Dividends Anonymous

25 Cash Cows to Ride Out the Storm- Barron's

This is an environment where you want to focus on the lessons of many great investors and concentrate on Enduring Value. Businesses that have sustainable operations that will allow them to ride out this economic storm and benefit from re-investing into their own operations. There are a slew of companies trading at under 15x conservative forward earnings with a 3-4% yield that offer reasonable value for an investor.

No, you might not make more than that dividend, but you're surely not going to lose as much as you would in other sectors such as large US financials or global equities facing crisis.