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7 Tantalizing Dividend Stocks Yielding 10% Plus
Published Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:28:15 -0500 on Seeking Alpha
High-yield dividend income can be obtained by selective due diligence. In this article I will address the prospects of companies with high current dividend yields. Often times, a stock with a high yield has high risk. The high-yield investor must avoid the high risk in order to preserve his or her asset base and investing capital. (Click charts to expand)
American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC)
American Capital Agency is an agency mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT).
mREIT Background
Agency mREITs make money by borrowing funds at short-term yield curves and investing in higher yielding government sponsored entities (GSE) and mortgage backed securities (MBS). GSE securities are guaranteed by the Federal Government. The stock has provided 10 consecutive quarters of $1.40 dividends or greater. Last year, the 4th-quarter dividend was announced on December 17. The stock appears to have dividend yield chasers running the stock price up. The stock has... Read more
| Stock name | Last trade | P/E | Earnings/Share | Dividend/Share | Dividend yield | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHESAPEAKE GRANITE WASH TRUST | 0.63 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 23.39 | |||||||
| SANDRIDGE PERMIAN TRUST | 1.59 | 3.8 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 22.39 | |||||||
| SANDRIDGE MISSISSIPPIAN TRUST I | 0.57 | 3.4 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 18.15 | |||||||
| MV OIL TRUST | 7.55 | 5.5 | 1.38 | 1.22 | 15.76 | |||||||
| GABELLI GLOBAL GOLD NAT RES & INC TRUST | 4.44 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.48 | |||||||
| AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY | 15.64 | 0.0 | -1.54 | 1.92 | 12.21 | |||||||
| WELLS FARGO ADV GLOBAL DIV | 5.38 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.58 |