Income Investing

Take Advantage of Energy Midstream On Sale

Take Advantage of Energy Midstream On Sale

Last week, the price of WTI crude tumbled from $66.42 to $62.46 (a 6% drop) in just a couple of days. When the price of oil drops sharply, so do the share prices of energy stocks. If you know the types of energy companies to buy, buying the dip will pay off handsomely. The energy […]

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Is This New Cryptocurrency ETF Too Hot to Touch?

The latest move by ETF fund sponsors is the launch of funds that leverage the underlying assets and also employ an option-selling strategy to generate income for distributions. Single stock leveraged ETFs and covered call high-yield ETFs have been separate worlds. For the two types of ETFs, an investor can determine how one would perform […]

Two Popular REITs That Will Go Up 25% Next Year

Two Popular REITs That Will Go Up 25% Next Year

I constantly preach that high-yield investments should be bought and owned for the yield, the cash income. The goal with high-yield investing should be to develop and grow a cash income stream. However, even in the high-yield world, opportunities arise to generate significant capital gains. Here are two stocks to consider. Over the last several […]

Is Honesty the Best Policy When It Comes to Dividends?

Is Honesty the Best Policy When It Comes to Dividends?

I have been known to call closed-end funds (CEFs) the “junkyard of Wall Street.” A few good funds exist, but they are hard to dig out of the 387 publicly traded CEFs. One issue with closed-end funds is the widespread use of managed dividend policies.With a managed dividend policy, the fund managers set a dividend […]

Grab a Big Yield Now from This Ethereum Tracking ETF

Grab a Big Yield Now from This Ethereum Tracking ETF

The cryptocurrency Ethereum has gone through a wild ride over the last few years. The move higher from its April lows has been impressive, and many experts are predicting that Ethereum could move multiples higher still. The orange line on the chart shows the three-year track record of Ethereum. The Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF […]

Can These Colorfully Named ETFs Actually Boost Your Account?

Can These Colorfully Named ETFs Actually Boost Your Account?

I recently came across the relatively new high-yield ETFs from NestYield. The website graphics are eye-catching, to say the least. They have my attention, and the next step is to examine their historical and potential performance. Here are a couple of screenshots from the NestYield.com website: EGGQ, EGGS, and EGGY are the stock symbols for […]

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This 8% Yielder Could Be Worth Nearly Double

Rithm Capital (RITM), formerly New Residential Investments, has been in my Dividend Hunter portfolio since August 2014—eleven years now. A decade ago, the company was a straightforward finance real estate investment trust (REIT) with a unique portfolio of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs). Over the last six years, the company has evolved into a diversified alternative […]

A New Gold ETF with a Different Take

A New Gold ETF with a Different Take

Gold has been a hot commodity, pun intended, with the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) up 42% over the last 12 months. While we hope the trend continues, gold can remain stagnant for an extended period, and income-producing gold-focused funds can be appealing. Covered call ETFs sell call options to generate income when the underlying […]

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When Forecasts Are Accurate 90% of The Time

As I write this, I am in Las Vegas to participate in a MoneyShow investor conference. Two time zones west of home, I was up at 5:30 a.m., raring to go. As I was reviewing my emails, I came across an interesting fact about the weather that I believe applies to investing. I live in […]