For dividend investors, there’s usually nothing more tempting than a big, fat dividend yield. But you have to make sure that the business behind that yield is strong enough to keep paying the dividend or you could end up owning a yield trap. Right now Wall Street is sour on W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC), T….
Stock market sell-offs aren’t fun if you’re already fully invested. However, they’re opportunities for those who have cash to deploy. That’s why I always try to keep some cash on the sidelines — so I’m ready to capitalize when Wall Street takes a tumble. I also keep a watch list of stocks that I know…
If you are an income investor looking at the S&P 500‘s miserly 1.3% dividend yield and feeling glum, don’t despair. You can find attractive higher-yielding stocks if you look hard enough. The list today includes W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) and its 5.5% yield and Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) and its 6% yield. Although…