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By Tim McPartland The new year is a good time to share some of our favorite high-yield holdings that we personally have enjoyed holding in the last year or so. As regular readers know, we have modest goals for our portfolios, typically in the 7-8% area.  While we have had these goals for years, they have become more and more…

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are useful as investment vehicles that combine characteristics of stocks and mutual funds. ETF shares trade like stocks and have additional advantages, such as liquidity and tax efficiency. They also provide the advantages of mutual funds by holding portfolios of varied underlying assets as an inexpensive and easy way for investors to diversify their portfolios. But ETFs…

Date Issued   1/8/2018 Shares Issued   17,000,000  Overallotment Shares  2,550,000 Security Ticker Symbol   NLY-G  OTC Temp Ticker – ACMGP Market Traded On   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the last day March, June, September and December beginning on 3/31/2018 Quarterly Dividend   .406   Annual Dividend   1.625 Beginning 3/31/2023 the coupon will float at the rate of 3 month Libor plus a fixed base of 4.172%…

The Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund (NYSE: AWP) offers an 8.8% dividend yield and has had one-year asset appreciation of nearly 30%. After its inception in 2007, the fund’s annual dividend distribution amount varied each of the first five years. However, after 2012, the annual dividend payout settled, and the fund has been paying a steady $0.60 annual dividend for…

The CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) has boosted its annual dividend for 15 consecutive years and currently offers its shareholders a 2.7% dividend yield. While the company’s dividend continues its strong rising trend, the share price has declined slightly over the past couple of years. However, a recent uptrend and the positive guidance for 2018, which the company announced on January…