High Yield ETFs

Muni Bond Market Imploding – How to Play It

November 22, 2010

While it was readily apparent years ago, and we were reminded again during the 2008-2009 financial crash, markets had temporarily forgotten that municipalities across the nation are virtually insolvent and should already have declared bankruptcy.  If they have not yet “restructured” their debt, they should and they will.  After decades of politicians writing checks the […]

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Student Housing REIT – Perfect Combination of Yield, Stability and Price Gains

September 29, 2010

A buddy of mine has been making a killing in college housing for years.  Unlike what has happened to the residential real estate market, the college housing market has been largely insulated from both the initial bubble and the subsequent crash.  Why?  Well, valuations are based on actual cash-flows (real money) and not speculation, flipping […]

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New Alerian MLP ETF: High Yield, Beats the Market and No Messy Tax Forms

August 25, 2010

Today hailed the launch of the first MLP ETF (Master Limited Partnerships) which have been crushing the S&P500 this year from a capital appreciation and yield standpoint.  For the uninitiated, MLPs are publicly traded companies that are structured as partnerships such that they must distribute the majority of their profits, but in turn, they are […]

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4 Dividend ETFs Beating the S&P500 in 2010

August 18, 2010

Dividend ETFs are beating the S&P500 handily and it appears as though they have the propensity to do so into the foreseeable future.  There are some interesting happenings in both the broader market as well as the fixed-income space.  Treasuries continue to break new lows leaving investors scratching their heads as to whether we’re truly […]

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Sector Review: Utility ETFs for High Yield and Stability

July 9, 2010

Investors are starting to pay more attention to Utility Stocks and Utility ETFs of late given the low interest rate environment that doesn’t seem to have an end in sight.  With the 10-year Treasury hovering around 3% and the prospect of loss of principal one bonds when rates do rise eventually, the prospect of equities […]

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2 Income ETF Approaches: High Yield vs. Dividend Growth Rate

June 21, 2010

There are two main schools of thought in dividend investing and for whatever reason, investors tend to be polarized into one camp or the other.  On one hand, investors tend to be drawn to juicy dividend yields of 8% or more given that this matches the long-term return on equities over long periods of time […]

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Investors Continue to Pile Into High Yield ETFs – When Does the Music Stop?

April 14, 2010

The risk trade is on. Investors sitting idly by on the sidelines watching everyone else make 70-100% since the March lows are resolved to the fact that risk-free investment returns are going to be negative in terms of even modest inflation for years to come.  As such, investors in the income arena are increasingly shifting […]

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Dividend ETFs to Rally Next?

March 29, 2010

ETFs holding dividend-paying stocks trailed the broad market since the implosion in early 2009 primarily because of the rebound in technology shares which tend to not pay out dividends given the nature of the industry.  It’s generally the more mature cycle Industrials, Telecoms, Utilities and Financials that tend to pay dividends over time.  However, analysts […]

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High Yield Junk Bond ETF: Risk/Reward Spectrum Favor Buying?

March 24, 2010

Given the current low interest rate environment and the seemingly unchecked momentum in common equities since last March, investors may want to consider parking some portion of their allocation in high yielding vehicles in the event the market takes a breather.  There are some decent ETFs out there that combine high yield, sustained dividend payouts […]

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