Cash yields keep slipping further this year. The Fed has held the funds rate at 3.5% to 3.75%, the FDIC national average 12-month CD pays just 1.71%, and the 10-year Treasury has…
AMLP and MLPX both hold the pipelines and terminals powering North American energy, yet a single structural difference between them has quietly produced a decade-long performance gap that income-focused investors rarely see…
Crude oil is the loudest macro story of 2026, and the cleanest way to express a view on it without owning physical barrels is through exchange-traded funds. This piece focuses on four:…
A retiree who wants $34,000 a year in pipeline income without filing a single K-1 schedule can get there with roughly $450,000 in master limited partnership ETFs. That implied yield, near 7.5%,…
The VanEck Energy Income ETF (NYSEARCA:EINC) paid $0.8067 per share for its May 2026 distribution, the latest installment in a quarterly cash stream that has run uninterrupted for 14 years. Investors lean…
Income investors rely on Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMLP) for one reason: a fat, tax-advantaged distribution backed by toll-road economics on America’s hydrocarbon plumbing. AMLP just paid a $1.03 quarterly distribution in May,…
John Seetoo Global X MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:MLPA) pays quarterly cash distributions sourced almost entirely from operating cash flows of U.S. midstream master limited partnerships. Over the trailing four quarters, MLPA paid out $3.94 per…
Pulling in $9,800 a month from a portfolio without selling a single share is the kind of math that can completely reshape a retirement plan. That works out to $117,600 a year,…
A 67-year-old couple filing jointly with $2.2 million in investable assets wants to generate $13,200 per month, or $158,400 annually, in portfolio income without dealing with the tax complexity of Schedule K-1…
The Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMLP) is the kind of income vehicle that gets ignored at retirement planning meetings, even though it pays more than twice the 4.6% available on a 10-year Treasury.…
If you own the InfraCap MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMZA) for income, the question is simple: can the fund keep cutting those $0.34 monthly checks? AMZA pays a roughly 7.5% to 8% distribution yield…
WTI crude went from $57.97 a barrel in December 2025 to over $100 today. That kind of move hands a windfall to oil producers and gives their shareholders motion sickness in roughly…
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…
A 7% yield sounds compelling until you ask the question that separates income investing from return-of-capital illusion: where is the money actually coming from? A fund that pays 10% annually while losing…
Most retirement income conversations start and end in the same place. The Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSE:VYM) at 2.26%, the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSE:VNQ) at around 3.5%, and maybe the…
