It is a difficult time to find attractive stocks if you are a dividend investor.
The S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is trading near all-time highs and offering a historically tiny dividend yield of roughly 1%
That’s simply too low a number to be interesting. Don’t fear, if you do a little digging, you can still find attractive high-yield stocks. Three strong investment candidates today are Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD), Realty Income (NYSE: O), and PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP).
Here’s why these high-yielders, with yields of up to 5.9%, should be on your radar today. Enterprise Products Partners: A high-yield middleman Enterprise Products Partners may seem like an odd suggestion, given that it operates in the energy sector. The geopolitical conflict in the Middle East has upended that sector.