In our previous post on high-yield dividend stocks, we highlighted Ares Capital (ticker: ARCC) and BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation (BKCC).
ARCC currently yields 9.30% and BKCC yields 11.30% in annual dividends.
As amazing as these yields seem to be, there are even more aggressive yields being paid by companies in more diverse sectors.
Be careful to diversify your exposure to high yield dividend stocks to lower risk.
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (ticker: GOL)
Current Dividend Yield: 10.53%
Sector: Airlines
Country: Brazil
Telecom Corp of New Zealand (ticker: NZT)
Current Dividend Yield: 10.98%
Sector: Airlines
Country: New Zealand
PDL BioPharma (ticker: PDLI)
Current Dividend Yield: 18.9% (.50 distributed Mar 11 & Sep 13 2010)
Sector: Biotechnology
Country: United States
American Capital Agency Corp. (ticker: AGNC)
Current Dividend Yield: 19.8%
Sector: Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Country: United States
Summary
You can boost your dividend income and diversify your dividend stock portfolio at the same time. Below is a recap of all the dividend stocks we’ve mentioned so far:
ARCC 9.30% – Business Development Company USA
GOL 10.53% – Brazilian Airline
NZT 10.98% – New Zealand Telecom
BKCC 11.30% – Business Development Company USA
PDLI 18.9% – Biotechnology USA
AGNC 19.80% – REIT USA
