My Dividend Income Portfolio Just Gave Me a 23% Upside Surprise

My Dividend Hunter service and recommended portfolio are dedicated to generating income from high-yield stocks and ETFs. My focus stays on overall portfolio results, primarily on total income earned.

Recently I dug a little deeper into current yields… and I discovered the Dividend Hunter investments are priced like the economy is in a deep recession.

This marks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lock in some sky-high yields and the potential for double-digit stock rises…

I launched the Dividend Hunter service in 2014. Over almost a decade, and numerous changes to the portfolio recommendations, the average yield has stuck close to 8%. The average yield would go higher during market corrections or bear markets and somewhat lower near the top of broad-based bull markets. I see 8% as the norm, and times with higher or lower average yield tells me a lot about what investors are thinking.

I divide the current Dividend Hunter recommended portfolio into three categories: Stable Dividend Investments, Variable Dividend Investments, and Fixed Income investments, which includes preferred stocks and bonds funds selected to provide principal stability. These investments pay an average current yield of 7.1%.

I started the Variable Dividends group in 2020. Adding variable payers allowed me to diversify the portfolio into areas like covered call ETFs and energy royalty companies. There are seven investments in the group, which currently includes a couple of preferred stocks. The Variable Dividends investments pay fixed dividends but come with added risks due to recent corporate challenges. This group has a current average yield of 13%.

There are 16 investments in the Stable Dividends category. This group represents the core of the Dividend Hunter strategy and looks the most like the portfolio did when I first launched the service: high-yield investments with…

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