Business Development Companies (BDCs) can look like dividend gold mines. The headline yields are often double or triple what you get from blue-chip dividend stocks or bond funds. But as you already know, the market doesn’t hand out high income without attaching strings. The problem is, these strings are often buried in footnotes, cloaked behind […]
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One Basket or a Few Carefully Chosen Eggs? BDC investing can appear deceptively straightforward, and that’s exactly where many investors misstep. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) promise diversification, ease of use, and a quick route to yield generation. For the time-starved investor, they seem like the perfect plug-and-play solution. But as every serious value investor knows, convenience
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Closed end funds (CEFs) offer high yields that catch the eye, but the real story hides behind those numbers. If you rely only on the headline yield, you risk buying into a fund that’s eroding its own capital or masking poor performance with financial engineering. Professional portfolio managers dig deeper. They examine how the distribution
Income investors everywhere are familiar with the siren song of the dividend yield. Dividend yield offers comfort. It promises passive income and makes a stock feel like a steady paycheck. But if you’re chasing yield without looking at the full picture, you’re likely leaving serious money on the table. In fact, focusing on dividend yield
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Volatility is the one guest at your investing table that never fails to show up uninvited. It rattles your nerves, distorts valuations, and tests your resolve. But as a value investor, you don’t need to fear volatility — you need to understand how to use it. One tool often overlooked in this regard is the
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Everything You Need to Know About Investing in Closed End Funds—From Discounts to Dividends and Beyond Introduction: The Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight If you’ve spent any time exploring income investments, you’ve probably come across closed-end funds (CEFs)—and maybe skipped past them. They’re often lumped together with mutual funds and ETFs, yet behave nothing like
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Why You Need a Recession-Proof Dividend Growth Strategy Today You’re not just building a portfolio. You’re building protection—against inflation, uncertainty, and the next bear market. While most investors are glued to CNBC and trading apps, worrying about when the next rate hike will crush their growth stocks, you’re taking a very different approach. You’re quietly
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You want consistent, growing income. The kind that frees you from the anxiety of market volatility and makes your wealth feel real. You’ve probably considered dividend ETFs—the set-it-and-forget-it kind of investing that promises instant diversification and ease. But if you’re serious about compounding wealth through dividends, a deeper question remains: Should you build your own
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I don’t know about you, but I have spend countless hours agonizing over whether real estate is a better investment than stocks. With REITs, you can invest in both in the same brokerage account. REIT investing promises the dream: steady cash flow, diversification, and real estate exposure—without the late-night tenant calls or clogged toilets. But
As an income investor, you have very few choices to find safe, consistent income in today’s market. Treasury yields barely cover inflation. Dividend aristocrats are overpriced. And bond funds? They bleed when rates rise. But there’s a corner of the market quietly throwing off 8%–12% annual yields—backed by real businesses. If you’ve never looked into
