various asset classes to find opportunities to invest for income.  Most financial advisory firms limit their income investments to Treasurys and corporate bonds.  While these have been an important component of our portfolios recently, the more consistent mainstays of our income strategy are preferred stocks, master […]

Tweet Yesterday, Kristina Peterson of the Dow Jones Newswires reported that the Federal Reserve will cease all purchases of home-loan-backed securities- the likes of which it purchases in bulk from government controlled Ginnie Me, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac – next month, as previously announced. While this decision could lead to an increases in mortgage […]

Tweet Greetings from Washington, the headquarters of Snowmaggedon, Snowpocalypse, and Snoverkill, some of the names given to the massive storms that have rocked this area over the past week.  More snow is coming on Monday, but only a light dusting compared to what we’ve just seen, and we fully expect kids to be back in […]

Tweet With the rapid and unpredictable pace of today’s news cycle, we’ve heard from many of our clients that they’re unsure of where to even begin searching online for the latest market and industry news.  I thought it best, then, to share some of the resources we consult on a regular basis.  These sites offer […]

Tweet It’s official: Berkshire Hathaway is joining the S&P 500 index.  We’ve been expecting this move for a while, particularly since the announcement of the stock split as part of Berkshire’s pending purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (see earlier article in TheStreet.com). Berkshire has been the largest publicly traded company not included in the […]