7 Dividend Paying Stocks Now Trading Near 52 Week Lows

In the real world, dividends have an important signalling effect. If a CEO tells shareholders that the company is healthy, we expect the executive to back up their talk by either instituting dividends, raising dividend payouts or share repurchases. The signalling effect is even more important when it comes to stocks trading near 52 week lows. Investors should pay close attention to this interesting list of distressed dividend-paying stocks because talk is cheap, but money (and dividend yield) talks. MICROSOFT CORPORATION (MSFT) 52 week low: $22.73 Stock Price: $25.78 Dividend Yield: 2.20% It's hard to imagine Microsoft as an upstart technology company, but that's the world of technology, it is a rapidly changing industry. The fact that Microsoft has gone from being the technology bully to the gentle giant is a testament to the strength of the business and the importance of their products. Microsoft could very easily have joined... Read more