Imagine your friend Priyanka, who bought shares of XYZ Company many years ago. Back then, it was just another stock in her small, humble portfolio. Unlike most investors, who were constantly buying ...

The dividend yield measures the income you earn from holding a stock. When a company makes a profit, it has two choices. First, it can retain the earnings for future investment. Second, it can payout ...

The percentage yield is your money’s horsepower. It lets you compare your investments against other income products.

Shareholder yield. Total payout. Total yield. These different labels represent the same thing—return of capital to shareholders. There are nuanced definitions to each, but the common thread is ...

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If you are looking for a dividend ETF, choose the one that invests like you would if you bought individual stocks.

Yield means more than quarterly dividend payouts. There is much to be said for defining it to include two other ways to enrich shareholders. Shareholder yield is a notion that has gained much currency ...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are designed to pass income on to investors in a tax-advantaged manner. So it is understandable that dividend investors pay a lot of attention to REIT dividends ...

AGNC Investment does a fairly good job of investing in the mortgage sector. The mortgage REIT's huge 14.9% dividend yield often attracts the "wrong" kind of investor. AGNC Investment is pretty clear ...