A seven-holding portfolio promising $12,500 a month sounds straightforward until you examine whose money is actually funding some of those distributions, and why the highest-yielding positions have the weakest claim to keeping their promises.
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In order to pull $12,500 a month, or $150,000 a year, from this seven-holding mix, you need roughly $2.5 million invested at a blended yield near 6%. Hitting that number is more fragile than it looks.
A broad dividend index fund and two blue-chip anchors form the conservative core. Two options-income ETFs act as the yield engine. A gaming REIT and a
