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Investing to generate income streams is a key long-term investing strategy to build wealth. However, people may overlook the value of income-producing investments as part of their portfolio. This approach omission could prevent many investors from supplementing their growth of a retirement nest egg. To receive additional income, here are few investments that pay dividends in the next few weeks…

Date Issued  6/12/2014 Shares Issued    6,000,000   Overallotment Shares  0 S&P Rating   BBB-   Moodys Rating   Baa1 Security Ticker Symbol   CBSHP  Market Traded ON   NASDAQ Dividend Payment Paid on the 1st of March, June, September and December beginning on 9/1/2014 Quarterly Dividend    .375   Annual Dividend   1.50 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 09/1/2019 for a redemption price of $25/share plus…

Dividend-loving investors drive share prices higher as the ex-dividend dates approach to ensure they capture those payouts. To avoid overpaying for the dividends, here are a few investments that you can buy ahead of dividend announcements to increase your return with minimal risk. A key reason to buy these stocks is that all of the picks have a long history…

Investors have all kinds of goals for their portfolios, some realistic, some not, which is why we strive to define our goals based upon an investment style that suits our needs and temperment.  We have made 7% our goal for the last 3 years and generally have been successful--so why not leave it at 7% for 2017.  We know that…

We have added the new Saratoga Investment Corp 6.75% notes (NYSE:SAB) to the Blended Income Portfolio and to the Moderate Duration Income with Zip Portfolio. While we would prefer to have a bit higher coupon on our purchases these notes fit the requirments of some of our portfolios which demand we hold just short/medium duration securities and these notes have…