Tim Plaehn
Tim Plaehn is the lead investment research analyst for income and dividend investing at Investors Alley. He is the editor for The Dividend Hunter, an investment advisory delivering income investments with double digit growth in share price and dividend payments, and 30 Day Dividends, a specialty income service that takes advantage of opportunities for relatively fast, attractive profits around potential dividend payouts.
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Two Popular REITs That Will Go Up 25% Next Year
I constantly preach that high-yield investments should be bought and owned for the yield, the cash income. The goal with high-yield investing should be to develop and grow a cash income stream. However, even in the high-yield world, opportunities arise to generate significant capital gains. Here are two stocks to consider. Over the last several […]
What Happens When You Know How Much You’ll Make Every Month
Investors looking for a predictable income stream combined with high yields might like Target Pay ETFs. You’ve probably heard of Target Date Funds. These provide a set-and-forget portfolio for retirement with a shifting asset mix designed to become more conservative over time as a specific target date (like a retirement year) approaches. Target Pay ETFs […]
Can These Colorfully Named ETFs Actually Boost Your Account?
I recently came across the relatively new high-yield ETFs from NestYield. The website graphics are eye-catching, to say the least. They have my attention, and the next step is to examine their historical and potential performance. Here are a couple of screenshots from the NestYield.com website: EGGQ, EGGS, and EGGY are the stock symbols for […]
This 8% Yielder Could Be Worth Nearly Double
Rithm Capital (RITM), formerly New Residential Investments, has been in my Dividend Hunter portfolio since August 2014—eleven years now. A decade ago, the company was a straightforward finance real estate investment trust (REIT) with a unique portfolio of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs). Over the last six years, the company has evolved into a diversified alternative […]
3 Top Performers Now That We’re Halfway Through The Year
With our ETF Income Edge service, we discuss, educate, and recommend ETFs from the newish—and rapidly growing—universe of high-yield option-strategy ETFs. With mid-year approaching, I thought it would be a good time to review year-to-date results. You may recall that the U.S. stock market experienced a rapid and steep decline from mid-February through early April. […]
Strong Dividend Growth From Energy Midstream
Known for dividends and attractive yields, energy midstream stocks have been a hot stock sector for the last five years. For example, the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (MLPX) returned 239% over the last five years. The 2025 bear market (mid-February through early April) saw the midstream sector drop by 20%, similar to […]
Buy This Dividend Stock Paying A 9% Yield With 100% Capital Appreciation Potential
On April 25, finance REIT Rithm Capital (RITM) reported the company’s first-quarter results, and the financials reinforced the fact that the RITM stock price is severely undervalued. Rithm reported earnings available for distribution of $0.52 per share for the quarter. A year ago, earnings came in at $0.48; two years ago, the number was $0.35 per share. […]
Here Are The Latest And Greatest ETFs For High Yields
The rapid growth in the number of ETFs employing option strategies to generate high yields for investors has caused a lot of fund sponsors to try a wide range of option strategies and tactics. Of these, the so-called zero days to expiration (0DTE) strategy seems to show a lot of promise. The first 0DTE ETFs […]
Where To Stash Your Cash During A Tariff Crisis
When the markets become volatile, as we have seen them do over the last couple of months and even more so with recent tariff announcements I am often asked about safe places to park cash and earn a reasonable interest rate. Recently, a new ETF was launched that provides an interesting alternative to money market […]
Snap Up These Two Weekly Dividend Payers Yielding 21% And 35%
On March 7, 2024, Roundhill Investments launched the first two ETFs utilizing zero-day-to-expiration (0DTE) options to generate income and pay dividends to investors. The team at Roundhill recently released a report detailing the returns and features of these two high-yield funds. The two Roundhill ETFs are: · Roundhill Innovation-100 0DTE Covered Call […]
