High-yield dividend stocks can be a dream or a nightmare, depending on whether you find the companies with solid fundamentals -- or those operating like a house of cards, eventually falling and cutting their payout. Part of finding great dividend stocks is knowing which industries to consider. For example, there's the energy sector: It's essential to everyday life, whether refueling your car or heating your home.

Like most industries, there are market leaders with track records of rewarding shareholders and the fundamentals to give investors confidence. If 6% and 8% dividend yields sound appetizing, consider these two high-yield stocks that you can hold and sleep well at night.

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) is a midstream company. As such, it owns and operates more than 50,000 miles of pipelines and other facilities that transport natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, refined products, and petrochemicals throughout North America. A midstream company's primary purpose is to transfer these materials from exploration sites to where they are refined, used, or sold.

Continue reading

Source Fool.com