How Realty Income Dividends Beat Bonds in July 2026

Dividend Investing with Fexingo: Income Stocks, Yield, and Long-Term Cash Flow Portfolios · Jul 10, 2026 · 7m · transcript

In Episode 103 of Dividend Investing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna drill into a single ticker: Realty Income, ticker symbol O. With the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.54 percent and the 30-year at 5.05 percent, many income investors wonder why they'd own a REIT yielding roughly 5.2 percent when bonds offer similar yields with less risk. The hosts unpack the difference: Realty Income's dividend growth record — 128 consecutive quarterly increases — and its triple-net lease structure that provides contractual rent escalations tied to inflation. They compare O's 2.5 percent…