3 Top Dividend Stocks With Yields Over 4%
With the S&P 500 Index yielding a scant 1.5%, it has become increasingly difficult to find good companies with yields in the 4% range. But it's not impossible, as W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC), The Southern Company (NYSE: SO), and Kellogg (NYSE: K) prove. Here's why each of these high-yielding dividend stocks should be on your radar screen today.
Real estate investment trust (REIT) W.P. Carey owns and leases single-tenant properties using what's called a net lease structure. That means that its lessees are responsible for most of the operating costs of the assets they occupy. And that (to somewhat oversimplify matters) leaves W.P. Carey to sit back and collect its rent checks. The net lease approach is relatively low-risk relative to REIT's that take a more active role in the day to day operation of the properties they own.
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