The Best High-Yield Income Investments for 2026, Ranked

When it comes to income, investors essentially have two choices: stocks or bonds. While the S&P 500 yields just 1%, there are plenty of pockets of the stock market where investors can snag 3%-plus dividend yields, including utilities, REITs, pipelines, and one of the most hated sectors, cable and telecom. “Yields are very attractive,” says Russ Brownback, BlackRock’s deputy chief investment officer for global fixed income and co-manager of the undefinedBlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities fund.