Tag: CEFs
These Reliable Monthly Dividend Payers Have Never Been Cheaper
A trio of reliable monthly dividend payers has been swept up in the pandemic panic. They could be the dirt-cheap buys that have dividend investors kicking themselves this time next year for not “backing up the truck” and buying every monthly paying share in sight. These closed-end funds (CEFs) as a whole are far smaller […]
5 ETFs For Oodles Of Monthly Dividends
Dividend ETFs can provide plenty of needed monthly income in retirement For investors in or near retirement, there’s only one thing that really matters: income with a capital “I.” Without it, even the best-laid retirement plans can’t happen. One of the hardest portions of retirement is turning your hard-earned savings into a steady stream of […]
17 “Crash-Proof” Funds Yielding 8.1%+ (With Upside)
There’s nothing worse than watching your cash drain away in a downturn—especially if you’re near retirement and don’t have the time to bounce back. That’s why I’m hearing so much fear these days that 2020 could be another 2008. Luckily, there’s a simple way to protect your nest egg. It involves 17 unique funds that […]
Credit Crisis Concerns? These Are The Worst 1,894 Bonds To Own Now
We all love 7% yields here. But how do you feel about Sprint’s 7.88% bonds that mature in September 2023? Well, the company might make it until then. Shares trade for pocket change at just over $6. Equity investors in Sprint (S), however, have been (wait for it) sprinting to the exits lately: The Stock Feels the Weight of Sprint’s […]
These 21 Safe Bond Funds Pay Up To 8.5% And Never Go Down
“Brett, give me some bond funds with big yields. And it’d be great if their prices never went down!” My money manager friend was chasing the holy grail of retirement income. He wanted safe payouts from bonds to balance his clients’ stock exposure. “How about the Artisan High Income Investor Fund (ARTFX)?” I replied. “It pays […]
17 Monthly Dividends That Pay $2,629 Per Month
Mortgage payments. Car payments. Cell-phone bills. Power bills. Water bills. Credit card bills. What do they all have in common? Nobody likes them, of course. But more importantly, they all arrive relentlessly month after month. That’s fine when you have a normal job that pays you every couple of weeks or every month. But that […]
Forget $1 Million: Here’s How To Retire On A Lot Less
You’ve no doubt heard the “wisdom” that you’ll need a million bucks to have any hope of retiring. If you’re like most folks, you’ve probably wondered how you’ll manage to save such a huge stash. Maybe you’ve given up and resigned yourself to working till you’re 100. I can’t blame you. Because with the rising […]
The Best, And Worst, Ways To Buy Preferred Shares
As you near (and enter) retirement you probably favor bonds, which provide income with less drama than stocks. However, less drama means less potential upside. With retirees living longer than ever before, it’s important to not go too conservative too early in life. And fortunately today, even 65 or 70 may be too early! One […]
2 Top Contrarian Buys For The Rest Of 2018
Remember seven months ago, when investors were freaking out over North Korea and a future trade war? They were also wringing their hands over popular volatility funds like the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX (XIV), which blew up in February and destroyed millions of dollars of invested cash. All of these shocks sent the S&P 500 tumbling over 10% […]
These Monthly Dividend Stocks Are Set To Surge (And Pay Up To 6.8%)
If you’re like most folks, you’re so used to collecting dividends quarterly that it may not have occurred to you that your portfolio can pay you every month. But it’s true, thanks to a small set of stocks that delivers cash payouts month in and month out like clockwork (I’ll reveal 3 with especially juicy dividend yields—up to […]
