1 No-Brainer High-Yield Stock to Buy With $1,000 Right Now

If you have $1,000 to invest and are looking for high-yield stocks, you might be tempted to try to maximize income. You could do that with the purchase of a stock like AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC), which has a huge 16%+ dividend yield. Here's why it would be a no-brainer to buy Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) instead, despite a much lower yield.AGNC Investment is a mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT), a fairly complicated niche of the REIT sector. The company buys mortgages that have been rolled up into bond-like securities. The goal is to make the difference between the interest it collects on the securities it buys and its operating costs. The REIT uses leverage in an attempt to enhance returns, and that huge 16%+ yield isn't actually as attractive as it seems.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool