2 Big Dividends (up to 7.7%): 1 Winner, 1 Loser
September 09, 2021 at 05:00 AM EDT
Let’s talk about a fund that seems to tick all the dividend-and-growth boxes we income investors demand. Low fees? Yep. High yield? How does a 7.7% payout (nearly six times the S&P 500 average!) sound? Low volatility? You got it: this one sailed through the 2020 COVID crash, compared to the pummeling the broader market took. One thing you should know upfront is that the fund we’re going to delve into today is an ETF, not a closed-end fund (CEF)—though we will talk about an intriguing CEF in a moment, too. At my CEF Insider service , we don’t usually talk much about ETFs—except to skewer them for their typically low yields!… Read more