Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc (DMO)

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Seeking Alpha has some brilliant income/retirement investors. I don't totally trust SA articles. It's known that some authors have been compensated to pump products. But the comments after the articles are often gold. Unlike the slobbering gambling addicts on IHUB, SA posters are often retired CPAs, CFAs, brokers, lawyers and business execs. Often older investors with real money and decades of experience.

I've owned Walgreen's (was WAG, now WBA) for years. However it's actually been my portfolio's worst performer in the past few years. It does have an excellent history of raising payouts.

The key test for ultra high div stocks is how well they did in recessions such as 2000 or 2009. Huge numbers of mREITs, BDCs, MLPs etc fail during tough times and are soon forgotten (except by those who lost money in them). That's called survivorship bias.

With mREITs especially, the longterm track record is grim.

gotta run now....