These 6%+ Dividends Will Thrive As Interest Rates Rise

You can take it to the bank: interest rates are going up. Everyone from Janet Yellen to Donald Trump says it needs to happen. Traders betting through the Fed futures markets agree, pegging the odds of a quarter-point rate hike at the Fed’s December 14 meeting at 94.9%: More hikes seem likely next year, if oil prices keep rising, taking inflation along with them. Since higher rates are bad for high-yield assets , does this mean it’s time to give up and accept that 2% dividends are the only income you can expect in this market? No way. Because there’s an easy way we can protect ourselves from higher rates and still collect a nice 6.8% dividend yield. ... Read more