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Starving For Yield? Where To Find Income Sustenance

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  Published Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:52:31 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
  

  
  

  Welcome to our new reality. The table below shows low and declining yields across the yield curve for three developed countries. With ten-year risk-free rates hovering about 2%, it will take approximately 36 years to double your money applying the rule of 72. In financial circles, the rule of 72 is a method for estimating an investment's doubling time. The rule number 72 is divided by the interest percentage per annum to obtain the approximate number of years required for doubling when only a basic calculator is available. In this case, if you were to invest $10,000 with compounding interest at a rate of 2% per annum, the rule of 72 gives 72/2 = 36 years required for the investment to be worth $20,000. A scientific/financial calculator would give a more accurate reading of about 35 years. At a paltry 2% yield, even retirees with a liquid nest egg of... Read more
  

  Stock name									ISIN	Last trade		P/E	Earnings/Share	Dividend/Share	Dividend yield
  ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT									US0357104092	15.01		9.0	1.67	1.80	11.99
  CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE									US14067E5069	12.94		9.3	1.37	1.24	9.58
  MFA FINANCIAL									US55272X1028	9.44		11.4	0.81	0.88	9.32
  CREXUS INVESTMENT									US2265531051	13.04		15.7	0.83	1.00	7.67
  KINDER MORGAN ENERGY									US4945501066	88.38		41.1	2.14	5.20	5.88
  PUTNAM MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES TRUST									US7469221037	12.58		0.0	0.00	0.67	5.33
  AT&T									US00206R1023	37.44		29.2	1.28	1.80	4.81
  PLAINS ALL AM. PIPELINE									US7265031051	57.98		24.1	2.40	2.30	3.97
  VERIZON COMM									US92343V1044	53.35		133.7	0.40	2.06	3.86
  MERCK & CO									US5893311077	45.99		23.6	1.96	1.72	3.74
  VORNADO REALTY TRUST									US9290421091	87.46		137.3	0.64	2.92	3.34
  PFIZER									US7170811035	28.96		20.7	1.41	0.96	3.31
  GENERAL ELECTRIC									US3696041033	23.46		16.3	1.43	0.76	3.24
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL									US29476L1070	59.59		202.7	0.29	1.60	2.69

  
  

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