Date: July 30th, 2025 6:52 PM
Author: Real Estate
$1mm in high yield corporate bonds (e.g. SPDR POrtfolio HY Bond ETF, which is like a ~7.x% 5 year duration ETF, you can do iShares or Vanguard as well for similar yield & duration)
$1mm in EM bonds (e.g. iShares JPMorgan EM Corporate Bond ETF for 7-8% of corporate debt or VanEck JP Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF for 7.5-8% sovereign bonds in emerging markets)
$1mm in preferred stocks (Nuveen Preferred Securities Income Fund - 7% actively managed closed-end fund, iShares has a similar fund)
$1mm in agency MBS (iShares, Vanguard and SPDR all have ~5.5% low risk, low vol agency MBS)
Weighted portfolio yield is 6.75 - 7%
Total annual income: $270k (~$22.5k/month)
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5756449&forum_id=2)#49143820)