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Why Dividend Investors Should Buy the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Instead of AGNC Investment
Dividend investors are often drawn to high yields like moths to a flame. When it comes to yields today, there are few that are loftier than AGNC Investment's (NASDAQ: AGNC) 15%-plus dividend yield. Yet if history is any guide, most investors would be better off buying the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEMKT: VIG) instead, even though it only has a relatively modest 1.8% yield. Here's why.AGNC Investment is a mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT). That's a fairly complex niche within the broader REIT sector. AGNC Investment buys mortgages that have been rolled up into bond-like investments, often making use of leverage to do so. Mortgage securities prices can be impacted by interest rates, housing market dynamics, and mortgage repayment trends, among other things. And they trade all day, so stocks like AGNC Investment can be fairly volatile.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool

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