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23:25

Ep. 141: Yield Is the Bait, Not the Prize

Informed Investing ·

2026/09/04

6 sources under one throughline — the advertised distribution yield is the bait, not the prize; what you keep is total return, downside resilience, NAV preservation, and dividend GROWTH. (1) OUR OWN SPYI/QQQI two-axis scorecard (bull-market total return where QYLD/GPIQ beat the NEOS funds vs downside where SPYI's -16.47% beat the S&P's ~19% drop; call-spreads vs ATM writing; active vs passive); (2) new 15%-yield monthly covered-call ETF + the hidden 30-55% tech-concentration/correlation

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23:15

Ep. 140: Trust the Raise, Not the Headline

Informed Investing ·

2026/09/03

5 sources under one throughline — trust the raise, not the headline: a growing, cash-covered dividend is a signal you can verify; reported earnings and engineered yields can lie. (1) AngelOne types-of-dividends (cash/stock/scrip/liquidating — the form tells you something); (2) Russ's POOL (Poolcorp ~$330->under $200, still raising, 64% recurring, Berkshire exited Q1'26) + Hershey (never cut in ~100yrs) — both raised into 40%+ drawdowns; (3) our own Realty Income (O) piece — raising the

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21:21

Ep. 139: Beyond the Yield — Rate, Coverage, and the...

Informed Investing ·

2026/09/02

6 sources under one throughline — the headline dividend YIELD is the wrong number to start with; what determines the income you keep is the dividend RATE (the dollars), its COVERAGE by free cash flow, and its GROWTH. (1) AngelOne dividend rate vs yield — the concept + the '500% dividend'/yield-trap framing; (2) our own INTU Forge piece — 15% raise into a 48% drawdown, 1.4% yield that understates a net-debt-free, 6.4x-FCF-covered, ~15%-growing payout; (3) YT 5 big raisers (LRCX +27%, NDSN

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23:33

Ep. 138: Crash-Tested Income — Yields That Last vs....

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2026/09/01

8 sources under one throughline — judge every yield by what actually backs it: (1) our BTCI Forge piece — 33% Bitcoin distribution that's really ~1.62% SEC yield + ROC, ~56% T-bill collateral; (2) 247wallst 4 financials (CINF/TROW/ERIE/RLI) that RAISED dividends through both 2008 and 2020; (3) 247wallst 4 REITs (O/FRT/NNN/WPC) that grew payouts through both crises while most REITs cut; (4) YT CGDV+RSPA two-fund anchor (dividend-growth engine + covered-call income overlay, honest <14mo

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19:49

Ep. 137: The Check and What's Behind It — Real...

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2026/08/31

8 sources under one throughline 'the check is only as good as what's behind it — yield says nothing about whether the money is real, comes from the business or your own principal, or can grow': (1) our UPS Forge piece — 6.2% yield, dividend ate 113% of FCF, frozen since Feb-2025, buybacks to zero + debt issued to defend it; (2) ChartMill RTX — the healthy opposite, 2.95% yield, 48% payout, earnings growing faster than the dividend; (3) Fool Apple/Buffett — 0.33% yield but $82B buybacks =

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22:35

Ep. 136: The $16,500 Question — Yield, Growth, and...

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2026/08/28

6 curated sources (8 sent; dropped Morningstar VYM/FDVV/BEDY as redundant with the SCHD-challenger video, and the Dividend Diplomats WMT/KRO head-to-head as the weakest thesis + staples-grower angle already covered) under one throughline 'yield is the wrong number to start with — the income you keep and whether it grows': (1) 247wallst $16,500/mo math — yield tiers 3.5% grower (~$5.7M, income doubles ~9yrs) vs 6% moderate ($3.3M) vs 12% aggressive ($1.65M, no growth, NAV drift), the

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20:18

Ep. 135: The Dividend Spectrum — Real Yield vs....

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2026/08/27

5 curated sources (3 dropped: covered-call ETF leaderboard c8K8 = redundant w/ XQQI + already used for OVL #142; Morningstar undervalued-income teaser BCCW = short/overlaps; super-investor 13F top-10 NJqr = list, weakest thesis fit) under one throughline 'NOT ALL DIVIDENDS ARE EQUAL — the spectrum of dividend quality': (1) NetEase (NTES) our own Forge piece — real cash-rich payout (~$23B net cash, ~13% FCF yield on EV) but you own an ADR on a Cayman/VIE shell, ~85% of revenue via contracts,

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21:04

Ep. 134: Beyond the AI Trade — Where Dividend Money...

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2026/08/26

5 curated sources (3 dropped: KEO covered-call ETF vlog + BALQ/GPIQ income-vs-growth vlog = manufactured-income retreads of ep132/133; standalone Fool KO article = KO already covered in the 247wallst piece) under one throughline 'BEYOND THE AI TRADE — WHERE DIVIDEND MONEY IS ACTUALLY WORKING': (1) ETFTrends/ALPS sector-balanced dividends — S&P ~38% in 10 mega-caps, value/high-div +10% lead on growth, Q2 headline EPS +47% is really ~28% ex non-operating mega-cap gains, AI capex spilling

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20:30

Ep. 133: Quality Beats Yield — How the 'Boring'...

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2026/08/25

5 curated sources (2 of 7 dropped: MSTR/MSTY crypto-income vlog = off-brand; NEOS boosted XSPI/XQQI/XBCI = retread of ep132's manufactured-yield beat) under one throughline 'QUALITY AND TOTAL RETURN BEAT HEADLINE YIELD': (1) OUR shipped Big-Tech-concentration piece (safe index funds ~36% eight mega-caps, SCHD 0%); (2) 247wallst yield-war — all 4 dividend ETFs (SCHD +30%, HDV +24.5%, VYM +24%, DVY +18%) beat SPY +13% on TOTAL return while paying less current income than Treasuries; sector

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23:38

Ep. 132: The Check Behind the Yield — PFE's Frozen...

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2026/08/24

6 curated sources (2 of 8 set aside: the Dividend Diplomats pharma-trio video, redundant with our PFE piece; and the OVL/SPYI/IVVW covered-call video, redundant with MLPI) under one throughline 'THE CHECK BEHIND THE YIELD — coverage, dividend growth, and business quality decide which dividends are real': (1) OUR shipped PFE piece (frozen $0.43 x7 quarters, dividend ate 108% of FY2025 FCF/0.93x coverage, Dec-declaration streak math, vs GSK-reset/ABBV-intact); (2) TheStreet KO — 64-year

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23:38

Ep. 131: Real, Covered Income vs. the Yield Mirage —...

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2026/08/21

6 curated sources (2 of 8 set aside: Fool SPYM 1.0% yield / AI-hedge and Fool Costco 0.6% yield — off the income throughline) under one spine 'Real, Covered Income vs. the Yield Mirage — a headline yield means nothing; coverage, what-you-keep, and business quality are everything': (1) OUR shipped MPLX vs HESM piece (judge midstream on DCF/AFCF coverage not yield/EPS; MPLX 7.35%/+12.5%/1.3x DCF/K-1/3.7x lev vs HESM 8.08%/+7%/~1.4x AFCF/1099-DIV K-1-free/single-customer Chevron-Bakken

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21:47

Ep. 130: Real Income vs. Rented Yield — AngloGold's...

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2026/08/20

6 curated sources (2 of 8 set aside) on the throughline 'real income vs rented yield — how income works in a higher-for-longer 2026, and why yield never drives the decision': (1) OUR shipped AU piece (AngloGold real FCF-backed dividend 1.61x-covered, gold-geared, vs GDXY 96.6% return-of-capital / KGLD 2.89% SEC yield vs ~15% distribution = rented yield; miners vs covered-call ETFs; must pick the payout policy — NEM flat, AU buyback); (2) Morningstar 10 best high-dividend ETFs 2026 (Gold

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24:22

Ep. 129: Quality vs. Trap — ARCC's Rate-Regime Yield,...

Informed Investing ·

2026/08/19

6 curated sources (2 of 8 set aside) on the throughline 'quality vs. trap — how income really works in a high-rate 2026, and why yield should never drive the decision': (1) OUR shipped ARCC piece (floating-rate BDC, 9.76% base yield ~1.0x NII-covered + spillover, 1.15x debt/equity, non-accruals rising 1.8->2.4%, NAV falling, 71% floating book, rate-advantaged income but pro-cyclical credit risk); (2) ChartMill BBY dividend-quality screen (4.5% yield, 8/10 rating, 11.48% div growth, ROE

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21:38

Ep. 128: Durable Dividend or Trap? — MCD's Value-Trap...

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2026/08/18

6 curated sources (2 of 8 set aside) on the throughline 'durable dividend or trap? real quality vs. manufactured yield, and where your next dollar goes in a high-rate 2026': (1) OUR shipped MCD 'bargain or value trap' piece (2.77% yield near 52-wk low, 1.40x FCF coverage / 71% of FCF, 3.7x leverage, company-specific vs YUM/SBUX/VOO, quality-at-fair-price not deep value); (2) ChartMill MSFT best-dividend screen = real quality in a low-yield name (0.73% yield, 19.77% payout, ~10.2% 5yr div

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13:37

Ep. 127: Real Dividend Quality vs. Manufactured Yield...

Informed Investing ·

2026/08/17

6 curated sources (2 of 8 set aside) on the throughline 'real dividend quality vs. manufactured yield in an AI-top-heavy 2026': (1) Benzinga — SCHD +26%/DIVB +28% YTD beating QQQ +19%/SPY+VOO +14% as investors hedge AI, 7.4B into SCHD (~$104B AUM), fwd P/E 18.6 vs QQQ 30; (2) OUR shipped NNN REIT coverage-test piece (5% yield, 37-yr streak, 1.51x FCF coverage / ~69% AFFO payout, ~5.8x leverage tied w/ O); (3) ChartMill ITW quality-dividend (2.19% yield, 7.18% div growth, 57.7% payout, ROE

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17:03

Ep. 126: Real Income vs. Manufactured Yield — Gold...

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2026/08/14

6 curated sources (2 set aside) under one throughline — real income vs. manufactured yield in an expensive, AI-top-heavy 2026: (1) OUR gold-income ETF crop teardown (KGLD ~15% real-ish vs GDXY ~80% miners-not-gold NAV-shredder, GLDI ETN, IGLD ROC; gold pays /bin/bash, all yield is manufactured); (2) Doug the Retirement Guy SPUC vs GPIX S&P 500 monthly option-income ETFs; (3) State Street sector-income suite (XLKI 0.4%→~19% via covered calls); (4) SCHD deep dive (>00B AUM, 3%+ yield,

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24:00

Ep. 125: The Dividend Dilemma — Value Bargains vs....

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2026/08/13

6 curated sources under one throughline (dividends on sale vs. reaching for yield in a Big-Tech-driven 2026): (1) McCormick MKC Aristocrat at a multi-year-low valuation, 1.53x FCF coverage = real payout; (2) Tractor Supply TSCO down ~45%, 2.7% yield vs 1.5% norm, CEO insider 00k buy, opportunity vs falling knife; (3) YT '5 fastest-growing dividends at record-high yields' (INTU/DPZ/CRM/ROL/TSCO) buy/not-buy ranking; (4) Dividend Prince '5 industrials raising dividends double-digit'

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19:19

Ep. 124: Real Income vs. Manufactured Yield — What...

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2026/08/12

6 curated sources under one throughline (real income vs. manufactured/fragile yield — what funds the payout): NEOS XQQI (~20% distribution from leverage+options, 30-day SEC yield NEGATIVE -0.34% = payout is premium/ROC, not income); a dividend-cut-risk screen (Saratoga/SAR BDC + others without margin to cover payouts); Pfizer 6.4% yield eating FCF ahead of a ~$12B patent cliff; 7 blue-chips at 5yr-high yields (NKE/PEP/MCD/PG/ACN/MKC/LOW) + the payout-ratio test (bargain vs value trap); 2Q26

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21:58

Ep. 123: Mispriced — AI Panic Markdowns, All-Time...

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2026/08/11

6 curated sources on what the market is mispricing: PAYX/FDS/TRI AI-panic markdowns (quality growers on sale, judged on FCF coverage), Chris D'Agnes/Hamlin Capital dividend-growth framework (balance sheet + coverage + yield traps + energy), Coca-Cola at an all-time high (26x on 5% growth), Target turnaround (55-yr raiser up 53% YTD, UBS $166 target), PIMCO PDX bond CEF (real covered 7.5%), Nicholas XFunds (18% yield / -22% capital = manufactured yield). Throughline: real yield is funded by

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20:52

Ep. 122: Quality on Sale — Real Dividends vs....

Informed Investing ·

2026/08/10

6 sources on real yield vs manufactured yield + quality on sale: HD vs LOW dividend duopoly (safety vs yield), McDonald's cheapest in 5 years (rare buy vs falling knife), Russ's 69 covered-call funds losing to their underlyings, NEOS gen-2 tax-efficient options ETFs (SPYI/QQQI/ROC), 247wallst coverage-tested 7%+ high-yield (WES/GLPI/HESM/UHT/CPB), Dividend Diplomats 3-ETF income.

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