We take a look at the action in preferreds and baby bonds through the third week of March and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. Preferred stocks gained alongside Treasuries, with credit spreads holding steady. DX.PR.C's switch to a floating coupon of SOFR + 5.723% in mid-April will result in a high yield of around 9.95%.

Although I'm not retired yet, I'm trying to build a portfolio of reliable dividend stocks that I can count on to provide income when I do stop working. I have little to no interest in buying AGNC Investment (AGNC -2.46%) for my portfolio and its monster yield of almost 15%.

While the S&P 500 and other major benchmarks entered "correction territory" this month for the first time since 2023, U.S. REITs have meaningfully outperformed the broader equity market since mid-January. The rebound follows a truly forgettable three-year period for REITs dating back to the start of the Fed's rate hiking cycle in which REITs have accumulated 40 percentage-points of underperformance. REITs remain as unloved as ever: The number of publicly listed REITs declined for a fourth-straight year in 2024. As an asset class, REITs are the single-largest "underweight" among institutional investors.

AGNC Investment (AGNC -0.39%) often attracts a lot of dividend investor attention because of its massive 14% yield. It's a mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) that originates its own mortgages and invests in mortgage-backed securities (MBS).

For well over a century, Wall Street has been a wealth-building machine. Though there is no shortage of pathways to grow your wealth in the stock market, few strategies have proved more fruitful over long periods than buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks.

AGNC Investment (AGNC -1.17%) is often viewed as a dividend stock, thanks to its huge dividend yield. Huge, however, is an understatement.

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

Agency mortgage REITs are achieving exceptional price-to-book ratios. You want a high dividend yield? Great. But don't pay a huge premium in the share price. It's a great time for investors to capture some gains in this sector.

If there is one thing that an income investor will have a hard time resisting, it is a huge dividend yield. That's why AGNC Investment (AGNC 0.34%) will pop up on many income investors' radars since it is offering an absolutely mouthwatering 14% yield.

In the most recent trading session, AGNC Investment (AGNC) closed at $10.39, indicating a +0.39% shift from the previous trading day.