5 Ways to Earn Investment Income Despite Low Interest Rates

ETFs

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) track various indexes. Some track indexes of high yielding stocks or a basket of high-coupon bonds. Fees are a fraction of 1%. One fund that tracks stocks that have increased dividends for the past 20 years is the iShares Core High Dividend ETF (HDV). It recently posted an SEC Yield of 3.16%.