I bought three stocks this week but wasn't aiming to jump on the go-go growth stock train that the market has been on lately. Instead, these routine purchases added to stakes I already had in a trio of companies that are part of the plodding but reasonably predictable income-focused investment path I've been on for the past several years as retirement loomed and has since arrived.

They are AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC), Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC), and Stag Industrial (NYSE: STAG). All three are real estate investment trusts (REITs), which are obligated to pay out at least 90% of their taxable income yearly. In this case, all three do that monthly instead of quarterly.

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