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This strategy works for investors with 7-to-15 year horizons willing to live on 1-2% yields today, but fails for retirees needing immediate cash flow regardless of dividend growth. On a recent ...

ARCC and AGNC generate ordinary-income dividends that cost a couple in the 24% bracket $19,200 annually when held outside a Roth. That $19,200 annual tax drag accumulates to $192,000 over 10 years, ...