While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...
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REIT Preferred is Overlooked and Offers 6% to 8% Yields
Higher rates are attracting more individual investors to the preferred stock market because yields have risen nearly two percentage points this year to a range of 6% to 8%. Most investors focus on ban...
Higher Rates Hammer Home Buyers—and Make Mortgage REITs Lucrative for Investors
It’s instructive and often amusing to see how the popular media cover economic and financial news. You can get a handle on the public’s sentiment from how they treat those topics, which usually varies...
Lock In High Yields With Mortgage REITs
Cubes form the abbreviation “REIT” (Real Estate Investment Trust) next to a model house. getty Mortgage REITs are all about the yield curve. They borrow on the low end (30- to 60-day LIBOR...
These Mortgage-Backed Securities Offer Hefty Yields, Mild Risk
Text size Bonds from Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac are more attractive than Treasuries or corporates. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Move over TINA, it’s time for TARA. The latter stands for “T...
13 Investment Moves to Pump Out Income as Interest Rates Rise
Text size The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Interest rates have further to rise amid persistent inflation, while the labor market remains too strong for its own good. ...