Market Income

Income you can buy on an exchange

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Market income

Income you can buy on an exchange today: priced continuously, sold in a click, and reported to the penny. This is the most genuinely passive corner of the whole map.

Histogram of forward dividend yields across the 1,499 dividend-paying shares, REITs and MLPs this site tracks, in half-point steps from 0% to 10% and above. The median is 2.60%. Prices to 9 Oct 2026.

Dividend Stocks

Yields, safety, growth streaks

Histogram of forward yields across the 320 live preferred series this site tracks, in half-point steps up to 14% and above. The median is 7.49%. Prices to 9 Oct 2026.

Preferred Stocks

Fixed-rate equity income

Line chart of the US Treasury yield curve on 8 Oct 2026, from one month to thirty years, nominal yields only: 4.14% at the short end, 5.22% at ten years, 5.60% at thirty. Source: US Treasury via FRED.

Bonds

Treasuries, corporates, munis, funds

Options Income

Covered calls & cash-secured puts

Bar chart of FDIC national average certificate-of-deposit rates for September 2026, by term: 1M 0.23%, 3M 1.13%, 6M 1.41%, 12M 1.73%, 24M 1.61%, 36M 1.36%, 48M 1.28%, 60M 1.38%.

Cash Rates

Savings, money market, CDs, T-bills

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