Should You Forget AGNC Investment and Buy These 2 High Yield Stocks Instead?

If there is one thing that an income investor will have a hard time resisting, it is a huge dividend yield. That's why AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC) will pop up on many income investors' radars since it is offering an absolutely mouthwatering 14% yield. But if you think in decades and not days, you will probably be better off with fellow financial stock Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) or Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP)(NYSE: BEPC), which uses an active portfolio approach to buying clean energy assets. Here's why.When AGNC Investment went public in 2008, its dividend quickly rose. That resulted in the stock rising, too. However, in 2013, the dividend started heading lower. The stock price fell, too. There have been long periods in which the dividend has held steady, but the payment has effectively been going the wrong way for more than a decade.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool