The yield curve is normalizing, making shorter-term yields lower than long-term yields, and we expect short-term yields to decrease further by 2025. We recommend the OXLCP preferred shares from Oxford Lane Capital Corporation for our low-duration portfolio due to its 8.44% yield and lower risk profile. OXLC's fixed-income securities have decent credit ratings despite high leverage costs, making them attractive for high-yield, low-duration investments.
Eagle Point Income Co.'s 8.0% Series C Term Preferred Stock offers an attractive yield and strong protection due to its CLO-Debt-heavy portfolio. EICC pays an 8% annual cumulative dividend, has a maturity date in 2029, and is currently trading with a Yield to Maturity of 8.22%. The company's capital structure and mandatory asset coverage covenants provide confidence in the preservation of principal for preferred stock investors.
Cathie Wood is one of the most closely followed investors on Wall Street. As CEO of ARK Invest, Wood has made a name for herself mostly from her high-conviction narratives around up-and-coming (albeit sometimes speculative) companies looking to disrupt legacy incumbents.
Cathie Wood's aggressive growth style of investing may have fallen flat earlier this year, but the co-founder, CEO, and ace stock picker at Ark Invest has been on a roll lately. Ark's most popular exchange-traded fund has soared 25% over the past three months and 36% over the past six months.
Even the perpetually moving Cathie Wood takes a step back over the holidays. The co-founder, CEO, and investment manager for Ark Invest has been slowing the pace of her portfolio moves lately.
None of our picks is Nvidia or Amazon or Tesla. Investors may wish to widen the aperture to find the best stocks for outsize earnings growth.
With markets surging, finding high-yield bargains can feel impossible. Yet, opportunities still exist for disciplined, value-focused investors. My strategy targets strong, dividend-paying businesses trading below their true worth. These picks combine yield, growth, and resilience. By focusing on fundamentals and long-term potential, I've identified two standout stocks. They're not just high-yield, they're future-proof investments.
A lot of money managers may have taken Wednesday off ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, but Cathie Wood doesn't squander a single trading day. The co-founder, CEO, and stock picker for Ark Invest was busy making portfolio moves across her firm's family of aggressive growth exchange-traded funds.
There are growth investors, and then there's the more aggressive Cathie Wood. The co-founder, CEO, and investment manager for Ark Invest has struggled to duplicate the market-thumping success she achieved four years ago, but she's always moving.
2025 could be the year of the contrarian trade.
The aggressive growth fund investor was busy adding to some of her existing positions on Thursday.
The rock star money manager is starting to roll with the rallying market.