5%+ Dividend Yield Portfolio: Tough Sledding For Yield Investors (January 2020 Review)

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My December dividends were an 9% increase from a year ago and my YoY dividends are up 17%.
My dividend yields remain over 5% (versus the under 2% mark for the S&P... Read more