ClusterGains

This page contains a list of safe stocks that should gain 10% to 30% per year on the average except during a major bear market year.   In a bear market year, you could sit on the sidelines with 70% cash and 30% invested in TZA, the lone short ETF on this list of ten safe stocks.

The first two stocks on the list are REITS, real estate investment trusts.  Click on the links on the right to look at charts of the stocks.  AGNC paid a dividend of 21% in 2009 while NLY paid 17%.

MarkWest Energy is a natural gas pipeline owner located in strategic places in the U.S. like the Marcellus shale area.  Their dividend averages around 10% per year.

Teekay Tankers is an oil shipping company.  Although their dividend is around 10%, they have paid much higher dividends in the past.  With increased demand for oil from India and China, the stock price and the dividend of TNK should go up significantly.

WIN is a phone company that will add more diversification to the list.  They have a steady dividend of 9% or more.

XLK is a tech stock ETF that should increase 15% or more per year as long as people keep buying tech products like cellphones and computers.

Frontline is a major oil shipping company.  Their earnings and stock price could rise more than 30% per year, especially if the price of oil goes up.

PennWest Energy is a Canadian oil and gas energy trust.  Their dividend is around 9% after you subtract the Canadian tax that is taken from your monthly dividend.

Western Digital is a major disk drive manufacturer.  As long as people are buying tech products, this company should grow 10% to 20% per year.

TZA is a short ETF involving the Russell 2000 small cap stocks.  When the market goes down, TZA goes up.  I recommend buying TZA at a limit price of $9 per share.  Then, whenever TZA rises to $11 or more during stock market downturns, you should sell your shares at that point for a 20% gain.  Then, when the stock price drops back to $9, you can buy it again to start another 20% gain cycle.