# High Dividend Yielding Stocks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701 "2004-07-12T14:45:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![stomes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@stomes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stomes)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/1 "2004-07-12T14:45:51Z")

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I am current looking for high dividend yielding investments (stocks, bonds or mutual funds) to supplement my current income during the pre-retirement years. My current research has provided the following stocks: HYF, PHY, VLCCF, DUR and NAT. I am willing to share any and all research information.

Successfully investing 🙂  
Steve

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**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/2 "2004-07-12T14:52:35Z")

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any particular industies? PFE and BLS both yeild around 4-5% right now, and you can get yeilds approaching 10% in both the financial and the energy industries. Check out ALD CEI FGP and APU.

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**Author:** ![FlippyFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/3 "2004-07-12T14:56:58Z")

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and of course it goes without saying that “Past perfomance is no indication of future returns”. You never know when they might cut the rate.

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**Author:** ![stomes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@stomes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stomes)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/4 "2004-07-12T15:10:19Z")

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> [@stomes](#):
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> I am current looking for high dividend yielding investments (stocks, bonds or mutual funds) to supplement my current income during the pre-retirement years. My current research has provided the following stocks: HYF, PHY, VLCCF, DUR and NAT. I am willing to share any and all research information.
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> Successfully investing 🙂  
> Steve

My goal is a portfolio of investments with a yield of 12+% or about $10 per/month for each $1,000 invested. I know that higher yields are an indication of higher risk :smack: , but a $50,000 investment for a $500 monthly income is reasonable.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/5 "2004-07-12T18:12:50Z")

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> [@stomes](#):
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> My goal is a portfolio of investments with a yield of 12+% or about $10 per/month for each $1,000 invested. I know that higher yields are an indication of higher risk :smack: , but a $50,000 investment for a $500 monthly income is reasonable.

Wow - 12%!

On this side of the pond, safe investments are more like 2-4%. Surely you can’t expect such high returns consistently e.g. if there is a Middle East oil crisis.

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/6 "2004-07-12T18:21:47Z")

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> [@FlippyFly](#):
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> and of course it goes without saying that “Past perfomance is no indication of future returns”. You never know when they might cut the rate.

Oh I’m not sure I completely agree with this…I’ve had Pfizer for more than 2 decades, it’s split, several times - most recently when they acquired Warner Lambert. My Microsoft, Cisco, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer have all been reliabale highend stocks. Then again I always stick with the heavy hitter’s and never go with the longshots. After the hit we all took last year (lost nearly 500K ☹ I will only ever go with the solid boys out there. For instance, I will would never buy Google, but I will certainly buy more Intel… **Stomes** - 12% is pretty high goal for a pre-retirement next egg builder…why not go with the more solid less risky buys?

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**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/7 "2004-07-12T18:24:55Z")

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:smack: I didn’t finish my first sentence…in my post! That’s what I get for posting whilst doing several other things…

It should read: Oh I’m not sure I completely agree with this…I’ve had Pfizer for more than 2 decades, it’s split, several times - most recently when they acquired Warner Lambert - I find the heavy hitters and more reliable buys are better for me…

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/8 "2004-07-12T20:27:28Z")

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HYF and PHY aren’t companies. They are closed-end junk bond funds, hence the high yield. That’s not to say they are BAD, but they are a different sort of investment than stock in a regular company, and should be considered differently.

Lots of things besides normal corporate stocks trade on the major exchanges - closed-end funds, ETFs, royalty trusts, limited partnerships, REITs … comparing these things to shares in corporations like JNJ is comparing apples and oranges. If you just scan for symbols with high yields attached, a lot of these things is what you are probably going to come up with. Different considerations apply in evaluating these different sorts of entities.

ALD is a “regulated investment company” (RIC).

CEI is a REIT.

FGP and APU appear to be limited partnerships.

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**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/9 "2004-07-12T20:50:05Z")

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-dividend-yielding-stocks/254701/10 "2004-07-12T20:59:14Z")

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How high a dividend are you looking for? I ask because the highest-paying stock I own, Boeing, pays something like a quarter a share. That’s not exactly a large amount when I hold all of about three shares.