2 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Now

There's no way to ignore the fact that COVID-19 has sent the world into a complex period of economic and social upheaval. However, although everything looks like it is in a state of flux today, it won't always be this way. So investors should be looking for companies that can live through this tumultuous period without too much difficulty.

Here are two businesses that offer big dividend yields and businesses that will still be around when COVID-19 social distancing restrictions are finally gone.

One of the industries being hit hardest today is retail, and the knock-on effect of that is that landlords who own retail properties are also suffering. That's one of the reasons that real estate investment trust (REIT) W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) stands out: It has relatively little retail exposure compared to net lease peers of comparable size (more on this below). To put a number on that, retail assets make up just 18% of its rent roll. And most of that is in Europe, which doesn't have as much retail as the United States. For comparison, peer National Retail Properties, a net lease industry bellwether, is basically 100% North American retail. 

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