Market Ace overstates his point a little. Over the last 5 months there has been plenty of opportunities to pick up CVX, KO & INTC with 4.5% yield, not to mention LO & MO with 6 & 8% yields.
Other attractive payers are E & ETP and you can get into emerging markets with the Brazil fund EWZ at about 5.2% yield right now.
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Other attractive payers are E & ETP and you can get into emerging markets with the Brazil fund EWZ at about 5.2% yield right now.