Bonds and Fixed Income

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Hedgebunny, >> health care premiums of 1500 monthly <<


Wow, that's a big number. I assume you're too young for Medicare, hence the big premiums. Working as much as possible for income, if you're able, is an obvious source of steady funds. For income from investments, there are fixed income like bonds/CDs, and high dividend stocks and REITS. Check out my Dividend Board for some ideas (link below). I'm pretty conservative, and heed Warren Buffett's advice to 'be more concerned with return of capital than return on capital' -


https://investorshub.advfn.com/Dividend-Stocks-28771/


Concerning gold and silver miners, I'm not that familiar with the individual companies, so I just stick to the vanilla ETFs like GDX (gold miners), GDXJ (small cap gold miners), and SIL (silver miners). The miners are one area that should prosper if/when the financial system comes unglued, so I see it as an insurance policy for a modest percentage of one's money, along with owning some of the physical metal. There was a time when the miners paid high dividends, but not these days, so it's more insurance.
Here are some ideas from my Metals + Mining Board -


https://investorshub.advfn.com/Metals-and-Mining-Sector-Ideas-25504/