"Income is the only thing that matters" is a common refrain, particularly for investors interested in financing their retirement with distributions from their portfolios. This focus on income makes sense on two fronts: first, diversified income portfolios tend to do a better job of capital preservation than growth assets and secondly, income assets tend to be more consistent in providing income than growth assets are at providing growth.
Unless the source of income is cash, however, an income investment buys you a lot more than income. In this article we review what other sources of