Interested In AGNC Investment's Big-Time Monthly Dividend? Check Out These Lower Risk Alternatives First.

Realty Income and EPR Properties pay high-yielding monthly dividends that appear to be more sustainable than AGNC Investments' payout.AGNC Investment (AGNC -1.02%) offers big-time dividend income potential. The real estate investment trust (REIT) pays a monthly dividend currently yielding more than 14%. That's ten times more dividend income than you could earn by investing in an S&P 500 index fund, given its current yield of less than 1.4%. The mortgage REIT's monster monthly dividend likely has many income ...