Let’s look at five overlooked payers yielding 5.6%-11% at prices any penny-pincher would love. Take Comcast (CMCSA, 5.6% ...

This is where that word “generational” comes in. BlackRock, the world’s biggest investment firm, with $15 trillion in assets ...

Can you hear me now, income investors? Verizon (VZ) wants to know. It’s been a roller-coaster October for the telecom. Given its always-high yield, I know our dividend fans are often considering ...

Income investors are attracted to low-beta stocks like moths to a flame. Low beta has a reputation for being low drama, but is it really? Technically, beta measures how closely a stock moves with the ...

Social Security recipient? You’re set to receive a 3.6% raise in January. How about your dividend portfolio? Well, it depends on your positions! So let’s talk about the stocks and funds that will give ...

Whether you own a Treasury or the typical dividend stock these days, you’re still losing money after inflation. I know what you’re thinking: tell me something I don’t know! But there’s a solution ...

A chance to grab our favorite high yielders—closed-end funds (CEFs) paying 10% and more—on an early “year-end” sale. How cheap are we talking here? How about 90 cents on the dollar? In some cases less ...

Covered-call strategies can be an income investors’ best friend. Whether the broader stock market goes up, down or merely grinds sideways, selling covered calls pays. Fortunately, we can buy ...

It’s September—traditionally the weakest month for stocks—and we contrarians are responding. We’ve got the (ugh!) midterms coming up. Tariff unpredictability has returned. And scorching long-term bond ...

Boaz Weinstein is a name many CEF investors know. He’s an activist investor who’s targeted CEFs in the past, particularly those he sees as underperforming. Now, another closed-end fund (CEF) investor ...

I recently wrote about a trend that’s making income investors excited: After years of failing to produce decent returns, bonds are back. Media outlets, including Bloomberg, have picked up on this. And ...

I’m sure you’ve heard about the worries around private credit. They really hit the wall when Blue Owl Capital, a major private lender, put redemption limits on one of its funds earlier this year. As ...