Big Dividends, Big Risk?
Published Mon, 23 Aug 2010 on The Motley Fool

Last week, Motley Fool Income Investor James Early told me about one oil stock that could produce big returns. In this week’s installment, James shares his thoughts on two of the country’s biggest dividend payers and explains why investors shouldn’t focus too much on big yields. Mac Greer: OK, James. The three highest-yielding stocks in the S&P 500 are rural telecoms -- Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR), Windstream (NYSE: WIN), and CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL). Why?... Read more