Prominent billionaire money managers are piling into three industry-leading businesses with supercharged yields ranging from 6% to 15.1%! One of the greatest things about investing on Wall Street is that there are countless strategies that can be used to grow your wealth. While there's no one-size-fits-all approach, buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks has been a strategy that's fared better than most. Last year, the investment advisors at Hartford Funds released a report ("The Power of Dividends ...

AGNC Investment (AGNC) closed the most recent trading day at $9.66, making no change from the previous trading session. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.26% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.18%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.35%. The the stock of real estate investment trust has by 0% in the past month, lagging the Finance sector's gain of 0.75% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.25%. Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of AGNC Investment i ...

These dividend payers offer eye-popping yields, but their ability to maintain their payouts is less than certain. There's more than one way to beat the market with dividend stocks. Folks with a long time runway before they need to draw down on savings enjoy buying shares of growing businesses that can rapidly raise their dividend payouts. There's nothing necessarily wrong with dividend growth stocks, but what if you insist on significant dividend payments at the outset? The first thing to know about eye-cat ...

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell- side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter? Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about AGNC Investment (AGNC) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage. AGNC Investment currently has an ...

Klaus Vedfelt AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) is a well-known mortgage REIT, which often draws the attention of income investors. I've even seen some theses that recommend it as part of an income portfolio. Currently, the shares trade at over a 14% yield, which naturally gets a lot of attention. Yet, given the long-term history of this REIT and its strategy, I don't see this as a viable income investment for those seeking steady, durable cash flow in their portfolio. Rather, I will argue that this is a ...

PM Images AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNC) is a mortgage REIT, and it is currently sporting a 15% forward yield. It buys Agency MBS assets with short-term leverage through RePo agreements. The first thing I'm going to say is that the 15% forward yield doesn't look sustainable to me, and then I'll spend the rest of the article arguing it could still be a good bet anyway. At the risk of oversimplifying things, when I pull up the latest 10-Q and I scroll down to the income statement, it looks like this: AGN ...

AGNC Investment (AGNC) closed the latest trading day at $9.59, indicating a -0.52% change from the previous session's end. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.03% gain on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow saw a downswing of 0.56%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq appreciated by 0.59%. The real estate investment trust's stock has climbed by 4.33% in the past month, exceeding the Finance sector's gain of 2.95% and the S&P 500's gain of 4.19%. The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of AGNC Inv ...

AGNC Investment (AGNC) has recently been on Zacks.com's list of the most searched stocks. Therefore, you might want to consider some of the key factors that could influence the stock's performance in the near future. Over the past month, shares of this real estate investment trust have returned +4.4%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +6.1% change. During this period, the Zacks REIT and Equity Trust industry, which AGNC Investment falls in, has gained 7.3%. The key question now is: What could be the ...

A month has gone by since the last earnings report for AGNC Investment (AGNC) . Shares have added about 5.4% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500. Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is AGNC Investment due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at the most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important catalysts. AGNC Investment Q1 Earnings Beat on Higher ...

Prominent billionaire investors shockingly sent two premier income stocks to the chopping block in the March- ended quarter, while piling into a monthly dividend payer with a nearly 15% yield. One of the greatest things about putting your money to work on Wall Street is that there are countless strategies that can make you richer. Regardless of your risk tolerance or area(s) of focus, there are almost certainly individual stocks or exchange-traded funds that can help you grow your wealth. But among these ma ...