Going for yield but keeping our shirt.

(Updated 17/01/24).
Interest rates have risen and may have plateaued.

Capital risk remains with the possibility of defaults in the event of another downturn. Equity returns can be very volatile.

How can we survive and make a decent yield on our investments whilst safeguarding our capital? The aim of this thread is to focus on ideas to provide a safe income stream.

For anyone holding FTSE 100 equities (or those holding some foreign stocks) the use of covered call options can make a significant boost to returns. Option strategies can be discussed on:
http://www.advfn.com/cmn/fbb/thread.php3?id=3362902
or
http://www.advfn.com/cmn/fbb/thread.php3?id=23826025

High yielders:

hTTps://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/111721/top-ftse-100-dividend-paying-stocks.aspx
hTTps://moneyweek.com/investments/stocks-and-shares/share-tips/604889/best-ftse-250-dividend-stocks-for-income-investors

Dividend monitor:

Https://www.linkassetservices.com/

Bond listings etc:

Https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/corporate-bonds-gilts/bond-prices/gbp-bonds
Https://www.yieldgimp.com/gilt-yields

Http://www.fixedincomeinvestor.co.uk/x/bondtable.html

German bonds - hTTps://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/bonds

The fixed income thread:
http://uk.advfn.com/cmn/fbb/thread.php3?id=25192223

The big topics since this thread/blog was started are (still) Brexit, Ukraine and the Middle East - what will they do to the domestic UK economy, Sterling and forex in general? Impacts fall now into three parts:
- the Brexit outcome (still) post 01/01/2021.
- the control and return to 'normality' with the issues above.
- The upcoming UK and US elections.

The Baltic Dry Index is an indicator that some follow:
hTTps://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/baltic

There is increased volatility; here are the weekend indices for those that would like to follow them:
hTTps://www.ig.com/en-ch/weekend-trading

FTSE futures:
hTTps://www.ig.com/en-ch/indices/markets-indices/ftse-100
DOW futures, etc:
hTTps://edition.cnn.com/business/markets/premarkets
hTTps://edition.cnn.com/markets
Fear and greed index:
hTTps://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/?utm_source=optzlynewmarketribbon