Top 5 Income Funds I’m Watching for 2025

Looking for high-yield income investments for 2025? In this episode, I’ll break down five income funds I’m currently watching. These funds offer impressive yields ranging from 8% to 34%, with strategies spanning AI-focused covered calls, weekly payouts, and global diversification. I’ll explain what these funds are, how they generate income, and why they’re on my radar for potential investment.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 AIPI
03:48 XDTE
06:08 MSD
07:13 PAXS
09:05 MCI
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[DP]

Once again, the best part of my weekend!!

[bryansnow]

I loved MCI when i bought it late 2023. It ran up so quickly in 2024 that i had to sell it and take my chips off the table. I'd like to own it
again, so I'm on the sideline. Nicely done video AI (Armchair Income) Keep up the good work. It's appreciated.

[kenmurray]

Thanks, , I have AIPI as part of my income portfolio as well.. currently 6th largest income holding.

[TheMally]

Thank you Mr Armchair. I always look forward to your videos every week!

[momdittomomditto]

My favorite channel! I own MSD, PAXS and MCI. MCI is a core holding. Thanks for reminding me of AIPI and XDTE. I’ll be researching them.

[Chisca]

Sunday’s and armchair income .. life is good ❤

[MessedUpParodies]

Another great video. All the funds on my radar are new. RSPA, MDST, & BTCI. All are very young and very different from each other, which is great for diversification sake. I tread lightly with new funds, but am definitely interested in these three.

[TJ-Stackin]

I hold XTDE and QTDE, both preforming better than I excepted.

[tonymartucci]

How about a video showing your overall percentage of increase in the portfolio or NAV erosion since you started?

[khanbus]

Thank you for the insightful video on the five funds. I appreciate your style of getting straight to the core issues rather than just glossing over key items. I hold AIPI and FEPI in my portfolio. I considered XDTE, but it seemed a bit too risky for me.

[peoriaos]

Thanks for the analysis. Looking forward to hearing more details.

[joannab]

I own GIAX, that is young but it has a global exposure and I think it uses ROC, which is a huge benefit for ppl who are in a high tax bracket. It would be great if you could do video with 10 ETFs that use ROC or qualified dividends (even if some portion of dividends is considered qualified). Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[rel]

Thanks! I also recently opened a small position in AIPI and am building.

[jekylltraveler]

XDTE doesn't hold its calls overnight. This allows it to capture any overnight moves. A benefit.

[surelywoo]

Some good ones to consider! I'm considering the preferred shares in one of the Canadian split funds yielding around 8%. The US dollar is currently very strong so there may be an exchange rate premium if the rate returns to normal. Canada has a tax treaty with the US so that there is no income tax when the investment is made from a US retirement account. This might make a good topic for a video.

[rancherjoetennessee]

Thanks. As always...good info. AIPI is 3.8% of my portfolio. Betting US' new DOGE will heavily use IA (via PLTR and others) to make GOV more efficient. XDTE 2.7%. Will track the others.

[Joejoe-jk]

I reinvest my ETFs dividends 100% and will do so for years growth.

[Paulreal-sw]

all into QDTE and XDTE. I earned over 3, 500 last month in my monthly payers. I think I’ll let those keep reinvesting while I start putting more of my new investing dollars into the DTEs. If they can sustain this performance I’ll only need a couple years to replace my paycheck

[Reza]

Good video. My suggestion is to add this fact about covered call ETFs. If the market goes down, these funds will go down with them, almost with the near same rate. But, when the market bounces, these funds will not bounce with the same rate. They might fall way behind.