"Safe" high yielders - stocks, ETFs, CEFs, REITs, MLPs, etc - post your favorites!

[ken-do-nim]

(08-06-2021, 09:15 AM)Genester Wrote:

(08-04-2021, 05:23 PM)ken-do-nim Wrote: I strongly recommend looking at HTGC instead.

https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/s...nd-history

The dividend had increased to $.40 right before COVID, dropped to $.32 immediately after, and they've been building it back up since.  Now back up to $.39.

And unlike the others, a look at their max price chart shows choppy, but not a downward trend like AGNC and NLY.  Overall up 26% the past 5 years.

Thank you for the idea - HTGC seems to be at an all time high now, so probably not the right time to dive in?

I think that, after the COVID dip, they've continued on the general up-trending pace they've been on since late 2018.



You could always get your feet wet with a starter position*, and then dollar cost average in over time if you like how it's trending.


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* You'll see terms on the forum like "starter position", "small position", "full position".  They mean different dollar amounts to everyone.  It's relative to how big the other positions in your portfolio are.  For instance you could say a starter position is $1000, a small position is $2500, and a full position is $5000.  But for someone much closer to retirement, those may be 10x those figures.