Income Investors: 5 Fabulous High-Yielding REITs

With the commercial and residential real estate markets approaching a bottom, in our opinion, now could be a good time to ride the wave on up with REITs. Additionally, given the nature of REITs, collecting dividend payments is an added bonus. By law, REITs have to pass on 90 percent of their taxable income to stockholders. Below are 5 REITs that you should consider for your fixed-income portfolio. And if REITs aren’t your thing, we came up with 5 safe dividend ideas you can read about here and, also published recently, Smart Investors Should Look at 5 High-Yielding REITS. Annaly Capital Management (NLY) This company has been around since 1997, and has paid a healthy quarterly dividend going back 10 years. The most recent dividend was $0.62, which is a 13.6 percent current yield. The company also beat 2010 earnings expectations, reigning in $2.60 per share compared with $2.44 in... Read more