Barron's Cover Story: Best Income Investments For 2019

Ted

FYI: After a tumultuous few weeks in the markets, the steady income offered by yield-focused investments looks very attractive.

And the recent selloff has created a bounty of opportunities in both stocks and bonds that are among the most promising in years.

Income plays that now look particularly appealing include high-dividend stocks in the U.S. and overseas markets, master limited partnerships, junk bonds, and preferred stock. In these sectors, investors can get yields from 3% to 10% through individual securities, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and a hard-hit group of closed-end funds.
Regards,
Ted
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Old_Skeet

@Ted: Thanks for posting the article. I was able to read by searching the title through Google.

A good number of the mutal funds that I have on my 2019 add/buy list fit the suggested article's income theme plays.

Old_Skeet

johnN

Playing the Yield. Thx.. Most listed here
Could not copy tips and att ades to list
Here are picks in 11 income investment categories, ranked by their relative attractiveness.
Income Investment / Ticker Price 1/2/2019 2018 Total Return Yield Discount to NAV
Master Limited Partnerships
Alerian MLP / AMLP $8.89 -12.6% 8.6% N/A
Salient Midstream & MLP / SMM 7.58 -27.7 8.9 15.3%
Kayne Anderson MLP / Midstream Inv. Co. / KYN 14.11 -19.4 10.2 3.0
Enterprise Products Partners / EPD 24.99 -1.3 6.9 N/A
Junk Bonds and Funds
iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate / HYG $80.99 -2.0% 5.6% N/A
MainStay MacKay High Yield Corporate / MKHCX 5.31 -2.6 5.1 N/A
BlackRock Corporate High Yield / HYT 9.39 -7.8 9.1 12.2%
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income /JQC 7.41 -4.3 6.5 12.2
European Dividend Stocks and Funds
First Trust Stoxx European Select Dividend/FDD $11.89 -8.9% 5.1% N/A
Vanguard FTSE Europe / VGK 48.35 -14.9 4.0 N/A
BP / BP 38.59 -4.5 6.4 N/A
U.S. Dividend Stocks and Funds
Tri-Continental / TY $23.60 -5.9% 4.3% 11.4%
Vanguard High Dividend Yield / VYM 78.12 -5.9 3.4 N/A
iShares Select Dividend / DVY 89.01 -6.3 3.6 N/A
JPMorgan Chase / JPM 99.31 -6.6 3.2 N/A
Preferred Stock
iShares U.S. Preferred Stock / PFF $34.55 -4.6% 6.3% N/A
Nuveen Preferred & Income Securities / JPS 8.35 -12.3 8.1 6.1%
Carlyle Group 5.875% / TCGP 20.64 -13.9 7.2 N/A
Real Estate Investment Trusts and Funds
Vanguard Real Estate / VNQ $72.95 -6.0% 4.8% N/A
Cohen & Steers Quality Income Realty / RQI 10.26 -11.1 9.4 10.0%
Nuveen Real Estate Income / JRS 8.34 -18.1 10.1 9.8
Boston Properties / BXP 109.15 -10.9 3.5 N/A
Telecom
AT&T / T $29.54 -22.2% 6.9% N/A
Verizon Communications / VZ 56.02 11.3 4.3 N/A
Vodafone / VOD 19.72 -34.9 8.6 N/A
Municipal Bonds
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt / VWITX $13.92 1.3% 2.8% N/A
Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income / NEA 12.50 -5.7 5.1 13.7
MainStay MacKay High-Yield Municipal / MMHDX 12.36 3.0 3.1 N/A
BlackRock Municipal 2030 Target Term Trust / BTT 20.80 -4.6 3.6 12.4
Electric Utilities
Utilities Select Sector SPDR / XLU $52.01 3.9% 3.4% N/A
Reaves Utility Income / UTG 29.35 1.8 6.9 0
Edison International / EIX 56.75 -6.7 4.3 N/A
Investment-Grade Bonds
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate / LQD $113.17 -3.8% 3.7%

Ted

@johnN: Why did you paste the funds listed in the article under "Playing The Yield" ? It serves no purpose !
Regards,
Ted

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