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Kiplinger's Personal Finance
|February 2026
Fixed-income markets remain in a tight price and yield range, dividend stocks are steady, and real estate investment trusts are calm. Although oil prices are low, energy funds and partnerships maintain ample payouts. So, I have nothing actionable to say about the big picture, mindful that conditions can change in a flash.
But a constant flow of reader queries address specific funds, wobbly sectors, or concern that a distribution is in peril. Here are some thoughts, with the caveat that I tilt toward finding reasons to keep investments, not discard them. Call it quits only if you smell a scandal or a default, or fresh shareholder reports betray serious threats to dividend or interest payments. Yields and other data are as of the end of November.
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