10%+ Dividends And Stress-Free Retirement: My Top 2 Picks

Ultra-high-yield strategies (e.g., CLO equity, aggressive call option funds) risk capital destruction and income instability. Yet, conservative blue-chip income portfolios often yield too little (3-4%) to meet robust income goals or outpace inflation. My approach is to strike a balance between these two worlds.

Seeking Alpha • Feb 19, 2026

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust Will Host its Q4 2025 Quarterly Webinar on March 4, 2026

CHICAGO, Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT) (the “Trust”) today announced that it plans to host the Trust's Quarterly Webinar on March 4, 2026, at 11:00 am (Eastern Time). Kevin Davis, Managing Director at XA Investments (“XAI”) will moderate the Q&A style webinar with Kimberly Flynn, President at XAI, and Lauren Law, Senior Portfolio Manager at Octagon Credit Investors.

GlobeNewsWire • Feb 18, 2026

5 Closed-End Fund Buys In The Month Of January 2026

The broader market indexes started off 2026 on a solid note, though they underperformed micro-, small-, and mid-cap stocks. The energy sector started off with a surge for the year, but the financial services and technology sectors were starting off 2026 on the soft side. Every month, I put some capital to work in my closed-end fund portfolio to help compound my cash flow.

Seeking Alpha • Feb 15, 2026

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust Declares its Monthly Common Shares Distribution of $0.060 per Share

CHICAGO, Feb. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (the “Trust”) has declared its regular monthly distribution of $0.060 per share on the Trust's common shares (NYSE: XFLT), payable on March 2, 2026, to common shareholders of record as of February 17, 2026, as noted below. The amount of the distribution represents no change from the previous month's distribution amount of $0.060 per share.

GlobeNewsWire • Feb 2, 2026

2 BDC Value Creators For Durable NAV And High Income

2 BDC Value Creators For Durable NAV And High Income

Seeking Alpha • Feb 2, 2026

Tom McCabe Joins XA Investments as Director of Regional Sales

Supporting Distribution Growth of XAI's Alternative Investment Funds Supporting Distribution Growth of XAI's Alternative Investment Funds

GlobeNewsWire • Jan 27, 2026

XA Investments Reports Record Growth in 2025 in its Fourth Quarter 2025 Market Update

Interval and Tender Offer Fund Market Reaches New Milestones, See Interval Fund Dominance and Shift Toward Greater Investor Accessibility Interval and Tender Offer Fund Market Reaches New Milestones, See Interval Fund Dominance and Shift Toward Greater Investor Accessibility

GlobeNewsWire • Jan 15, 2026

XA Investments Launches INTVL-C, an Extension to Its Interval Fund Index Suite Focused on Alternative Credit Interval & Tender Offer Funds

CHICAGO, Jan. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XA Investments LLC (“XAI”), a leader in closed-end interval and tender offer fund research, announces the launch of the XAI Interval Fund Credit Index™ (“INTVL-C”). INTVL-C is designed to track the performance of non-listed closed-end interval funds and tender offer funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) with majority allocations to alternative credit investments.

GlobeNewsWire • Jan 8, 2026

XA Investments Interval Fund (OCTIX) Now Available for Purchase on Charles Schwab

CHICAGO, Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XA Investments LLC (“XAI”), a leader in closed-end interval and tender offer fund research, is now offering the Octagon XAI CLO Income Fund (“OCTIX” or the “Fund”) for purchase by advisers who clear or custody through the Charles Schwab platform (“Schwab”), expanding access of XAI's registered offerings for financial advisors and their clients. “The addition of OCTIX to the Charles Schwab platform marks a major milestone for the fund.

GlobeNewsWire • Jan 6, 2026

Hard To Imagine A Retirement Portfolio Without These 2 Gems

The year is 2026, and the market (and macro) environment seem to be exactly the opposite of what is required for stress-free income. For prudent income investors, considering taking some risk off the table might be a good idea. But in most cases it comes at the cost of reduced income potential.

Seeking Alpha • Jan 6, 2026