1 Crucial Factor Income Investors Need to Know About AGNC Investment's 15%-Yielding Dividend

AGNC Investment (AGNC 2.00%) is one of the more alluring dividend stocks around. The mortgage-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) pays its investors a monthly dividend yielding an eye-popping 15%. That's 10 times higher than the S&P 500 index's 1.5% dividend yield. Given its massive size, the company routinely gets questions about the payout's long-term sustainability. That was the case on its recent fourth-quarter conference call. Here's a look at one crucial factor the mortgage REIT's CEO highligh ...