3 High-Yield Stocks That Are Screaming Buys in August
The S 500 index has an itty-bitty dividend yield of just under 1.3% today. That's not much if you are trying to live off the dividends your portfolio generates.
You can do way better than that with the utility Black Hills (NYSE: BKH) and its 4.4% yield; clean-energy focused Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP)(NYSE: BEPC) with a yield up to 6%; and midstream master limited partnership (MLP) Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD), which has a hefty 7% distribution yield. Here's a quick look at each of these high-yield stocks as August rolls around.
Although Black Hills has the lowest yield on this list, it has the longest streak of annual dividend increases. At 51 years and counting, the utility is a highly elite Dividend King.
Source Fool.com
