Since the Great Financial Crisis, investors have had to look for alternative ways to earn interest on savings and investments. A common investment theme I have across lately is the need and want for high-yield. One thing that I learned about investing, early on in my career was not to focus on dividend yield, or distribution yield. My career started right before the Great Financial Crisis started. In 2007, investors and savers could still earn respectable yield. Certificate of deposits still paid over 5% at my local community bank, and high-yield bonds were still high-yield