10 Stock ETFs With Super-Sized Dividend Yields

Since the October 2011 lows, my clients have benefited immensely from the middle of the risk spectrum. Prominent ETF areas - high yield corporate bonds, emerging market bonds, preferreds, REITs, dividend stocks - continue to provide remarkable price appreciation as well as reliable income. At the same time, yield doesn't always have to come from traditional places. And, at other times, you simply can't get yield from the usual suspects. (Think Treasury bonds.) So I checked the ETF Analytics tab for the dividend road less traveled. Specifically, I wanted to identify unleveraged ETFs with dividend yields north of 5%. Then, I'd need to determine the circumstances under which I might buy the asset-- beyond the lure of the cash flow promise. One criterion that I employed from the get-go? Ex-nay on Europe. I am not looking to make the ultimate contrarian gamble on iShares MSCI Spain (EWP) to pursue its... Read more