Look to Equity ETFs for Income
The new Morningstar Yield data point shows that equity exchange-traded funds tend to be a promising option.
Nicholas Goralka
Nicholas Goralka is a manager research analyst for Morningstar Research Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. He is responsible for conducting qualitative and quantitative research on U.S.-based equity fund managers and their funds.
Before joining Morningstar in 2019, Goralka worked for Gelber Group as a global macro trader. He was responsible for analysis, idea generation, and execution across all asset classes. Prior to that, he worked for State Street Global Markets' multi-asset research team, where he assisted in running a macro research function that applied proprietary data on investor behavior, market-risk modeling, and real-time inflation analysis to the firm's client base.
Goralka received his bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Northeastern University, where he studied mathematics and economics.
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