Investors love dividend stocks, especially the high-yield variety, because they offer a significant income stream and have massive total return potential. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions realized over time.
Retail investors are the most exposed to equities ever, so they have been grabbing high-yield dividend stocks on sale. We screened our 24/7 Wall St. high-yield dividend stock database, looking for quality companies with 7% and higher dividends. Five make sense now, with two top chemical companies that are reasonably priced and have big upside potential.
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