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Generating income with dividend stocks Dividend stocks have long been a staple of income investors' portfolios. Municipal bonds offer income that's free of federal tax, however. These names trade on exchanges like stocks, and they can offer dividend yields upward of 6%. Options strategies to create income Derivative income funds , such as the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI), gathered some $22 billion in 2023, according to Morningstar. Further, consider comparison shopping, as all "derivative income" funds have their own quirks and differences in strategies could affect their risk/return profile.

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☆ Hartford Total Return Bond ETF yields nearly 5% and prides itself on finding value across the market
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

HTRB saw a total return last year of 7.15%, and ranked in the 23rd percentile among its peers, according to Morningstar. The portfolio has 51% of its assets in mortgage-backed securities and 25% in investment-grade credit, according to the fund's website. Compared to many of its peers in the intermediate core plus bond Morningstar category, Hartford Total Return Bond ETF leans a bit more on securitized markets instead of investment-grade corporate debt, according to Morningstar. Finding opportunities Right now, one of the areas Goodman sees value in is agency mortgage-backed securities. Goodman also likes structured finance right now, like collateralized loan obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities and nonagency residential mortgage-backed securities.

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☆ Bonds offer income and some volatility protection. Pick out the right bond fund for your portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

That said, in general, most investors would be best served buying a diversified bond fund, said Mulach. What to look for in bond fundsThere are several factors to consider when investing in a bond fund. Intermediate-core durations typically range between 75% and 135% of the three-year average of the effective duration of the Morningstar Core Bond Index. Top Morningstar Bond Funds Ticker Fund Morningstar Category Type 30-day SEC yield Adj. Aggregate Bond ETF can be a great option to simply replicate that index, he said.

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☆ Here's what to know about adding foreign bond exposure to your portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Investors have been raking in income thanks to attractive yields in the U.S. bond market. Investing in global bond funds Individual investors can add exposure to foreign bonds through global bond funds. There are hedged funds, which hedge foreign currency exposure back to the U.S. dollar and therefore reduce currency risk. "It's good to be diversified because foreign bond exposure is a massive part of the global bond markets," Mulach said. Here are Morningstar's top picks for global bond exposure: The Pimco strategies keep the bulk of their non-U.S. currency exposure hedged back to the U.S. dollar.

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☆ Pimco's Sonali Pier lets her 'cautious contrarianism' speak for itself: The bets she's making now
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In this article Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTSonali Pier is a portfolio manager with PimcoPimco's Sonali Pier strives for outperformance. Pier has risen through the ranks since joining Pimco and is now a portfolio manager within the firm's multi-sector credit business. Her father also raised her to value education and hard work, Pier said. Where Pier is bullishRight now, Pier prefers developed markets over emerging markets and the U.S. over Europe. However we can most efficiently express our view and trade that will lead to the best total return," Pier said.

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☆ Investors can grab yield exceeding 5% with this bond fund Morningstar calls 'one of the best'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The actively managed fund, which trades under the ticker FBND, has a 30-day SEC yield of 5.41%, according to Morningstar. FBND's total return year to date is -0.83%, as of Monday, according to Morningstar , which gives the fund four-stars. It has a trailing 5-year total return of 0.87%. So on a risk-adjusted basis, it's really, really strong," he added. When rates started to go up, the team bought the long end of the Treasury yield curve.

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