6 questions you should be asking about your investments

Can you pass this investing quiz? Ready? See if you can you name the investment that gives you all this… Superb total return—Thanks to fat dividends and steadily rising prices, by the beginning of the year this investment has beaten the S&P 500 by 1,164 percentage points since 2000. Stress-free gains—It's 76% less volatile than regular stocks. Peace of mind—You can buy it and lock it away for years. Bear-market insurance—It's the most recession-proof investment you can buy. Rock-solid value—It gives you earnings on the cheap, trading at single-digit P/Es. Retirement security—It will mail you bigger and bigger checks forever. One more thing: the dividends can be incredible. We have a portfolio full of these stocks throwing off an effective yields as high as 67%. Or more. Give up? Get the answer here. To your wealth, Robert Rapier