The U.S. government is spending trillions of dollars to push the economy back into recovery. Find out how investors can profit from this subprime lending spree.

It’s time for investors to take advantage of a rare set of circumstances that only occurs after a downturn but before a recovery.

Think the rally won't hold? Use these little-known securities to profit regardless of which way the market swings.

There's an opportunity for investors to capture double-digit yields, but it's closing fast. If you act quickly, there's still time to lock in these yields while also setting your portfolio up for capital gains.

These securities have beaten the S&P during the past 5, 10 and 15 years and hardly anyone is talking about them. Do you have them in your portfolio?

Municipal bond yields look smaller than corporates at first glance, but after taxes the smaller yield may turn out to be appreciably higher.

The California budget crisis is reaching full steam. With a $26 billion budget deficit, many see the risk of default as very real. But I doubt the state is going under, and with its bond prices falling, I am starting to look very hard at California municipal bonds -- and their 10% tax-equivalent yields.

Junk bonds can be classified as high risk, high reward. These hefty yielders have come under further scrutiny as several have defaulted on their payments. It isn't touted as a safe investment, but these bonds have become increasingly speculative.

President Harry Truman once said he wanted to hire a one-armed economist. When asked why, he replied, so the economist couldn't say "on the other hand." For Barack Obama, finding a one-armed economist is even more pressing. Obama is faced with deciding which limb of the three-armed monster--deflation, inflation or stagflation--could be most damaging to the nation's well-being. Unfortunately, we income investors face the same dilemma.

With tax rates rising, municipal bonds are looking more attractive than ever.  There is one  bond fund in particular that looks especially promising.  And if you act now, you can lock in high-yields, protect your portfolio from the tax man and have the peace of mind that the underlying securities are backed by the government.