Get The Whole MoPay Dividend Dog StoryClick here to subscribe to The Dividend Dogcatcher & get more information.Catch A Dog On Facebook at 10AM ET every NYSE trade day on Facebook/Dividend Dog Catcher, A Fredrik Arnold live video highlights a portfolio candidate in the Underdog Daily Dividend Show!Root for the Underdog. Comment below on all your favorite, least favorite, or curiosity stock tickers to make those tickers eligible for my future FA follower reports. Please include at least one ticker with every ...

Whether you are the kind of investor who sticks with preferred stocks with a CDx3 Compliance Score rated 10 out of 10, or whether your portfolio has room for 9-score-and-lower securities, stay tuned for future articles recapping new IPOs and interesting preferred stock activity that we notice here at the CDx3 Notification Service.Analyst’s Disclosure:I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hou ...

Mortgage spreads have been blown out for a long time, with agency-backed mortgages trading at times more than 200 basis points above the respective Treasury yield. The mortgage REITs recognized this as an opportunity to buy government backed assets at unusually high yields. This article is not about Dynex (DX), but we will start there as they epitomize what is going on in agency mREITs right now. Terrence Connelly, CIO of Dynex, noted on the 2Q25 earnings call: “Increasingly, there's a need for more private ...

During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.Benzinga readers can review the latest analyst takes on their favorite stocks by visiting Analyst Stock Ratings page. Traders can sort through Benzinga's extensive database of analyst ratings, including by analyst accuracy.Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yield ...

During times of turbulence and uncertainty in the markets, many investors turn to dividend-yielding stocks. These are often companies that have high free cash flows and reward shareholders with a high dividend payout.Benzinga readers can review the latest analyst takes on their favorite stocks by visiting Analyst Stock Ratings page. Traders can sort through Benzinga's extensive database of analyst ratings, including by analyst accuracy.Below are the ratings of the most accurate analysts for three high-yield ...

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC ) has significant investments in agency mortgage-backed securities and is one of two premier mortgage REITs in the U.S. stock market, next to Annaly Capital Management ( NLY ). With the FederalAnalyst’s Disclosure:I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of AGNC, NLY either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have ...

AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC ) has significant investments in agency mortgage-backed securities and is one of two premier mortgage REITs in the U.S. stock market, next to Annaly Capital Management ( NLY ). With the FederalAnalyst’s Disclosure:I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of AGNC, NLY either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have ...

Is this mortgage REIT a high-yield trap or a hidden gem?When the Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark rates in 2022 and 2023, many income investors dumped their dividend stocks to buy risk-free CDs and T-bills with higher yields. However, the Fed reduced rates three times in 2024, recently executed its first rate cut of 2025, and has penciled in at least two more rate cuts by the end of the year.As interest rates decline, CDs and T-bills will lose their luster as income investors pivot toward high-yield divi ...

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) is included among the 10 Safest Monthly Dividend Stocks to Buy. AGNC Investment’s (AGNC) Consistent Cash Flow and its Role in the Safest Monthly Dividend Stocks Photo by Dan Dennis on Unsplash AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) differs from traditional real estate investment trusts because it doesn’t own physical properties. Instead, it operates as a mortgage REIT, investing in mortgages that are bundled into bond-like securities. In this sense, it functions more lik ...

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