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  • 3 Small Caps With Big Payouts

    By Robert Zimmerman - March 11, 2013 | Tickers: CLMT, PSEC, VNR

    They say good things come in small packages.  Regarding dividends, that can very much be the case. As investors in General Electric and Exelon have discovered, big companies don't always produce beautiful income. Below are three firms that have market caps less than $3 billion, yet yield more than 7%.

    Small refinery business
    Calumet Specialty Products (NASDAQ: CLMT) primarily refines crude oil into diesel and gasoline.  Beyond that, Calumet more »

  • Quarterly Dividends Are Nice, But These 3 Investments Will Pay You Monthly

    By Joseph Harry - February 20, 2013 | Tickers: O, SJT, VNR

    Collecting quarterly dividends can give an investor a nice source of income. It is especially nice if an investor can reinvest these dividends and let the process of compounding take over. Compounding moves quicker and quicker the more shares you own, and moves even quicker if the payout occurs more frequently. Here are 3 companies that distribute a payout every month-- one MLP, one REIT, and one royalty trust for more »

  • Five High Yield Companies With Insider Buying

    By Karin Hernandez - January 12, 2013 | Tickers: EPAX, AGNC, MTGE, VNR, WMC

    They say that there are many reasons for an insider to sell, but there’s only one reason for insider buying – insiders think the price is going higher.

    I found four high-yield companies that had over a half-million dollars’ worth of insider buying in the last few months.

    I know these companies aren’t going to be the stable, reliable dividend champions with many years of consistently paying and raising more »

  • 5 Great Energy Stocks with Room to Run

    By Michael French - January 28, 2012 | Tickers: BTE, EVEP, PSE, QRE, VNR

    The energy sector can be unpredictably explosive but equally as cutthroat as energy companies live in a dog eat dog environment. Because the world will always need energy and continues to need more of it each year than the last, there are plenty of successful stocks that have stood out against the rest as dependable long term options for income investors, who utilize dividends to reinvest and strengthen their position more »