The following is an interview with Walter Schloss.  Schloss was a mentor to Warren Buffett and had a very successful career as an investor.  Schloss provides some insight and tips about investing in common stocks:

Wow the Dow at 21,000, who would have thought that this would have happened a few years ago after it bottomed out at near 6,000.

Here is a good link to dividend paying stocks, by yield:

http://www.dividend.com/dividend-stocks/high-dividend-yield-stocks/

Interesting video on an entrepreneur who has a $1,000,000.00 stock portfolio and includes what he invests in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edIayAlBeVo

The U.S. stock markets have surged since President Donald Trump was election back in November of last year.  Is this a cause and effect of political and economic beliefs?

Excellent interview with the late Walter Schloss, a value investor. Schloss was a mentor to Warren Buffett and disciple to Benjamin Graham, the father of Security Analysis. The following link to the video is an excellent synopsis of Schloss' investing concepts. Some of things he mentions that he looks for in this video are buying companies that are out of favor, at low book value and with low debt. http://www.bengrahaminvesting.ca/resources/Video_Presentations/Guest_Speakers/2008/Schloss_2008.htm