Retirees who no longer draw a paycheck usually judge a portfolio by one number: how much cash gets in each year without tapping principal. Social Security covers part of the monthly bills.…
A Dividend Aristocrat is an S&P 500 company that has raised its dividend for at least 25 consecutive years. That streak screens out companies that cut when business turns ugly, but it…
Long-term Treasury yields just pulled back sharply, and net-lease REITs stand to benefit more than almost any other corner of real estate. But not all five of these dividend payers are built…
Suze Orman says sitting still during a market sell-off is a legitimate strategy, but retirees paying bills from a falling portfolio rarely get that luxury. A specific kind of stock changes that…
Five companies across tobacco, real estate, pipelines, and telecom all cover their dividends with room to spare, but each one carries a specific risk that could quietly erode a retiree's income. Here…
Two monthly dividend REITs both raised guidance this year, but one is charging into data centers while the other is pulling back on deals to guard its balance sheet. Which strategy actually…
Some dividends get taxed twice before they reach your pocket, and the IRS takes its cut whether the market is up or down. Four high-yield stocks exist where the right account type…
A fat dividend yield means nothing if the company is borrowing to fund it. These five stocks prove their payouts with cold, hard cash flow numbers that tell a very different story…
Five high-yield dividend stocks can look identical on paper whether they sit inside a Roth or a taxable account, but the tax treatment hiding inside each ticker quietly determines how much of…
Most of what a REIT or business development company pays you is taxed as ordinary income. In the top 37% federal bracket, that means the IRS takes more than a third of…
Wall Street spent years dismissing UPS as a broken dividend story, but a fresh earnings beat changed the conversation. These four NYSE stocks now combine rising cash flow with long payout histories,…
Treasury yields near 5% make dividend stocks work harder to justify their risk, yet five companies spanning tobacco, pipelines, telecom, pharma, and net-lease real estate have kept raising their payouts through every…
Parking six popular dividend stocks in a taxable account quietly hands the IRS a cut of every payout, and one holding in your portfolio is almost certainly the biggest culprit.
Realty Income (NYSE:O) reports third-quarter results, expected Monday, November 2, after the close. With the 10-year Treasury at 5.00%, this report tests whether “The Monthly Dividend Company” can keep growing cash flow…
Swapping one JPMorgan covered call fund for another inside an $820,000 income portfolio adds roughly $9,000 a year, but that extra income comes with conditions most retirees overlook before making the trade.
