GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust (NYSE:GGN) pays a monthly distribution and currently yields around 6.5% annualized at its recent share price of $5.51. That yield attracts income investors drawn to gold…
VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (NYSEARCA:PFXF) has drawn income investors with its monthly distributions and a structure that deliberately sidesteps the banking sector. With shares trading near $18.36 and a 23% price gain…
ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:RDOG) offers a 6.33% dividend yield by holding a concentrated basket of high-yielding REITs. For income-focused investors, the appeal is obvious. The real question is whether the underlying income…
WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DEM) offers a 4.1% dividend yield from a portfolio of income-paying stocks spread across developing economies. That yield is appealing on its face, but the fund’s payout history…
Jeff from Austin called The Ramsey Show in April with a problem that is more common than most families want to admit: his mother is on $1,600 a month in Social Security, has no…
Global X SuperDividend U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:DIV) draws a consistent crowd of income-focused investors with a trailing dividend yield of 6.66% paid monthly. But a high yield is only worth celebrating if it holds up…
Mary from Texas has a $200,000 fixed 3-year annuity approaching maturity. She does not need the cash and does not want to invest in stocks or roll into an IRA. When she brought this…
Nicole, 37, from Tulsa, is 16 credit hours from finishing her doctorate in ministry, which she plans to use merging Christian faith with therapy and trauma work. She called into The Ramsey Show burned…
Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (NYSEARCA:PDBC) attracts income-focused investors with a structure that sidesteps the dreaded K-1 tax form while offering exposure to broad commodity markets. But the fund’s dividend…
David from California manages finances for his mother and mother-in-law, both in their late 80s living in retirement homes with caregivers. When advisors at Schwab and Oppenheimer recommended increasing their stock allocation to as…
Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:GAIN) pays shareholders $0.08 per share every month, an annualized rate of $0.96. At a share price near $15.36, that works out to a yield just above 6%. The question income…
“$2,300 minus $1,700 equals Sally doesn’t have food.” Dave Ramsey said this on The Ramsey Show on April 7, and the arithmetic needs no elaboration. A 64-year-old woman on Social Security disability, earning $27,000…
Amplify Energy & Natural Resources Covered Call ETF (NYSEARCA:NDIV) targets 10% or greater total annualized income by pairing high-dividend energy and natural resource stocks with covered call option premiums. That dual-income pitch draws investors…
Mark Zuckerberg is building a photorealistic AI clone of himself, trained on his voice, image, mannerisms, and public statements, to conduct one-on-one meetings with Meta’s roughly 75,000 employees. According to a Financial Times report…
Gabelli Healthcare & WellnessRx Trust (NYSE:GRX) has quietly maintained a quarterly dividend for over a decade, and a recent increase has drawn fresh attention from income-focused investors. The question is whether that income stream…
Consumer sentiment sits at 56.6, household savings rates have slipped from 4.7% to 4% year-over-year, and inflation has pushed the CPI to 330.3 as of March 2026. Families saving for college are working harder…
Oxford Square Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:OXSQ) offers an annualized yield of roughly 23% at a share price around $1.87. That number grabs attention. But the underlying data raises serious questions about whether distributions at that…
Ray is a 65-year-old retired airline pilot and former Navy aviator sitting on $2.5 million in total assets ($1.5 million in retirement accounts and $1 million in cash, a paid-off house, and zero debt).…
SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) offered a yield above 10% when this article was first written in April 2026. Then Q1 2026 results arrived on May 5: NII fell to $0.33 per share and the board…
iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:REM) pays a yield that stops most income investors in their tracks. At 9.55%, it sits well above what you can get from a Treasury or a conventional dividend…
