With the yields on long-term Treasury bonds still dramatically depressed compared to historic rates due to currently low interest rates, income investors have been searching for other places to find high yields. In this video, Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson discuss three dividend stocks income investors might have missed, how dividend stocks differ as an investment vehicle from bonds, and what you need to look at within a company to make sure a high dividend yield is as attractive as it seems.
3 Big Dividends You May Have Missed
By Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson – Jun 17, 2013 at 5:00PM
NASDAQ: SAFT
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In this low-yield environment, here are three strong dividends income investors may have missed.
About the Author
Matt is the head of the Coverage Team for The Motely Fool's premium products. Previously, he's been . Matt is a heavy user of AI tools and is working on harnessing them to help Fool members. Previously, Matt was GM of Motley Fool Ascent, led The Motley Fool Deutschland, has been an investor on various Fool services, and co-hosted the podcast "Where the Money Is". He also co-authored the book The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global. Matt started his career in San Francisco as a technology-focused investment banker and also worked at a $15 billion private equity company. When he's thinking about how to make Fools smarter, happier, and richer, you can usually find Matt running trails or making a mess in the kitchen. He's a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, but is a lifelong fan of Penn State football.