Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending for Higher Returns

Got some cash sitting in the bank in your savings or checking accounts?  Historically, you could have invested that extra cash in a CD at a bank for a little higher interest rate than that from the savings or checking account.  But now there is another option where you can get even higher returns. With [...]

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Penn West Energy Trust, a Canadian Oil and Gas Royalty Income Trust for Dividend Income

Penn West Energy Trust is one of largest Canadian oil and gas royalty trusts listed on the NYSE. Its estimated production for 2008 is in the range of 195,000 – 205,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day. At the end of 2007, it had an overall reserve-life-index (RLI) of 10.5 years. Its current management [...]