{"id":12605,"date":"2025-10-05T11:23:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connectwithfund.com\/?p=12605"},"modified":"2025-10-05T11:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T11:23:35","slug":"lock-in-these-double-digit-yields-before-they-vanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connectwithfund.com\/?p=12605","title":{"rendered":"Lock In These Double-Digit Yields Before They Vanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-id=\"author-root\">\n<p class=\"mb-12 text-medium-2-r text-share-text-3\">This article was written by<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative mb-12 flex justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<div class=\"flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center relative size-36 rounded-full\" data-test-id=\"user-pic-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button data-state-text=\"Following\" aria-label=\"Follow Samuel Smith\" class=\"ihjjQ py-8 px-18 o7ZP8 ml-8 mt-0 shrink-0 self-baseline text-small-b relative inline-flex cursor-pointer select-none items-center whitespace-nowrap break-words transition-colors hover:no-underline motion-reduce:transition-none border-black bg-black text-white hover:bg-black-70 disabled:border-transparent disabled:bg-black-20 dark:border-black-10 dark:bg-black-10 dark:text-black dark:hover:border-black-30 dark:hover:bg-black-30 dark:disabled:bg-black-30 w-auto min-h-28 justify-center border px-12 py-1 text-medium-r rounded-6\" data-test-id=\"follow-button\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wMAFB relative flex justify-center\" data-state-placeholder=\"Following\"><span class=\"absolute\">Follow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-medium-2-r\">\n<div class=\"relative\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden\" style=\"max-height:100%\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap\" data-test-id=\"content-container\">\n<p>Samuel Smith has a diverse background that includes being lead analyst and Vice President at several highly regarded dividend stock research firms and running his own dividend investing YouTube channel. He is a Professional Engineer and Project Management Professional and holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering &amp; Mathematics from the United States Military Academy at West Point and has a Masters in Engineering from Texas A&amp;M with a focus on applied mathematics and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel leads the High Yield Investor investing group. Samuel teams up with Jussi Askola and Paul R. Drake where they focus on finding the right balance between safety, growth, yield, and value. High Yield Investor offers real-money core, retirement, and international portfolios. The service also features regular trade alerts, educational content, and an active chat room of like-minded investors. <\/p>\n<p>Perspective: &#8220;Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also &#8230; For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?&#8221; ~ Jesus (Matthew 6:19-21; 16:26)<\/p>\n<p>Learn more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"content-container\">\n<p id=\"a-disclosure\"><b>Analyst\u2019s Disclosure:<\/b><span>I\/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of ET, DKL either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives.<\/span><span id=\"top-business-disclosure\"> I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). 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