History shows dividend stocks beat out their non-paying siblings by a wide margin over time, and they do so with less risk. Companies that initiate a dividend and raise it tend to handily outperform both static dividend payers and non-payers.Yet, don’t buy a dividend stock just because it has a high yield. Chasing yield increases risk because oftentimes companies with high yields are in trouble. Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) had a 91-year history of paying dividends, increased its payout for almost ...

AGNC Investment (AGNC -0.10%) has a massive 14.4% dividend yield. To put that into context, the average real estate investment trust (REIT) yields just 3.9%, using Vanguard Real Estate Index ETF (VNQ -0.67%) as a proxy. It's easy to see why a yield-hungry investor might want to learn more about AGNC. Fortunately, for most folks, the buy, sell, or hold call here will end up being pretty simple. But there's still a small group of investors that don't fit the common mold.The problem with AGNC InvestmentTo get ...

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The former bond king doesn’t like the fixed-income security that’s the lynchpin of the financial world. Bill Gross, the retired fund manager and co-founder of Pacific Investment Management, took to the social-media service X to say that the 10-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD10Y is “overvalued” with a yield of 4%. Yields move in the opposite direction to prices. Through Monday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has fallen 99 basis points from its late October peak. He said the 10-year Treasury inflation-protect ...

Shares of AGNC Investment (AGNC 2.13%) rallied by 11.2% in December, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Two catalysts propelled the mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) higher. First, it declared its latest monthly dividend payment, maintaining its double-digit percentage yield. On top of that, the Federal Reserve indicated that it will likely reduce interest rates in 2024, which could benefit the company. Falling rates make the dividend more sustainableWhen AGNC Investmen ...

Jennifer_Sharp/iStock via Getty Images AGNC Investment (NASDAQ:AGNC) has five outstanding floating rate preference shares that offer an alternative and critically less risky way to gain exposure to its portfolio of residential mortgage-backed securities. I've been buying the 7.00% Series C Fixed-To-Floating Rate Preferreds (AGNCN). This ticker last declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.6884 per share, an increase of 17.3% over the year-ago distribution with the preferreds still outstanding more than ...

The latest trading session saw AGNC Investment (AGNC) ending at $9.67, denoting a -1.43% adjustment from its last day's close. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.57%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.07%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 1.64%.The real estate investment trust's shares have seen an increase of 8.04% over the last month, surpassing the Finance sector's gain of 5.35% and the S&P 500's gain of 4%.Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the pe ...

AGNC Investments (AGNC 0.50%) pays an eye-popping dividend. At over 14%, it's nearly 10x higher than the S&P 500's dividend yield (currently 1.5%).However, as enticing as that payout might seem, income-focused investors are better off forgetting about the mortgage REIT. They'll likely make far more money in other high-yielding stocks, including MPLX (MPLX -0.25%). Here's why the 9.3%-yielding master limited partnership (MLP) is a better option for those seeking a strong total return (dividend income plus st ...

Getty images wasn't going to add value to this article anyway. Here are some cute animals. Liudmila Chernetska The price-to-trailing-book ratio is exceptionally high for some agency mortgage REITs. Not so much for others. It's interesting to note that Q4 2023 has been a very favorable quarter for the sector. It didn't look that way in October when rates were going higher. In October, we saw higher rates combined with big spreads between MBS and hedging rates. That's awful for book value, though it is nice f ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission file number 001-34057 AGNC INVESTMENT CORP. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) _________________________________________________________ Delaware 26-1701984 (State o ...