Hundred Dollar Bill Being Cut With a Scissor getty Plenty of CEF investors worry about dividend cuts. And for sure, they’re something to keep in mind. But CEFs are not the same as stocks. When we inve...
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1 Simple Trick To ‘Magnify’ Your Dividends
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Earn Massive 10%+ Yields With These 5 Funds
Golden symbolic figures on Finanzzeitung getty Bull or bear? Who cares when we can collect dividends between 10.1% and 11.8%. That’s not a typo. The S&P 500 pays 1.7%. The 10-year Treasury yields ...
This 19% Dividend Will Almost Certainly Get Cut In 2023
Burning one hundred dollar getty Imagine what you could do with a 19% dividend. To be clear, any dividend that high simply isn’t sustainable. So if you do see one, I don’t recommend buying. Still, the...
What Every Investor Should Know About The Yield Curve
USA dollar cash banknote stimulus economic tax return check with US flag getty There’s almost certainly a recession on the way, and we closed-end fund (CEF) investors have a big edge over mainstream i...
3 Funds With Incredible Yields Up To 13.7% For 2023
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Now Could Be The Best Time To Retire On Monthly Dividends
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This 13.4% Dividend Is The Best Deal In Tech Now
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This 10.5%-Yielding Portfolio Has The Perfect Mix For 2023
Red mark on the calendar at January getty Despite last week’s market pop, there are still plenty of terrific dividend buys out there. But don’t waste your time with lame payers like General Mills GIS ...
Jay Powell Just Made These 9.7%+ Dividends Even Cheaper
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 29: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news … [+] conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on January 29, 2020 in Washing...
3 Deeply Discounted Funds Yielding 12%+
Picture of shop window display with text Sale on red poster getty This selloff has set up a very rare opportunity to bag 12%+ yields in closed-end funds (CEFs). I’ll reveal three names and tickers you...
How This 10.4% Dividend Strategy Crushed The 60/40 Portfolio
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This 6.6% Dividend Lets Us Profit As Gasoline Prices Fall
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This 7.5% Dividend Is A Perfect September Buy
Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 5, 2020 at Wall … [+] Street in New York City. – Wall Street stocks tumbled again in opening trading Thu...
Recession Fears Could Send This 10% Dividend On A 400%+ Profit Run
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This Costly Dividend Mistake Can Delay Your Retirement By Years
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How We’ll “Steal” A 7% Monthly Dividend From Amazon
Chiang Mai, Thailand – April 26, 2016: man hand holding screen shot of Amazon application showing on … [+] Asus Zenfone 2 mobile phone. Amazon is an American international electronic comme...
Do Preferreds Still Deserve Preferred Status?
Book with page about preferred stock. Trading concept. Getty Boring is perfect when we’re talking retirement investing. We’ll let others take the S&P 500’s sad 1.7% yield and frequent mood swings....
My Game Plan For This Fed-Panicked Market
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This 3-Fund Portfolio Delivers 8% Dividends (And Peace Of Mind)
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How Our Dividend Strategy Beats Inflation And Recession In 2022
Money fight getty If you’re like me, you’re getting sick of this tug-of-war between inflation and recession worries. One steals our purchasing power, while the other knocks down our portfolio values! ...
Ride Out The Crash With These 11.8% Dividends
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This Unloved Fund Defies Inflation, Yields 7.4%
Real estate investment, Real estate value getty As difficult as this selloff has been for all of us, it has left some attractive (and discounted) dividends on the board, especially in high-yield close...
How To Invest For 7%+ Dividends As The Market Shifts
Portrait of senior man attending computer and technology education class, looking at camera. getty We all know the markets are undergoing a shift—and it’s time for us to stop and take a look at what i...
This Crash Has Changed Retirement. Here’s What We’ll Do
Mature woman looking at the computer in shock getty Most investors I speak to have no idea how much they’ll need to retire (and with the uncertainty we’re facing today, that’s totally understandable!)...
How To Navigate The Selloff With 8%+ Dividends
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This Popular Fund Boasts An Incredible 11.6% Dividend
NEWPORT BEACH, CA., OCTOBER 1, 2014: PIMCO offices in Newport Beach where bond king Bill Gross used … [+] to work. Gross is now located in another tower(far right) down the street October 1, 201...
4 Of The Best Monthly Dividend Funds Available Now
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This Overlooked Fund Yields 10.3%. It’s Just Starting To Be Discovered.
Surprised young man is opening a large cardboard box with something exciting inside it getty These days, everyone is on guard for a recession. And the inverted yield curve is only adding to those fear...
The Media Is Falling In Love With These 7.5% Dividends
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This Is The Best Pullback Opportunity I’ve Seen Yet
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We Can Still Earn Big Dividends From Big Oil
Oil rig silhouette over orange sky getty Nearly two years ago, I recommended readers pick up cheap oil dividends that, at the time, yielded nearly 11.8%. With oil trading at negative prices (meaning p...