8 High Yield Dividend Stocks Still Offer Opportunity to Boost Income

With near record low yields on Treasury securities, investment grade bonds and stocks, investors are looking for alternatives earning higher yields. The benchmark 10 year Treasury bond yields less than 3% and the 2 year Treasury yields a meager 37 basis points. Dividends and capital appreciation provide investment earnings. With the dependability of earning profits from capital gains being called into question, a growing stream of dividends has become more important (especially after the financial meltdown in 2008). Dividend Aristocrats earned their elite status by increasing annual dividends for a minimum of 25 consecutive years. Below is a list of 8 Dividend Aristocrats reviewed 7 months ago with yields then and on June 22:Company Yields------------------Nov 2010--Jun 20111) Pitney Bowes_______PBI____6.2%____6.6% 2) Leggett & Platt______LEG___5.3%____4.6%3) Kimberley-Clark_____KMB___4.3%____4.2% 4) RPM______________RPM___3.9%____3.8%5) Abbott_____________ABT_ _3.5%____3.7%6) Clorox_____________CLX___3.4%____3.5% 7) Genuine Parts______GPC___3.5%____3.5%8) Johnson & Johnson__JNJ____3.4%____3.4%Since the earlier article, 7 of the 8 have... Read more