Russ Krull

Six Double Digit Dividend Stocks Increasing Their Yields

Hatteras invests in gov't backed mortgage securities, so there's about as close to zero default risk as you can get. They leverage the portfolio, borrowing short term and buying adjustable securities. The rate adjustments on the assets are typically longer term than the borrowing, so an upturn in short rates would be a problem for them.
As long as the fed keeps short rates near zero, HTS business model will generate healthy cash flows.

No position in HTS. It's just one of those stocks I wish I'd bought when I first learned about it and it was a lot cheaper.


On Sep 25 09:38 AM Senan wrote:

> The top 2 are property related outfits. How in the current climate
> are they increasing dividends? If they do have extra cash, would
> it not be better employed reducing debt. Maybe they have no debt
> I don't know...I;ll have to dig deeper...