Panic? Maybe Later. Let’s Buy This 11.9% Dividend Instead

Please, take that finger off the Sell button. This is the best buying opportunity since the bank failure panic in March. Vanilla investors are giving away perfectly good dividends. Let’s grab the bargains. Why the panic? Well, the 10-year Treasury yield burst through the 4.3% ceiling I’ve been pointing to. This is why stocks sank. All lending and refinancing are based on the 10-year, so a higher rate suggests a slower economy ahead and lower corporate profits. When the 10-year moonshots like it has over the past year, it breaks financial markets. Bonds drop because they trade opposite rates. Real estate investment trusts (REITs), meanwhile, get hammered for two reasons.… Read more